Anti-Smoking PSA

[yseto123]

Zombie Kid try to kill their dad of September through December of 2009. So their dad was died Last Year of 2010, And then this year of 2011 their dad is still died, And then next year of 2012 their dad is still died, And then in 2 Years of 2013 their dad is still died, And then in 2014 their dad is gone forever. So kid and their mom was really sad about their dad is died in last year, next year, 2 years, and 3 years.

[yseto123]

If their dad will died in Last year of 2010, and this year of 2011, and Next Year of 2012, and 2013, and In 2014 their dad was gone forever.

[justanoli]

This is a perfect example of how people will tastelessly exploit an issue to push another agenda. Show this to children who have actually been beaten like that by their abusive parents, and see if they feel it is an adequate PSA. Maybe your next commercial should have a dad raping his young daughter. Because all abuse is the same, right?

Disgusting.

[TheRagingPatrick]

This is fucking ridiculous, you have no solid references for your facts stated in the description.

[yseto123]

OH MY GOSH A ZOMBIE KID IS TRYING TO KILL THEIR DAD!!! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA­AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA­AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA­AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA­AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA­AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA­AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA­AAAAAAAAH!!!

[yseto123]

Damn you their dad you will died in 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, and You will gone in 2015, SEE YA!!!

[yseto123]

It's HALLOWEEN!!!

[yseto123]

Zombie kid kills their dad of September through December of 2009, Then their dad is died in January through December of 2010, Then kid and their mom is really sad about their dad died, Kid and their mom is give the flowers to their dad, This year of 2011 their dad's gone forever, then in 2012 their dad's still gone, Then in 2013 their dad's still gone, Then in 2014 their dad is still gone and then in 2015 their dad's gone forever.

[yseto123]

If their dad use guns to shoot that zombie kid and zombie kid might be blood and dead, It was kind like Resident Evil 2, so if their dad was died in last year of 2010, and then when kid was sad if their dad was died in last year of 2010 kid and their mom was all alone.

[yseto123]

WTF!!! Does their dad mad at kid or Fight that kid to get out of their house, Their dad will use a gun to shoot that zombie kid like Resident Evil Director's Cut, If their dad wants to kill that zombie kid.

[FuckItSnoopy]

Smoking around kids = beating them

Hmm....

Tell that to someone who was actually beat as a kid.

[TheLovelylove]

This would be a better commercial if it had finished properly.The bottom line is usually what makes a PSA.There is none here.

[Jimboman300]

This ad is dispicable. Whether or not second hand smoke it good for you or not its absolutely discusting to compare real abuse to a few puffs of smoke. This add is a vicious insult against millions of good parents in America

[xsnowhitequeenx1]

uncle is dying from copd because he was a long-term smoker & he's not even 50. my aunt died from lung cancer before she was 35 due to being a smoker. 1 of my childhood friends went into an asthma attack and died due to chainsmoking parents. as a kid i developed asthma & severe allergies solely due to a parent that smoked in the house. nearly died from it several times. many more examples. smoking IS A FORM OF ABUSE if it harms someone. why not smoke outside / away from kids and pets?

[xsnowhitequeenx1]

parents that smoke aren't child abusers. but parents that smoke AROUND children are indeed inflicting abuse on kids. there's more than one kind of abuse. secondhand smoke around kids is a physical form of abuse. if someone gets hit by a belt, their bruises heal. but secondhand smoke damage can last a lifetime. it causes asthma, allergies, and even death with some children. it's extremely selfish and damaging to smoke around kids, pets, and anyone else that is a non-smoker.

[HoHoMeTickle]

I grew up watching my folks smoking cigarettes and if I was exposed to "secondhand smoke" then I must be immune because I got the lungs of a fucking track-star. I honestly don't see how smoking in front of kids is compared to child abuse. Beating your kid with a belt buckle is child abuse, smoking in front of your kid is nothing similar in any way... besides it's not like they won't end up smoking when they become teenagers anyway. If you ask me I think this video is bullshit.

