TRUTH... Ugh...

[Dynamic Dustin M.]

I am so sick and tired of the shit commercials that the Anti-Tobacco commission "TRUTH" makes every single god damned time I watch anything. I mean for crapsake, these people blame the tobacco people for killing these people. Example: (This was being said by a woman around... 30.) "The Tobacco company caused my Grandfather to die from cancer." Uh... No. Your Grandfather smoking 3 packs a day killed him. Did the Tobacco company force him to smoke? No. Don't place the blame there.

Don't get me wrong, I am not trying to be totally a dickhead to those who had family die from smoking. I had several members die from smoking related ailments, but as my Grandfather said before he died, "The cigerette didn't kill me, me smoking them did."

[Zomboid]

I don't really mind them all that much since I chew tobacco instead of smoking it and they never say anything about that. Still, I agree that they are fucking stupid commercials.

[Jixby Phillips]

I am so sick and tired of the shit commercials that the Anti-Tobacco commission "TRUTH" makes every single god damned time I watch anything. I mean for crapsake, these people blame the tobacco people for killing these people. Example: (This was being said by a woman around... 30.) "The Tobacco company caused my Grandfather to die from cancer." Uh... No. Your Grandfather smoking 3 packs a day killed him. Did the Tobacco company force him to smoke? No. Don't place the blame there.

Don't get me wrong, I am not trying to be totally a dickhead to those who had family die from smoking. I had several members die from smoking related ailments, but as my Grandfather said before he died, "The cigerette didn't kill me, me smoking them did."

cool avatar

[Jeanette X]

I don't really mind them all that much since I chew tobacco instead of smoking it and they never say anything about that. Still, I agree that they are fucking stupid commercials.

Actually, that is almost as bad:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/health/ask_doctor/tobacco_chewing.shtml

http://archives.cnn.com/2000/HEALTH/02/17/chew.tobacco.wmd/

"You lose your face one piece at a time until you are dead." :(

[McMock]

Tobacco companies are guilty of putting extra stimulants into their tobacco whose sole purpose it is to make people more addicted to their cigarettes. I'd put the blame for them doing this at the core of capitalism, because this is really what they're forced to do. Of course you can't sue capitalism and you can't get rid of it, so we'll just have to let it self-destruct, one cancervictim and lawsuit at a time.

[Big McLargehuge]

extra stimulants that are delicious

[Dynamic Dustin M.]

extra stimulants that are delicious

Damn right they are. And besides, why shouldn't they put additives into the tobacco? Its their right, we all know about it, yet we all still smoke :-P

[Ninjavenom]

If smoking didn't hurt people who don't smoke, i'd probably be all for it. Anything that kills off idiots is okay in my book, but people who don't smoke can also get lung cancer, so that kind of ruins the fun of the whole slow-scale genocide thing. :-/

[Big McLargehuge]

I don't smoke and blow it into the lungs of strangers. I don't think that me enjoying a wonderful wonderful nicotene induced calmness a coulple times a day is giving anybody cancer. I mean i smoke outside and most the people i smoke around are smokers too.

[Supafly345]

I don't really mind them all that much since I chew tobacco instead of smoking it and they never say anything about that. Still, I agree that they are fucking stupid commercials.Actually, that is almost as bad.I was told that chewing it was the only thing that was keeping me alive.

[Jeanette X]

I don't really mind them all that much since I chew tobacco instead of smoking it and they never say anything about that. Still, I agree that they are fucking stupid commercials.Actually, that is almost as bad.I was told that chewing it was the only thing that was keeping me alive.

Please post pictures after you have part of your tongue removed. I've always wanted to see what that would look like... :)

[Supafly345]

You aren't the only one who took health class you know.

