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markpkessinger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-11 10:49 PM Original message |
Does anyone else find the emphysema/anti-smoking PSAs a bit over the top? |
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leftstreet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-11 10:51 PM Response to Original message |
1. You never see an extremely obese person explode |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-11 10:52 PM Response to Original message |
2. I am an ex smoker. We have some anti-smoking ads on in Canada that are quite explicit. |
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luvspeas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-11 10:54 PM Response to Original message |
3. My father suffered with emphysema for many years... |
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markpkessinger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-11 10:56 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. I'm sorry for your loss. I watched my parents die, too... |
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Newest Reality (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-11 10:57 PM Response to Original message |
5. Well, you could add that to the scores of |
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Ghost Dog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-24-11 01:39 AM Response to Reply #5 |
8. Very well put. This is the mainline addiction. TV tells you what's 'normal' |
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Trajan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-11 11:01 PM Response to Original message |
6. Freedom is a crazy thing ... |
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Maru Kitteh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-11 11:29 PM Response to Original message |
7. After watching my father die from it, no I most certainly do not think it's "over the top" |
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Luminous Animal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-24-11 01:48 AM Response to Reply #7 |
10. In New Zealand (and elsewhere?) they have horrific pics on cig packs. Kids collect them like |
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Maru Kitteh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-24-11 10:26 AM Response to Reply #10 |
15. and? |
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Modern_Matthew (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-24-11 01:40 AM Response to Original message |
9. My grandma has emphysema and has never smoked a day in her life. nt |
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rox63 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-24-11 02:31 PM Response to Reply #9 |
17. There are other things that can cause emphysema |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-24-11 02:43 AM Response to Original message |
11. Drop your cable subscription. Watch MSNBC online. |
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BrightKnight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-24-11 03:10 AM Response to Original message |
12. I'm an former smoker. Stop it by means necessary. - n/t |
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Raine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-24-11 03:46 AM Response to Original message |
13. The really horrible one is the one with the pretty young girl |
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JI7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-24-11 04:06 AM Response to Original message |
14. i think those are actually kind of effective unlike those old fried eggs as brain on drugs ads |
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dionysus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-24-11 06:32 PM Response to Reply #14 |
19. I loved that one! kids on bed, listening to a walkman.. dad produces cigar box with syringe and |
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markpkessinger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-24-11 02:26 PM Response to Original message |
16. Thanks for all the responses -- you've all made me rethink my position a bit |
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anAustralianobserver (440 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-24-11 05:54 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. No, go with your first instinct - such ads (and car crash ads etc.) are |
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