The sort of ad you posted probably would have turned me on at that age.
All the witty kinds of anti-smoking campaigns like this always just pissed me off, but I guess maybe they're targeted at people who don't smoke but are at risk of starting.
I've quit myself now going on a few months. I don't like the smell of it anymore, though occasionally when I see someone smoking I really want to. I maintain for myself smoking was a way to temporarily check out of whatever I was doing and get myself somewhere else. It's not totally socially acceptable to be with a group of people and suddenly say "Hey all the sudden I want to get the fuck out of here, so I'm going to go do that for a bit then I'll be back". It has been in the past acceptable to step outside for a smoke. I also started smoking because it gave me a wicked buzz. I swear I never started because I thought it was cool. Mostly it was about stopping whatever I was doing and thinking about something else for awhile.
I think it's kind of sad that smoking is associated with low IQ, damn! I don't think of myself as that stupid. But I quit so maybe I'm not so stupid after all.
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Date: 2010-Apr-07, Wednesday 04:29 pm (UTC)All the witty kinds of anti-smoking campaigns like this always just pissed me off, but I guess maybe they're targeted at people who don't smoke but are at risk of starting.
I've quit myself now going on a few months. I don't like the smell of it anymore, though occasionally when I see someone smoking I really want to. I maintain for myself smoking was a way to temporarily check out of whatever I was doing and get myself somewhere else. It's not totally socially acceptable to be with a group of people and suddenly say "Hey all the sudden I want to get the fuck out of here, so I'm going to go do that for a bit then I'll be back". It has been in the past acceptable to step outside for a smoke. I also started smoking because it gave me a wicked buzz. I swear I never started because I thought it was cool. Mostly it was about stopping whatever I was doing and thinking about something else for awhile.
I think it's kind of sad that smoking is associated with low IQ, damn! I don't think of myself as that stupid. But I quit so maybe I'm not so stupid after all.