[Zomboid]

Yeah, I know it's bad, but no one's gonna get second hand chew spit and get cancer. Plus it doesn't fuck up my lungs. Only really dangerous thing is the gum cancer/lesions/etc thing :(

[Ninjavenom]

I don't smoke and blow it into the lungs of strangers. I don't think that me enjoying a wonderful wonderful nicotene induced calmness a coulple times a day is giving anybody cancer. I mean i smoke outside and most the people i smoke around are smokers too.

I'm not blamin' ya, but it happens to/with other folks all the time. If people wanna smoke that's their business, but i'm not gonna pretend like it's not a stupid decision, ya know?

[Big McLargehuge]

I could argue that it's not really that stupid of a decision, i mean i won't smoke for the rest of my life, but right now the benefits out weigh the risks.

[McMock]

How can losing like 8 minutes of your life for every cigarette you smoke possibly benefit you?

You're not more relaxed when you smoke. You're only relaxed when you are smoking, and you're nervous all the time between cigarettes - as opposed to all the time when you don't smoke, or you've quit (like I have).

[Anonymous]

Please post pictures after you have part of your tongue removed. I've always wanted to see what that would look like... :)

Chewing tobacco can give you mouth cancer, but so can nagging, Jeanette.

[Big McLargehuge]

How can losing like 8 minutes of your life for every cigarette you smoke possibly benefit you?

You're not more relaxed when you smoke. You're only relaxed when you are smoking, and you're nervous all the time between cigarettes - as opposed to all the time when you don't smoke, or you've quit (like I have).

The whole "losing 8 minutes of your life" thing is just a bunch of anti-smoking bull shit, if you quit smoking and you don't have lung cancer your chances of ever getting it go down to pretty clost to that of the general population.

And i am not nervous all the time, i am a cool ass motherfucker. But smoking makes me feel good, and i have some very good friends that i would have never have met if i didn't smoke.

I mean don't smoke if you don't want to but stop whining, bitchnuts.

[Lotida]

The whole "losing 8 minutes of your life" thing is just a bunch of anti-smoking bull shit, if you quit smoking and you don't have lung cancer your chances of ever getting it go down to pretty clost to that of the general population. Are you a Doctor? Didn't you just have a tumor removed....you know that was from smoking didn't you? >:

i have some very good friends that i would have never have met if i didn't smoke.

http://home.uchicago.edu/~dae/smoking%20buddies.jpg

[Drev]

I thought I read somewhere it's some sort of gene or something that can determine that you could get cancer from smoking. I read it a while ago, but I doubt it to be totally true.

[Schimid]

My mom died from smoking. My dad has a heart disease. I have a smoker's cough, possible emphezema, and skin cancer (although it's completely unrelated).

Still, fuck you Dustin.

[Schimid]

You fag.

[EisigerBiskuit]

We jut have to convince the clean people to stay the fuck away, as the nic heads suddenly die off. Then once their out of the society genepool, there shouldn't be a problem, until some idiot goes around and spreads it again.

[Big McLargehuge]

Most people who die from ciggarette related causes die after they reach reproductive age. Also people who smoke get laid more, you can't argue with that that's science

[McMock]

Hehe. The smoking buddies are hilarious and made me laugh as a consequence.

BigMcLargeHuge: It's amazing how in all your arguments you fail to factor in that you're addicted. I wouldn't be at all surprised if that had something to do with why you smoke as well.

Would you still smoke if you could stop doing it, right now, and not crave after a cigarette ever again? Honestly?

[Helm]

and i have some very good friends that i would have never have met if i didn't smoke.

I agree that this is lol.

[dreaddi]

What pisses me off is that all this anti smoking stuff is so hypocritical. The government gets so much money from the taxes on cigarettes, I wonder if they'd be all that happy if every smoker in the world suddenly stopped buying their pack(s) of cigarettes everyday. All they're doing is saying that they want people to stop smoking and that's why they put those stupid labels on the packets and raise the taxes, but in reality it's just another way to get more money without gaining a bad reputation.

