[Sub-Driver]

I'm confused.....

[prion]

Auuuggggh! Those ads are so obnoxious. It's one of those wish-for-a-baseball-bat, scream-at-the-television campaigns.

And I don't smoke.

[SheLion]

What kills me is:  they make it look like Big Tobacco is paying this money.  How many times do we have to repeat that IT'S THE SMOKERS PAYING TAXES ON CIGARETTES THAT IS PAYING THIS MONEY.  NOT BIG TOBACCO AND NOT THE GOVERNMENT!  THE SMOKERS ARE PAYING ALL OF THIS MONEY THROUGH  T A X E S!

What kills me is:  they make it look like Big Tobacco is paying this money.  How many times do we have to repeat that IT'S THE SMOKERS PAYING TAXES ON CIGARETTES THAT IS PAYING THIS MONEY.  NOT BIG TOBACCO AND NOT THE GOVERNMENT!  THE SMOKERS ARE PAYING ALL OF THIS MONEY THROUGH  T A X E S!

[SheLion]

[SheLion]

They talk out of both sides of their mouths.  In this article,  Califano said an estimated 2,000 young people become smokers each day, according to the American Legacy Foundation.

Then, in THIS article he says: "Califano said the campaign has worked. In the two years following the launch of "truth", cigarette smoking among high school students fell from 28 percent to 22.9 percent -- a drop of more than one million smokers," he said.

So........which is it? 

[metesky]

An estimated 2,000 young people become smokers each day, according to the American Legacy Foundation.

The adds must be a waste of money anyway, seeing as they've been using the same number for about ten years now.

[Trillian]

They should be telling people to smoke more, it's how they get their money ;)

[Great Dane]

Aww, some people would have to find a real lower paying job, ain't it a shame.