[Flupan]

Smoking in front of kids CAN be comparable to abuse because it can cause long-term physical health problems, whereas abuse causes psychological problems.

[kre8skaos]

honeslty its good to be notified about these kind of things and can only make them better as you learn....

[espiritlibre]

Very well done!

[thepinkemo11]

Even as a teenager who's mother smokes, the comparison of child abuse to smoking around children is horrific and just not right. This video makes me sick.

[DTuriTuri]

Second hand smoking isn't like whipping a kid with a leatherbelt get real you fags.

[Augsnod]

Angering people is no way to influence them. If the producer of this commercial can't think of a constructive way to help reduce smoking around kids without dredging up her past, perhaps she should let others do the job.

[sjwilliams1111]

..... that kid got their ass whooped, they saw the cameras coming and tried to play it off, you can see it on the kids face

[dylan7761]

this is THE stupidest shit i've ever seen

[evalunaoo1]

that is so wrong... I need a cigarette now

[SoCalSand]

I absolutely do not condone adults smoking around children and would never do that myself but comparing the two to that degree is just wrong.

[SoCalSand]

Speaking for my boyfriend I would like to say "F*CK YOU!" to the people who made this video. He got mad at this video because he went through severe abuse as a little kid and to compare smoking to it pissed him off. His parents severely abused him (it's a miracle he's still alive) and his grandparents saved him from it when he was 5. His grandfather smoked but he was a wonderful parent to him, to compare his monstrous parents to his rescuers just down right made him sick.

[Fallencomrade182]

What... The... Fuck...

[jomommashawt]

Disappointed when I found out they were only smoking :{

[SonicADProductions]

My does the first half of this have anything to do with smoking?

[MyLittleEye]

...and as for me well I'm now 43, I have gradually developed a persistent chest cough over the last 20 years or so, persistent enough to be considered detrimental by partners in two failed long term relationships. I have never smoked. The damage caused by smoking is insidious and it's consequences still reverberate for me decades on.

[podd9]

wow... i got kinda cold when all the sound was going on, but then got all better when i saw they were just smoking.

[HazeyLazy]

there not saying ur physically abusing ur child their saying that its another form of abuse... which it is .. no1s saying that ur mom, dad, grandma are not loving or good ppl but i see it all the time even my friends who have children will sit there with a smoke in one hand and pushing the stroller back and fourth with the other.. its just not right .. thats my opinion...we kno whats in cigarettes..hmm wouldnt want a baby breathing that in...

[spencerrc11]

this. is. disturbing. beating your child is far worse than smoking.

[CrazyLizardMan]

My grandma smoked around me from the time I was a baby, and she was the most loving, caring woman I've ever met in my life.

To be perfectly honest, this offends me.

Lots of perfectly loving parents/grandparents smoke around their children; they don't need to be accused of child abuse, they need education.

For what it's worth, i smoke. But, if I ever have kids, I wouldn't smoke around them.

[Qopel]

@CrazyLizardMan You POISON yourself. What idiot needs to be educated that they are also poisining others with it?

[JarJarIsCool]

@CrazyLizardMan Smoking around anyone is abusive. Put that nasty shit out

[adilhussain77]

@CrazyLizardMan respect mate :D.

[samsonbristol]

UHHHHHHHHHH?

[darkwatch1234]

I think any kid would rather have their dad smoke than beat them

[khronikind]

yeah.. kids call 911 if your parents smoke around you and tell them your dad beats you

[Miikoong]

@khronikind they are just being stereotypical because they think parents that smoke "abuse their children." Common U.S there for ya.

[ritzadee]

its weird im 14 and even tho i doubt ill ever smoke myself i love the smell of cigarettes when other ppl smoke:/

[lionlambcountry]

same

[Spartansoldier217]

same, cept when my mom quit, i stopped liking it, even detested it.