[UrbanMonkeyAmy]

Even though I do not smoke I still hate the Truth ads, they're just fucking propaganda that probably lie as much as the cigarette companies. I already know the dangers and benefits of smoking I don’t need anyone ramming all of this bullshit down my throat. I’ve made my decision not to smoke , but if other people want to smoke that’s their choice and if companies want to make money off them that’s just capitalism. I hate how the Truth think that they are so self righteous and edgy, all they are doing is trying to restrict our freedoms.

[Anonymous]

Also, it's important to note that at the end of every Truth.com commercial, it states that they get their funding from Phillip-Morris. Frankly, I think it's a ploy by P-M to make anti-smokers look like douchebags.

[Big McLargehuge]

BigMcLargeHuge: It's amazing how in all your arguments you fail to factor in that you're addicted. I wouldn't be at all surprised if that had something to do with why you smoke as well.

Would you still smoke if you could stop doing it, right now, and not crave after a cigarette ever again? Honestly?


I actually quit for about a month recently, it was alot easier than i expected and since i restarted smoking i have been smoking around 4 cigarettes a day.

And I really do have friends that are the direct result of smoking because smoking brings people together.

I mean, i understand if you don't agree with my decisions but don't try to act like you understand them. Because you are stupid McMock.

[Jixby Phillips]

The whole "losing 8 minutes of your life" thing is just a bunch of anti-smoking bull shit, if you quit smoking and you don't have lung cancer your chances of ever getting it go down to pretty clost to that of the general population. Are you a Doctor? Didn't you just have a tumor removed....you know that was from smoking didn't you? >:

i have some very good friends that i would have never have met if i didn't smoke.

http://home.uchicago.edu/~dae/smoking%20buddies.jpg

wtf is up with your avatar lol its freaky

[McMock]

BigMcLargeHuge: It's amazing how in all your arguments you fail to factor in that you're addicted. I wouldn't be at all surprised if that had something to do with why you smoke as well.

Would you still smoke if you could stop doing it, right now, and not crave after a cigarette ever again? Honestly?


I actually quit for about a month recently, it was alot easier than i expected and since i restarted smoking i have been smoking around 4 cigarettes a day.

And I really do have friends that are the direct result of smoking because smoking brings people together.

I mean, i understand if you don't agree with my decisions but don't try to act like you understand them. Because you are stupid McMock.

I don't care about your decisions. Do as you want. Just know that you restarted smoking, not because you proved that you could quit and now you don't have to anymore, but because you're addicted. And know that you will soon be back at how many cigarettes you used to smoke before, not because that's your decision, but because you're addicted. You're an addict, motherfucker. Admit it to yourself.

I know for a fact that I'm smarter than you are, because I did figure out that I was addicted, and I did figure out that all the reasons I made up were nothing but me lying to myself. If I'm stupid then at least I'm less stupid at it than you.

[hix1122]

Truth is the devil. They use fear in order to get their point across, instead of facts, witch shows that the people who make those commercial are too stupid to actually try to convince the people to stop smoking instead, of blowing up babies while depressed sounding teenagers are talking in the background.

[Lotida]

wtf is up with your avatar lol its freaky

Apparently, Chojin likes it better than my last one.....

I think he's trying to freak you out!

[Big McLargehuge]

I don't care about your decisions. Do as you want. Just know that you restarted smoking, not because you proved that you could quit and now you don't have to anymore, but because you're addicted. And know that you will soon be back at how many cigarettes you used to smoke before, not because that's your decision, but because you're addicted. You're an addict, motherfucker. Admit it to yourself.

I know for a fact that I'm smarter than you are, because I did figure out that I was addicted, and I did figure out that all the reasons I made up were nothing but me lying to myself. If I'm stupid then at least I'm less stupid at it than you.


I didn't say that i wasn't addicted. But if you had to try that hard to quit, then you are weak willed. I mean if you seriously can't deal with being a little grumpy for a couple of days then you are a pussy.

I don't want to quit smoking or i would.

[Killy The Bid]

Here in the U.K we get an advert of an old man who lost his voice box to smoking (throat cancer), then was diagnosed with lung cancer.

