Re:How to get 7th graders to smoke
by andy99 on Wednesday May 15, 2024 @08:48AM
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I remember hearing rumors that tobacco companies funded anti-smoking campaigns because they realized it just made smoking look that much cooler. It's certainly easy to imagine a dual purpose ad that will appear positive and affirming to adults but super lame to kids and make them want to do the opposite.
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I believe big tobacco was required to fund those as part of a mass tort settlement.
Re:How to get 7th graders to smoke
by arrowsmith on Wednesday May 15, 2024 @12:07PM
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As parodied by South Park: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hqglh7WoBz0
This is the source of those ads: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tobacco_Master_Settlement_Ag...
Given that this was required by the Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement as pointed out, is it safe to say that the U.S. federal government accidentally mandated tobacco companies to make a brand-new form of youth smoking dogwhistle?