[maddie65123]

it was a good thing u put this on here cause its really powerful for people to stop smoking

[jasonk1987bunny]

To me, this is like when people say that alcoholism is a disease. Tell that to someone with leukemia. If they can muster up the strength, they'll raise up out of that hospital bed and smack you in the head and maybe knock some sense into you. Or like when PETA compares KFC to the Holocaust. It is not comparable. Tell someone who actually suffered from child abuse that you think you know what they're going through because your mom smoked around you. I fucking dare you.

[jasonk1987bunny]

Comparing second hand smoke to child abuse is retarded. I agree you shouldn't smoke around kids, but that's hardly the same as beating them. I was beat pretty regularly as a child by a drunk dad, and my mom smoked around me. Care to guess which one sucked worse?

[ComaLies225]

don't understand why this is getting bad press. It pretty much hits the topic right at the head (no pun intended) and it's merely showing that smoking is just as harmful as child abuse. Why parents expose their kids to these toxins is beyond me, quite frankly parents are supposed to protect the young ones not expose them to the dangers of it.

[xsnowhitequeenx1]

@ComaLies225 that's because truth hurts, so i'm not surprised at the dislikes.

[rrunn12345]

SHAME SHAME SHAME ON YOU, you say you love them... pish.

[rrunn12345]

And to ALL parents who smoke around their children, young or old, think did you EVER ASK THEM if they wanted to be smoked around, did you EVER ASK THEM if they wanted to be subjected to early death, and cancer, and disease! and shame shame shame on you if you never did!! and even more shame on you, if you KNEW they did not like it, and lets put MORE SHAME on you if you knew they had apirations to be a RUNNING TRACK STAR!! and you kept on smoking around them.

[rrunn12345]

People who smoke alone it's one thing, but when you take the lives of another person in your own hands it's a whole other planet! you need to know that smoking around any other person affects them. Smoking is rude.

[rrunn12345]

this is exactly how I feel around my dad, when he smokes around me, second hand smoke kills just as child abuse does, maybe it is not as "visible" but it hurts just as much in the long run.

Child Abuse : Bruises, Broken bones, emotional issues... ect.

2nd hand smoke : Lung Cancer, Heart Disease, asma.

[iamaddicted2lost]

wow! that totally gets its point across!!! I have always thought of smoking as a murder-suicide. now its also abuse! That is so true! :-p cigarettes are GROSS! QUIT WHILE YOUR STILL ALIVE!

[invader545]

Cigarettes are just gross, smoke weed.

[SamuraiClinton]

I hope that cigarettes become R-rated material someday, and eventually become illegal!

[MAttOE88]

I don't understand. You must be 17 or older to view a R-rated movie. You must be 18 or older to buy cigarettes. Or is this not the case outside of the US? I quite honestly don't know.

[eternallygreatful]

this is great psa

[SnarkLicker]

PRESENTING!! Yes, from the same people who brought you "Jews are greedy", "Blacks are violent", "Women are stupid", and "Mexicans are lazy"... American Mass Media now brings you... "SMOKERS ARE CHILD ABUSERS!!" Vilify your neighbors! Demonize your friends! Dehumanize millions around the world, all from the comfort of your living room!

[MAttOE88]

Smoking around a child is just as harmful as punching it in the mouth. This ad is equating it to abuse because of the damage caused. Nowhere during the ad did it say that "smokers are child abusers". The screaming is simply showing that it is a silent and hidden abuse as opposed to brutal physical abuse. So your sarcastic liberal comment does not apply here.

[twilightwarrior1]

Well, look, honestly, I absolutley hate the idea on smoking being legal, and I honestly hate the fact that smokers ignorantly expose others to second hand smoke, but I really don't think that smoking around kids can really be compared to child abuse. It may be hazardous to the kids, but there is a huge difference between beating kids and smoking near them.

[snowshredder777]

this country is so sick. If that's abuse then so should feeding your children fast food. Because that will kill you just as fast.

[lilblonde2365]

rofl

[Kedziesan]

I almost cried.

Holy fuck.

[zerogravitybong]

only people with flawed genetics smoke. this is a self-correcting problem

carry on

[upperkkut]

You sound like a Nazi and of course you are...How do you account for all the intelligent and creative people who smoke??? I think your genetics might be a little flawed, dingus.

