Comments on: Ad campaigns http://www.kewpid.net/2006/06/14/ad-campaigns/ personal blog on politics, economics and whimsy Mon, 26 Dec 2011 13:02:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: brad ruting http://www.kewpid.net/2006/06/14/ad-campaigns/comment-page-1/#comment-5249 brad ruting Sat, 17 Jun 2006 01:23:23 +0000 http://www.kewpid.net/2006/06/14/ad-campaigns/#comment-5249 oh, good point! that's a good idea... unless they have the motive of reducing obesity levels too or something :P oh, good point! that’s a good idea… unless they have the motive of reducing obesity levels too or something :P

]]> By: Dan http://www.kewpid.net/2006/06/14/ad-campaigns/comment-page-1/#comment-5248 Dan Thu, 15 Jun 2006 11:37:03 +0000 http://www.kewpid.net/2006/06/14/ad-campaigns/#comment-5248 Well, not only are they meant to encourage people to quit, but they also try to scare people (teens) from picking it up in the first place. Maybe they should avoid playing them during dinner-times or something. Well, not only are they meant to encourage people to quit, but they also try to scare people (teens) from picking it up in the first place. Maybe they should avoid playing them during dinner-times or something.

]]> By: brad ruting http://www.kewpid.net/2006/06/14/ad-campaigns/comment-page-1/#comment-5246 brad ruting Thu, 15 Jun 2006 10:46:58 +0000 http://www.kewpid.net/2006/06/14/ad-campaigns/#comment-5246 those smoking ads are really offputting.. and rather unfair... only about 20% or so of people smoke, don't they? yet now there's 80% of people, who are non-smokers, trying in vain to quit something they don't go to get those gruesome pictures of TV. By all means put them on the packets, but not on TV where everyone has to watch them. That give blood ad was pretty clever I thought... although it (implicitly) suggests having recently had an unprotected gay sex orgy will not affect your ability to donate blood, yet having first hand experience of Thatcher will. those smoking ads are really offputting.. and rather unfair… only about 20% or so of people smoke, don’t they? yet now there’s 80% of people, who are non-smokers, trying in vain to quit something they don’t go to get those gruesome pictures of TV. By all means put them on the packets, but not on TV where everyone has to watch them.

That give blood ad was pretty clever I thought… although it (implicitly) suggests having recently had an unprotected gay sex orgy will not affect your ability to donate blood, yet having first hand experience of Thatcher will.

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