Then he says how he will live to see his granddaughter (or some other relative) who is visiting soon.

Finally, the all too obvious "This man died before he saw his *insert relative here*".

All I could think when viewing this ad was "How fucking convenient". What do these anti-smoking people do, scoure the globe for people dying of cancer then record them soon before they die?

I am not a smoker, but I am not going to bitch about people smoking. Facsist (sp?) bastards.

(P.S. Yes, I have been watching South Park, so sue me)

[Burger Lord]

I think the "Truth" people believe they are going to live forever and never grow old and die because they don't smoke. Obviously only smokers die, or get cancer. What would truely be ironic is if a few of the Truth guys got some other non-smoking related cancer and died young, would be tragic that they died, but hilarious at the same time.

[Dynamic Dustin M.]

My mom died from smoking. My dad has a heart disease. I have a smoker's cough, possible emphezema, and skin cancer (although it's completely unrelated).

Still, fuck you Dustin.

I suppose its the Tobacco Industry's fault for "making" your family smoke eh?

[Jeanette X]

The thing with the tobacco companies that really pisses me off is the fact that they knew that cigarettes were addictive for a long time and lied about it for years.

Anyone remember the time they testified before congress and each claimed that they did not believe tobacco to be addictive and it was later revealed that their own studies showed otherwise?

[ziggytrix]

Also, it's important to note that at the end of every Truth.com commercial, it states that they get their funding from Phillip-Morris. Frankly, I think it's a ploy by P-M to make anti-smokers look like douchebags.

As much as I prefer your explaination, it's just that this is part of their anti-tobacco settlement. I don't think they control the content of the ads.

http://www.apha.org/journal/nation/truthcover0504.htm

[Command Prompt]

At this point, I'd like to point out that most of you use that right to smoke concept to defend your smoking will eventually get drastically sick and expect taxpayers to pay for your cancer treatments and whatnot. The health care system in Canada is on its knees because of people who don't give a shit, fuck up, and then expect other people to pay for thier mistakes.

I don't want to preach, cause I smoked too, back in high school, AND in the boys room too, just to be extra cool, but I realized soon enough that the only reason I smoked was because of

1. Image
2. Additives - and those two reasons were pretty shitty so I quit. I have a cigarette now and then at work but thats cause nicotene is a drug, and all drugs are fun in moderation. If I could never ever legally have a cigarette ever again though, I wouldn't whine and bitch about it, cause I'd be better off.

Those of you, however who walk around in a cloud of smoke, chainsmoking like a chimney are the problem and can fuck right off.
You're just as hopelessly addictted as the next alchoholic and cokehead, you're just to weak to admit it and less likely too since your poison is legal. Tobacco companies made fake ads in the 40s and 50s that had doctors recommending cigarettes for fuck sakes. The Truth people may seem lame because thier telling you something you don't want to hear. Or maybe its cause the ads for cigarrettes show people who look like they get laid alot, having a good time, and the ads for THE TRUTH aren't so slick. Maybe cause thier trying to give you the truth and not a fucking image.

But remember, the fool always realizes too late. When I'm Prime Minister, I can't wait for people to come running and crying for heart transplants and cancer treatments and expect the goverment to spend millions of dollars to keep thier festering bodies alive. You smoke? Got sick? You deserve it. Too fucking bad hotshot, pay for it yourself. >:

[The Damp Moose]

That'll be real fun, wont it? Having your entire country dying of cancer and heart disease and you sitting there saying "fuck off"? What about the second-handers? What if someone smoked in their past (you) and suddenly got lung cancer? Would you tell someone like that to pay for it themselves? Ethics are fun! :(

[kellychaos]

I'd be willing to bet that factory and autmobile emissions are the cause of much more of the lung cancer in anti-smoking than second hand smoke. How can you truly measure which are the cause of the lung cancer in the anti-smokers when all of those air pollutants are just as open and free to be ingestants as cigarette smoke? I'm not looking to be obtuse, here. Does anyone here know how they can differentiate the causes accurately?