[zerogravitybong]

>>>/wiki/Sarcasm

i used to smoke, until i realized that chemical-laden commercial-brand cigarettes are for children. now the only cigarettes i smoke contain grass: taste tested, mind-and-body-approved, cannabis

not a nazi, though i do drive a bimmer. but, hey, thanks for the generic, baseless and uneducated accusation...NEXT!

[upperkkut]

Sorry, but if you believe some groups of people have "flawed genetics", you're a Nazi, no matter what kind of car you drive or how much weed you smoke.

Cannabis smokers, of all people, should recognize the same tactics used against them now being used against tobacco smokers: fake science and a government propaganda war to demonize them. There's no ratioanl reason marijuana should be a Schedule I drug and no reason people can't smoke in public places with some reasonable restrictions.

[zerogravitybong]

i smoked cigarettes too, for a long time. most people who smoke say they want to quit, but most of them 'haven't been able to'. I don't know anyone who wanted to quit smoking weed and 'couldn't'... The availability and dependency-causing nature of nicotene seem to trump the willpower of smokers who wish to give up smoking. addiction is a destructive force in the lives of those afflicted, and to be enslaved by one's physical dependency in spite of one's better judgment is very bad for self image

[upperkkut]

I assume "most" smokers say they want to quit because that's the "right" answer to give. If you say "I like smoking and have no intention of quitting", people might think you're one of those horrible people who actually have minds of their own. It's like those "adults' who claim they only "experimented" with drugs in college and would be apoplectice if their kids ever did so. In reality, they partied their butts off and maybe still do, but ya know ya can' go around saying that.

[upperkkut]

I remember when weed was very mainstream and people smoked it openly in movie theaters, on street corners, etc. Then the Forces of Evil got busy and waged their propaganda war. Today weed is no less popular, but it's underground and they seem to think that's the best way. Do check out the Partnership for a Drug-Free America and they'll tell you all about how dangerous pot is.

As far as how "addictive"s smoking is, if it were, you'd see smokers going into severe withdrawal on long flights.

[XxEnglishlassxX]

ONG!!!!!!!!!! I couldn't watch it all!!! That is so upsetting.

[int3hguttiwuts]

I don't side with anti or pro smokers-- it's your body, dudes-- but I think the effort put into this ad could have gone to fighting a much more impacting cause, with a lot more tact than this. Considering our current air pollutant levels and environmental factors are probably contributing enough gunk to lungs, disputable SHS problems are the least of the newer generations' worries. If the world keeps rolling this way we're all gonna have lung diseases sooner or later anyway.

Pointless ad.

[TheLadyYuki]

How were the people acting out the abuse dialogue able to DO that? I can't stand listening to it...

[ShadowTwins]

I could only watch to 00;6 its so horrid

[volcom13xx]

o fuck you its not fucking abuse

get real shithead

[jimjams91]

Of course it is you moron. It's damaging your children...which is abuse isn't it?

[volcom13xx]

there is no proof second hand smoke kills

you just dont like smoking so you try and make sure no one is allowed too

get the fuck out of everyones business faggot go kill yourself

[jimjams91]

Yes there is proof. This shows how moronic you are calling me a faggot because I don't like smoking HAHA!

[glitchesandglitter]

and what a stupid response, you can't just respond by calling somebody names. where's your evidence that second hand smoke kills?

[glitchesandglitter]

i would disagree. how damaging is it REALLY? i mean get real! how many kids did you grow up with who's parents smoke, and how many of those kids were seiously damaged from growing up around smokers. the true damage that it can do from you in reality is that those kids will grow up more likely become hooked on them. just because of the fact that their body is already getting fixes of the addictive chemicals. a lot of people i knew growing up fell into this cycle.

[VS120sfan]

Hitler would be proud of this hysterical, unscientific bullsh@T!

He was the first anti-smoker who attempted to ban smoking on the basis that ETS might be a health risk to others.

It was a whopping lie then and it's still,

an even bigger lie now.

