SMOKE, BABY, SMOKE!

These vintage cigarette ads crack me up! Smoke if you want, I don't care. It's a personal choice. Adults should be free to inhale exorbitantly expensive carcinogens if they want to, but children shouldn't urge their parents to do so. Especially infants, who may not understand the subtleties of the argument.

Adults, on the other hand, are critical thinkers. They're smart enough to make conscious choices, such as whether or not to inhale flaming leaves, or to pay trillion dollar drug corporations to compromise their health. But kids should stay out of it!



Click button for Tex Williams performing "Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! (that Cigarette)"

NEW YEARS RESOLUTION

Fred Flintstone, role model for today's youth, smokes cigarettes with neighbor Barney. No wonder many young kids are trying to be cool like Fred, and lighting up a butt.


Twenty-three percent of high school students in the United States are current cigarette smokers—23% of females and 22.9% of males. Eight percent of middle school students in this country are current cigarette smokers, with estimates slightly higher for females (9%) than males (8%). At fifty bucks a carton, this is even more stupid than it sounds.

PERRY COMO'S CHESTERFIELDS CHRISTMAS

This commercial leaves an unpleasant aftertaste. Still, I like the idea of "expert, professional smokers." What kind of a job is that?
Look at Perry. He's looking mellow. I know this is an ad for Chesterfields, but I think he's been smoking some of that Mexican mistletoe.