Ray, No I was not saying that the message was that it made you sexy, health etc. The message was more on the line of "See smoking is not a health risk". A very different message. Its more subtle, its a way to discount messages that are rationally based, such as the anti-smoking ads.
As a side note one of the most effective ads against smoking I ever saw was one that showed an autopsy of a smoker's lungs. Not a pretty site. larry -- Larry C. Lyons ColdFusion/Web Developer EBStor.com 8870 Rixlew Lane, Suite 204 Manassas, Virginia 20109-3795 tel: (703) 393-7930 fax: (703) 393-2659 Web: http://www.ebstor.com http://www.pacel.com email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Chaos, panic, and disorder - my work here is done. -- > -----Original Message----- > From: Raymond Camden [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, October 03, 2001 10:31 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: RE: The Anti Terrorism Act.. > > > > It isn't just that people knew about the health risks, there > > was very targeted advertising towards teenagers and children > > - colonizing the future y'know. At times the advertising > > subtly discounted the health risks - e.g., showing smokers > > engaging in "health" behaviors. Also tobacco and nicotine are > > very addicting substances, with successful cessation rates > > Another issue - certainly it's bad to target minors, but the whole > "health" behaviour thing seems like BS to me. Beer commercials shows > guys with super models. Can I sue them since drinking beer > doesn't make > me sexy to super models? Doesn't _all_ advertising try to > make you feel > that by using a product, you will be more sexy/smarter/etc? Doesn't a > person with common intelligence know better? I refuse to believe the > advertisers should have to "dumb down" their ads. > > This reminds me of the case where Pepsi said if you got > something like 7 > million Pepsi points you could buy a Harrier jet. Some guy > brought suit > against them since, somehow, he got the points. I think it was _more_ > than obvious that the commercial was using the jet as a joke. > > -RC > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