[GamerErman2001]

What a stupid commercial.

[frankwilliams987]

Ah.. I see it has been disowned by the American Lung Association as "inappropriate and extremely offensive" and "disgraceful."

[frankwilliams987]

People don't like this commercial because of the guy's voice at the end: "It is, in fact, abuse" he sounds like a total asshole both in the way he says it and the tone.

It does not engage the target audience, who I presume are smokers. Instead of making smokers think about second hand smoke and how it harms their children, this commercial makes them pissed off and feel alienated from the message.

The message is "flamebait" and it's no wonder it started a flamewar.

[Numerous1]

Tacky commercial that crosses the line. There are people that smoke and live long happy lives education should teach without vilifying.

[Karascool]

most smokers get all nasty smell like crap then die when there 40.

[loikmg]

Feel like beating the hell out of the child abuser.

[TeqnoShaft]

kid had it coming, he should have stopped crying. Only babies cry...you're not a baby, are you?

[laura1420]

That was the worst video I've ever seen. Pick out your point; second hand smoke or physical abuse?

[upperkkut]

Well, since the dangers of "secondhand smoke" are largely mythical,I'd have to vote with child abuse.

[TakeAChanz]

I think this might desensitize people to physical child abuse(as in beatings). You shouldn't compare a smoker to a violent person. It would be like comparing PMS to George Bush. You could have shown a few pictures of kids with asthma choking, that's more realistic and doesn't insult the audience.

[TakeAChanz]

That made me cry!

[NikoKun]

what bullshit propaganda...

[upperkkut]

Amen. Next thing they'll want to round up smokers and put them in "re-education camps."

[misst18202]

i actually thought i was going to see the dad hitting the child

[xTokyoxSundownx]

yeah, me too. the noises were seriously creeping me out.

[messinwithit]

that was very realistic. But i think they exaggerated a little bit

[upperkkut]

"A little bit"??!?! It's a total hatchet job.

[mordredt02]

"No daddy I don't want lung cancer in 20 years!" "You'll get lung cancer in twenty years and like it! Don't make me throw in some heart disease, boy!"

A bit of an exaggeration. But as a safety precaution, wouldn't it be best to smoke outside?

[upperkkut]

No, because people have a right to enjoy risky things without having to step on eggshells all the time because something "might" be harmful. That way of thinking has brough us this dreary, namby-pamby excuse for a society.

[mordredt02]

"Might"? "Might" implies doubt. I didn't know there was still debate over whether smoking actually causes cancer. Maybe you think not breathing "might" cause you to suffocate, or that 2 + 2 "might" be equal to 4.

[upperkkut]

There are many smokers who never get lung cancer and many lung cancer patients who don't smoke.  Japan has one of the world's highest smoking rates--an they smoke everywhere, even around kids--yet they have the world's longest life expectancy. Go figure that.

[mordredt02]

You're absolutely right. Tobacco must be completely harmless, because everyone knows life expectancy is based on only one factor.

If cigarettes are so great, why does it tell you on the package that they're hazardous to your health? Why did Phillip Morris make commercials basically saying "don't buy our products?" If you want to gamble with your own health, fine. Why should the rest of us take the risk with you? Take your disgusting toxic fumes outside and stop whining about it.

[CycoFishHead]

Get off your high horse, of course their bad for you, but theres a debate on exactly how bad

[valaurwen]

That is a false statistic. Sorry dude.

[enochkrapowski]

"The child abuse theme is both inappropriate and extremely offensive. The spot is disgraceful and it is something that would have never been condoned if my office had been aware of it. We have taken immediate action to remove it from You Tube and to halt any further distribution. We extend our profound apologies to everyone for this grievous error.

John L. Kirkwood

President & CEO

American Lung Association"

[pixl8edkat]

are you for real? it's free speech! just because you "disagree" with it doesn't mean you're allowed to get it taken off. i disagree with a lot of things, but what i do is "not listen to it" or "not watch it". for being a part of the ALA, you sure do send a mix message. I, for 1, do think it's a lot more like child abuse than one would think

[upperkkut]

In my free speech opinion, you're a cementhead.

