Yeah same here. Grew up with a lot of friends who started smoking around 12 years, as well as my parents. I didn't gave in into that, so I never even come close to the addiction, though I tolerate it from others that they smoke; society is sour enough already as it is, giving people a hard time just because they smoke isn't helping anybody. I even think it's a bless for me that my parents smoke. Seeing how the tear and nicotine ravashed their bodies and health throughout the year, is a way better lesson then any anti-smoke campaign or stickers and cigarette packs.stefan_ wrote:And that, I think, is 90% of the point of tobacco advertising (as the industry is large enough not to rely on attracting people in smoking), for people to switch to a brand rather than the one they are using regularely.wesley123 wrote:This small crowd that is truly affected by it and starts smoking because of it will always bring quite a few guys with him under peer pressure. Plus, think of all those people that do smoke and are more likely to smoke Marlboro because they saw it in F1
As I said before, at the end is down to you if you decide to smoke or not, whatever if/how they play with your subconscious or not through advertising or how many tobacco commercials you see.
For example, I grew up with F1 being branded with Marlboro, West, B&H, Winfield, Rothmans and Mild seven - in my family there are a lot of hardcore smokers (my parents, sister, uncle and few more relatives) so I grew up seeing them smoke like hell + a lot of my friends - but guess what; I don't smoke, I don't like it, I'll never do it. Simple as that.
It wasn't tobacco advertising that got them into it, it was peer pressure from slightly older ones who smoked a few years themselves. Smoking just gets carried over through the years this way, seamless throughout generations. Nothing to do with advertising; nobody smokes one type of tobacco more then the other just because of fancier colors.
