A few hours ago I took a survey asking me to look at some anti‐tobacco warnings and then estimating how many tobacco smokers vs. non‐smokers will suffer the risks.
I don’t think that grown‐ups take up smoking simply because they’re unaware of just how awful it is for them. I think that they usually turn to smoking because it’s a crude coping mechanism and they don’t love living. Think about it: if life sucks anyway, how much difference would avoiding an unhealthy habit like smoking make?
Reducing tobacco consumption is a fine goal, but anti‐tobacco groups (or at least the ones that I’ve seen) go about it completely the wrong way. I think that raising living standards, or maybe even just messages with more positivity and empathy, would have a more substantial effect than giant warnings and photos of hideously deformed organs.
When I was a kid (I think about 7 or 8, but idk it was a very long time ago) I saw many anti-smoking posters, particularly near hospitals and universities.
The posters in question? An image called “The Smoker’s Body” and for the sake of your appetite I would strongly advise against looking that up. When I first saw it, I got dreams of it showing up in my house lmao
Stuff like that is probably the best way to keep kids from smoking. Just showing how gross the human body will become from years of poison. Putting images on cartons is a really good idea
deformed sperm omg