[pixl8edkat]

ok, booger. :LMFAO: what are we, 10, now?

[upperkkut]

Well, ifyu have to sink to the level of vocabulary like "booger," I guess we are!!

[pixl8edkat]

lmfao well wtf is cementhead? might as well be a "Peanut" character and just say 'blockhead'. who else says that but a kid? sheesh lol

[upperkkut]

Who else but a kid believes in totally demonizing entire segments of society. Can't wait for the day when we go after parents who let their kids eat candy or junk food. Or who drink in front of them.

[pixl8edkat]

kids don't believe in anything until they're taught by the rest of society or their parents, remember that.

[upperkkut]

Then let's teach them not to be judgemental morons.

[altoidsours]

I'm not a cementhead, you're a turkey!

[Jaysmellsbad]

That was unbelieveable.

How did you get the child's sreams to sound so realistic.

I really didn't want the camera to rear the corner by the end!

An awesome advert.

[camilaustral]

me lo imaginé peor, mucho peor

[xyzto1]

That is sick, the antis have a serious problem, they need treatment.Why have we got the oldest ever living generation? Lived through the biggest passive smoking eras. Strange.

Sick like the hook adverts, just shows what twisted mind the antis have.

Now put a plug in air freshener and do the same video.

There is no perpective at all, in your idea of child abuse. Stop using the children for your lying agenda.

[king33richard]

largest study carried out on Environmental Tobacco Smoke was done by Enstrom and Kabat. Carried out over 38 years on 118,094 people with the result that no relationship between ETS and tobacco related mortalities was found. Because this study did not fit ideological and political agendas James Enstrom has been continuously subjected to unethical and erroneous attacks by individuals in an attempt to discredit his work which was passed by the BMJ

[enochkrapowski]

There have been thousands of studies over the last fifty years but they all came from the 76 studies I have on my hard drive. Of the studies in my possession, over 80% of them were paid for by the "good guys" i.e. your team:

28 studies say there is a protective effect from SHS.

24 studies say that there is a slightly elevated statistical risk.

24 say nothing much either way.

It has to be said that all of these studies are flawed for a variety of reasons.

[ageofgreed]

What sick people there are in the antismoking world when they can produce such vile content as this.

[rintintin1000]

Who cares where you sit Allenbaba43 but I have a pretty good idea? Equally, life is not a simple as you would like it to be although it's certainly getting as twisted as your posts.

[Allenbaba43]

From where I sit, the research points to second hand smoke clearly being harmful. Therefore knowingly exposing kids to that is abuse. It's really that simple. And yes, there are lots of things parents do that can be labled abuse, but that's moot. This commercial holds water. The fact that you all call the director of this comercial names on Dr Siegel's website, and judge her character based on thirty seconds of work is the smoking gun for how ignorant and irrational extremists can be.

[DancingTigerBait]

Nobody has called her names on Dr. Seigel's website--and I am sure that he would delete any such attempt to do so. Her character is evident in this ad and in her "defense" of it. In this case, opinionated attributions from you or the EPA only illustrate hateful bias in the face of evidence to the contrary. You need to adjust your seat. freedom2choose . co . uk

[rintintin1000]

As for your comments tennisIsFun99, if that codswallop were true how come that up to the 1980s when people smoked very heavily in large numbers that children weren't keeling over all over the place? They weren't and many of them were a darn sight more healthy than they are today. No, children in those days did not perpetually complain about respiratory problems either. They were too busy running around and climbing trees unlike the little couch potatoes that are being nurtured today.

[rintintin1000]

Ah the EPA! Wasn't this the same organisation that in 1998 was forced in a federal court to remove 2 key statements from its major report due to the fact it had fiddled its research? Those clauses being:

1. that ETS presents a serious and substantial health impact, and

2. that ETS is responsible for the lung cancer deaths of 3,000 Americans annually.

Ah yes, indeed it was the EPA.

