neo1980 Share Posted May 29, 2002 WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Advertisements launched by the tobacco industry to limit teen smoking may actually make them want to smoke more, researchers and anti-smoking activists said on Wednesday. The ads seem to appeal to the contrary nature of many teens, and are "distinctly counter" to expert findings that have found that directly telling teens not to smoke only encourages them, a report published in the American Journal of Public Health finds. They urged Philip Morris Cos Inc to drop its "Think. Don't Smoke" campaign, and said their own approach seemed to work better to discourage adolescents from smoking. http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=stor...dvertising_dc_1 Link to post Share on other sites
UKer Share Posted May 30, 2002 Maybe they should have pictures of parents enjoying a smoke, or better still politicians, then teens will think it's really uncool and won't go near fags! :) Link to post Share on other sites
Fedr0 Share Posted May 30, 2002 LOL!! /me lights up a cigarette... Where's my coffee?!? :p Link to post Share on other sites
altezza Veteran Share Posted May 30, 2002 It is really not a good habit to smoke. Don't let the kids smoke. The future generations will be worse off :( Link to post Share on other sites
Hypercube Share Posted May 30, 2002 Interesting study. I think the canadian approach is better. They put graphical warnings on packs of cigarrette. The US should follow :) Link to post Share on other sites
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