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This poster is a bit cruesome so don't click if easily shocked
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Personally, I cannot understand why people smoke...but whatever floats your boat I guess. And if a slow suicide does, cigarettes are for you!
Well give up...whats stopping ya?
Problem with the stop smokng campaigns is that they don't seem to be designed by smokers. Or ex-smokers. non-smokers will never understand how to get into a smokers mind to find the thing which will make them quit.
What makes you think they're designed by non-smokers? Wouldn't you think that any organisation remotely interested in advertising the stop-smoking-campaign would need to understand? I can tell you it's not a question for opinion, and the answer is yes. They would literally need to know.
I know you are being serious. What I mean is that if other people think like you and give up like you too then it is a good, worthwhile campaign.
Scare tactics can work wonderfully well if used well.
But surely every smoker is different? And the trigger which makes somebody want to quit will be different for everyone?
Personally, I think the adverts about telling your kids you've got cancer are the most hardhitting.
they do have some effect but imo isn't the right tactics to use...not every smoker gets cancer you see...the best one's are the "if you smoke X amount of fegs a day you'll be spending X amount of pounds a year on them" everyone wants more money...
Personally, I think the idea of liking smoking is ridiculous. But each to their own...
I think everyones 'quitting' trigger must be different, and so adverts must vary as to try and hit everyones trigger.
Well Mods can make certain posts sticky so they always appear at the top.
It seems more girls and young men smoke these days from just looking at who's smoking in bars and clubs.
My friend's mum was a smoker - she got cancer in her throat and they had to remove her voice box so she was unable to speak before the cancer finally killed her.
And I believe Nigella Lawson's Husband got cancer of the toungue and they had to cut a big part of his tounge out before he also died.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/1198541.stm
because they push the message that if you stop smoking then you won't die (in effect) but smoker don't fall for that bullshit. We know that everyone dies.
There is also the denial aspect.
Suggest you ring you nearest Smoking Cessation team and ask how many of that team are ex-smokers.
IME, as someone who works with the Public Health team locally, I can tell you that few are. We've had some interesting discussions about how the whole system isn't geared up to deal with addicts very well.
Indeed, and sometimes they work, I have no doubt about that.
However, if they are so effective why do people start and why do people go back to smoking again...?
Takes me back to my earlier point. It's not just smokers that get cancer. In fact most smokers won't at all. They are more likely to get CPOD.
Now, if you want to use scare tactics then that is the avenue to take. Hard facts and a lecture from the Chest Specialist. I've attended one and it's the closest I've come to stopping.
The advert should show the smoker who is still addicted, who can't actually get to the shops because they can breathe...
Personally though I think that the addiction and habit aspect should be approached rather than just trying to scare people...
Don't get me wrong, I completely see your point of view. I'm sure you can tell I'm a non-smoker. I don't think any form of advertising, etc will ever eradicate smoking. If people want to do it, then it is their choice.
I'm increasing my risk of lung cancer, and some oral cancers.
I could still get colo-rectal cancers, skin cancer and prostate cancer (for example) even if I didn't smoke.
Adverts fix on cancer because it is a big emotive area. Reality is that COPD is the one to watch for.
But it's also the problem. Becuase cancer comes in so many forms it's easy to ignore as a problem, when it comes to smoking.
Show grandad unable to run with his grandchildren because he's out of breath, or lost a leg. But everyone dies eventually... so that isn't really a good message to put across IMHO
i dont know much about all the health issues related to smoking , but is he talking any sense? , i mean of course he could get some problems but generally does it take a good certain of years smoking before problems occur? , e.g like after 10 years or something
I already don't have as much lung capacity as a non-smoker my own age. I'll never get that back.
Oh wow they ripped me off, i did something like that but for binge drinking for my A-Level comms project. My teacher thought it was gruesome and i was pretty sick but she loved it!
I believe it may help people already in the process of quitting to persevere- along the lines of "at least I'm reducing my risk of getting some of these diseases".