Un-friggin-believable that those of us "of a certain age" bought this crap -- hook, line, and sinker!
Me, I am so NOT blaming the advertisers as much as I am standing in absolute awe of our naivete and willingness to believe whatever we want to believe!! And this thread didn't hit them all: "I'd rather fight than switch?" "Show us your Tarrytons?" "LSMFT?" No wonder young people think we're idiots.
Remember the "sample packs" you could get from the guy on the street corner or at the shopping center (pre-mall)?
Remember that the White House had special cigarattes for all of its guests? My parents actually had some real White House cigarettes, and I grew up in Southern California!! (Last admin was JFK, I think; I think Rosalyn Carter was the one who banned smoking in the White House, but it could have been as recent as Hillary Clinton.)
Some things really need to be gone.
peteg
My Milage:
My Quit Date: 2/10/2009 Smoke-Free Days: 53 Cigarettes Not Smoked: 2,650 Amount Saved: $596.25 Life Gained: Days: 9 Hrs: 19 Mins: 52 Seconds: 32
Its hard to believe that these were once legitimately advertising cigarettes. Now, thanks to education, we are aware of the danger and damage they really do.
I was brought up in the late 1950's when this type of ignorance was abundant, not only in relation to smoking but to diet, suntanning and all sorts of things we now know to be dangerous. If only they'd known then what we know now.......
My Milage:
My Quit Date: 5/10/2008 Smoke-Free Days: 327 Cigarettes Not Smoked: 8,175 Amount Saved: $4,905.00 Life Gained: Days: 38 Hrs: 14 Mins: 36 Seconds: 50
Thanks CT, those ads are just hilarious and hard to believe that we actually bought into it!
In my province the workplace smoking ban comes into finality on May 31st of this year. (This is an extension of the policy already in place, no more designated areas etc etc.) My co-workers who still smoke are panicking. They will have to go outside 30 feet from the building (rather than smoking in the back shop as they have for many years). It won't be bad for the summer, but next year when it's -40, it will be a little more trouble to go for a smoke! Some are trying to quit already!
So just one more reason to give it up, there is no place left to smoke except your home, and even it will be on the hit list soon!
My Milage:
My Quit Date: 3/5/2007 Smoke-Free Days: 757 Cigarettes Not Smoked: 18,925 Amount Saved: $7,986.35 Life Gained: Days: 100 Hrs: 5 Mins: 49 Seconds: 23
Thanks, I remembered when you posted that the last time. Amazing, really amazing and my generation bought into it. How sad is that. The education was there and all thought it was cool. Stupid, stupid, stupid!!!
Keep the Quit
Sparky
My Milage:
My Quit Date: 3/27/2009 Smoke-Free Days: 4 Cigarettes Not Smoked: 40 Amount Saved: $8.00 Life Gained: Days: 0 Hrs: 16 Mins: 9 Seconds: 0
