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howardl
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Posts: 32 Location: Elkhorn, Wisconsin
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Posted: June 2, 2004 12:07 AM Post subject: Philip Freakin Morris on my TV again............ |
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Ok so, is it just me or has tobacco corp hit a new high in arrogance? I now have to contend with Philip "mass murderer" Morris coming on MY TV and telling me that kids who are spoken to regularly about NOT smoking tend not to smoke. Then I have to put up with this arrogant murdering son of a b*tch showing me his web address and where I can find info on HIS website about quitting smoking.
Whatever the content of the commercial it is still JUST that ......... a commercial for Philip Morris and his filth.
Is there absolutely NO end to having the arrogance of tobacco in our faces? Would you see FORD Motor company with information on its website telling us NOT to drive a Ford?
These people disgust me, 430,000 Americans (just Americans) will die this year of cigs. 4 million people world wide. Philip Morris will have a BIG hand in that carnage........... I guess putting a webpage up telling us to talk to our kids makes it ok?
We should all write to Philip freakin Morris and tell him to shove his website and the server it's on firmly up his ass. Enough of this crap. People are dying, long, slow, painful deaths out there........... and this guy is telling me to talk to my kids about not using his product. If my kids ever start to smoke, someone over at tobacco corp WILL pay, that's my promise.
Tomorrow I write this guy.......... and I write to my cable provider. Get this loser off my TV or I'm boycotting your cable service. We have to hit these people where it hurts, right in the pocket.
OK I'm done ranting ............. just wanted to get that off my chest.
thanks for reading
stay strong, stay quit, stay free.
Howard
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Pamela
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Posts: 3542 Location: Gardiner, NY
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Posted: June 2, 2004 7:32 AM Post subject: |
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I saw that new ad Howard, and how right you are. What gets me is that the gas prices are going through the roof, and people everywhere can complain about the prices. However, smokers are so addicted, that if cigarette prices go up....they just pay....because who's going to show any sympathy to a smoker!
If they were really serious about people not smoking, they'd show a picture of a diseased lung for 30 seconds. _________________
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Mindy
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Posted: June 2, 2004 8:54 AM Post subject: |
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Although I have not seen the new commercial yet, I agree. I hate to see any type of advertisement for Philip Morris or any other tobacco company.
It is disgusting, |
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Carla
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Posts: 347 Location: Kansas City, MO
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Posted: June 2, 2004 9:32 AM Post subject: |
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I think that coming up with a program to stop kids from smoking is part of their settlement agreement. _________________
Carla
Quit Date: January 4, 2004 |
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Leona
Quit Date: June 1, 2017
Posts: 1838 Location: Alpena, Michigan
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Posted: June 2, 2004 9:47 AM Post subject: |
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I know that anything that philip morris puts out is anything but sincere but on the other hand anything that actually gets our kids to not smoke might be a blessing in disquise?? I am not saying that they are right and they they should sell this dealth on a stick. But on the other hand if this is part of their settle ment agreement it can't be all bad look at the silver lining it could actually get our kids to quit or not start smoking does it really matter where it is coming from???
I am not advocating Philip Morris but am saying there is always a silver lining in a black cloud. Instead of using this as a negative use it as a positive and get our kids there to work either on quiting or not starting to begin with.
But this is just my opinion and you can feel think and do as you see fit. I dislike them as much as anyone else and do not want our kids to smoke but again our kids have got to not want to smoke too. And it is another source of "education"
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Zuzu
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Posts: 962 Location: Marin
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Posted: June 2, 2004 12:05 PM Post subject: |
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Howard,
I see it differently.
-Zuzu |
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kannprint
Quit Date: April 10, 2004
Posts: 4988 Location: St. Louis, MO
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Posted: June 2, 2004 1:56 PM Post subject: Another Upset |
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Howard,
I don't appreciate the ads done by the tobacco companies either. They are very disturbing to we who know the damage their products can, and do, inflict.
However, what bothers me even more is to see young people smoking. I'd love to walk up to them and tell them, in a kind way, what they're doing to their health. Of course, they wouldn't listen; I wouldn't have listened when I was their age but we didn't have all this information then (I'm 67).
When I was young, actors protraying doctors advertised cigarettes on TV. How were we to know of the dangers.
Didn't mean to rant but guess I have. Thanks for letting me.
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Tammy
Quit Date: February 16, 2004
Posts: 2565 Location: Florida
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Posted: June 3, 2004 12:42 PM Post subject: |
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Howard, an ad was running a few months ago from philip morris saying if you want to quit smoking visit Philip Morris.com. I found the Freedom From Smoking Online program through that site. All I can say is I may not be free today if it had not been for the ad on TV. However that being said it does un-nerve me that I had to find out about the site through them.
Also, their running the ad's is part of the settlement. So I say let them spend some of their profits on advertising. One less boat, house or car they get to buy. _________________
Tammy
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jimotter
Quit Date: November 19, 2003
Posts: 2411 Location: Everett Washington
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