Gabz, they are totally disgusting. One shows a boy and the mom handing a birthday cake to the father to blow out the candles. He goes to blow and then he racks his head off. This Nanny voice comes on:
"You KNOW you want to QUIT! HERE'S HOW!"
Then it shows a gal standing on a street corner in the cold wind trying to have a cigarette. Here comes that Nanny voice:
"You KNOW you want to QUIT! HERE'S HOW!"
I can just put my foot through the screen!
I'd be on the phone and the email loudly complaining to the station, the cable provider and anyone else I could think of.
I actually got an ad pulled from the air last year. it wasn't about smoking, it was about violence. I emailed the outfit that was promoting it, my cable company and the ADCouncil. the group who's ad it was answered my email full of apologies......according to the woman who responded to me the ad was not supposed to be aired on children oriented channels nor during "children friendly" hours. She thanked me for my concern and said she would contact my cable company...........I only saw the ad once after that.
One person CAN make a difference.