[DancingTigerBait]

From a World Health Organization study published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute, "ETS exposure during childhood was not associated with an increased risk of lung cancer (odds ratio [OR] for ever exposure = 0.78; 95% confidence interval [CI] = 0.64--0.96)." Also see Wu-Williams (1990). Negative correlations suggest a *protective* effect. Health scare sensationalism disregards science and decency. The ALA and the director should have known better than to trivialize child abuse.

[tennisIsFun99]

From the EPA: Children are particularly vulnerable to the effects of secondhand smoke because they are still developing physically, have higher breathing rates than adults, and have little control over their indoor environments. Exposure to secondhand smoke can cause asthma, lower respiratory track infections, such as pneumonia and bronchitis, middle ear infections. Exposure to secondhand smoke can cause heart disease, leukemia and lung cancer.

[jngmd]

Smoking around children creates more illnesses including asthma, ear infections and cancer. This is an excellent attempt to equate physical beating with second smoke exposure. Think about it.

[upperkkut]

What it really is is an attempt to equate those who enjoy something you don't with the sort of people who beat their children.

[zerogravitybong]

TRUE

what's funny is, when the subject came up, I would tell people 'I can quit anytime I want, I just don't want to yet'

It's not a matter of 'quitting'. Actually, that is a bit of a misnomer, 'quit' makes it sound like a bad thing.

It's more about 'not putting cigarette in mouth and lighting it'

How come Partnership for a Drug Free America is silent with regard to alcohol and tobacco? Check out a list of their sponsors, you may be surprised. Philip Morris, Busch, etc...

[p0ps]

I see this video as an attempt to shock sense into smoking parents who may not realize their second hand smoke is damaging their children. I believe this as a serious, public health problem and that this video as a responsible production. If it was widely seen, it could help, well-meaning, but unthinking, smoking parents stop smoking, that would benefit society. I don't appreciate being called names by people who, evidently, want to claim a right to harm their children.

[rintintin1000]

A totally twisted and misconceived concept, this video is designed to promote hated against people who smoke. It does no service to children either for if the anti-tobacco lobby gets its way, then children will be removed from loving homes because the parents smoke. That, of course will not provide any benefit but serious emotional and psychological damage. Equally, why do people think that those who make this kind of rubbish should be trusted?

[meandeadly]

American Lung Association should be ashamed of themselves. This is absolutely appalling. Is there no lie anti-smokers are not willing to tell to achieve prohibition?

[zekejethro]

So sad so true???? Are you seriously equating a little tobacco smell to beating on your children and/or wife????

Scary shit... (not to mention utterly pathetic!)

[GarnetDawn]

Obscene and unfounded promotion of hate crimes against a minority by attempting to create a crime where none existing, except in the minds of tobacco control crusaders. Totally unconstitutional. Shame on you! This video was supposed to have been pulled hours ago.

[Allenbaba43]

Unconstitutional? Having the spot pulled because of a website of 18 misguided losers is unconstitutional. You smokers on that pathetic site are no different than the anti-smokers who made it so you can only smoke in a cave. Seriously. No different. Radicals. The fact that you all dispute the harm is EXACTLY why we need commercials like this. Apparently this wasn't harsh enough. Kirkwood should lose his job. Shame on the American Lung Association for not doing their job.

[vivendi1619]

There is no more harm than sitting in front of a fire or a BBQ. Or living in the USA. Look at the life expectany in other coutries ... By moving to another country you could easily prolong the life expectany of your children by some 5 or 6 years. Get real!

[vivendi1619]

Retracted by the CEO of the American Lung Association.

see: tobaccoanalysis(dot)blogspot(d­ot)com

[p0ps]

so sad, so true

[Spratacus]

You need to give yourself another dose of that morphine drip p0ps.

Equating smoking a cigarette in the same room as your child with a parent berating their child while the child screams in horror is just wrong. Not to mention pathetic.

Even John L. Kirkwood,President & CEO of the American Lung Association has said this ad was "both inappropriate and extremely offensive."

Do your homework sonny.