Thursday, June 15, 2006

Gross Anti Smoking Ad

Now that's what I call effective advertising! This "tracheotomy guy" Ronaldo Martinez. He speaks with the help of an electronic device and we get to see him disinfecting the hole in his throat as part of his apparent shower routine. I could not stop watching him and I could not stop thinking about my smoking neighbors.

I am surrounded on all sides by smokers. The guy across the hall steps out into the common area to smoke. I see him all the time from my window. He's one of those that can quit for 3 months, start again, quit again, etc. He's easily in his mid to late 40's and really should be thinking about hanging up the habit for good. Then there's the young idiots next door to me. 3 twenty-somethings live in this apartment and I guess they're too young to be afraid of the damage. Young and stupid. A deadly combination? Between the 4 of them, I'm sure I'm getting enough 2nd hand to be harmful.

I read in
Angry Black Bitch's blog that she's giving it up. Hooray for her - I hope she makes it. I was a smoker once - 2 packs a day, of menthol even! Funny I don't remember it being that hard. But then I was 'young and stupid' at the time.

Anti-Smoking Ads Shock Viewers in NYC

Ronaldo Martinez

7 comments:

Shark-Fu said...

Ugh...nasty ad.

Thanks for the kind words!

Toodles...

Anonymous said...

Disturbing, but effective. If you watch the Mets or the Yankees, you'll see this one at least every other inning. My daughter (11 months) stops in her tracks every time this guy comes on - kind of freaks me out, because the only other commercial that gets her attention is the one with that gecko selling insurance. I quit two years ago after 10 years of smoking a pack a day. Part of me wishes I saw this commercial when I was 25.

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