[The Damp Moose]

Check a person's lungs for the specific carconogens that are in cigarettes? I'm sure there are at least two dozen chemicals that are in cigarettes that aren't in car emissions or other polutants.

[kellychaos]

So then you have to discern whether carcinogens in cigarette smoke are likely to stay in the lungs longer than those in the other emissions and just how many of the same carcinogens are common to both. You see what I mean? I never find those kind of statistics in the cigarette "fear" adds. It's not that I'm an advocate of tobacco manufacturers. Just sayin/.

[The Damp Moose]

Either way people would still smoke. "Smoking causes cancer, you dumbshit, don't you realize you're killing yourself?" Even if they were THAT blatant, people would still smoke.

Its a stupid thing to do, and people can quit whenever they want. I mean, cigarettes aren't addictive or anything. But why would you quit?

I didn't say that i wasn't addicted. But if you had to try that hard to quit, then you are weak willed. I mean if you seriously can't deal with being a little grumpy for a couple of days then you are a pussy.

I don't want to quit smoking or i would.


So why would one want to keep on doing something that they know perfectly well will kill them, or at least hurt their health.

[thebiggameover]

i cant quit smoking. i tried for like, 6 hours once. i almost killed my mom and all my friends said i was an ass hole. i'm more addicted to the act of smoking than anything in the smoke...
:(

[Schimid]

My mom died from smoking. My dad has a heart disease. I have a smoker's cough, possible emphezema, and skin cancer (although it's completely unrelated).

Still, fuck you Dustin.

I suppose its the Tobacco Industry's fault for "making" your family smoke eh?

Well, I was sorta kidding, but i do really think that it's unfair to put additives in your cigarettes that make them addictive, especially when it's something that can be potentially harmful.

My family actually has a tendency to get addicted to things easily. I'm not blaming that on the industry, but I do think that they prey on people like my family, to an extent. Maybe I'm just looking for a scapegoat as to my parent's unhealthy situation, but it's a working scapegoat.

And I hate the TRUTH commercials too, don't worry.

[Jeanette X]

i cant quit smoking. i tried for like, 6 hours once. i almost killed my mom and all my friends said i was an ass hole. i'm more addicted to the act of smoking than anything in the smoke...
:(

Oral fixation, I imagine. Try lollipops.

[Rongi]

ciggarrettes never do anything for me. they make my lungs kinda feel heavey and that's it. same with pot :/

[McClain]

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[McMock]

I don't care about your decisions. Do as you want. Just know that you restarted smoking, not because you proved that you could quit and now you don't have to anymore, but because you're addicted. And know that you will soon be back at how many cigarettes you used to smoke before, not because that's your decision, but because you're addicted. You're an addict, motherfucker. Admit it to yourself.

I know for a fact that I'm smarter than you are, because I did figure out that I was addicted, and I did figure out that all the reasons I made up were nothing but me lying to myself. If I'm stupid then at least I'm less stupid at it than you.


I didn't say that i wasn't addicted. But if you had to try that hard to quit, then you are weak willed. I mean if you seriously can't deal with being a little grumpy for a couple of days then you are a pussy.

I don't want to quit smoking or i would.

I was pretty heavily addicted, having smoked 20+ cigarettes a day for eight years in a row. You'll find out what I'm talking about when you're there.

[Dynamic Dustin M.]

My mom died from smoking. My dad has a heart disease. I have a smoker's cough, possible emphezema, and skin cancer (although it's completely unrelated).

Still, fuck you Dustin.

I suppose its the Tobacco Industry's fault for "making" your family smoke eh?

Well, I was sorta kidding, but i do really think that it's unfair to put additives in your cigarettes that make them addictive, especially when it's something that can be potentially harmful.

My family actually has a tendency to get addicted to things easily. I'm not blaming that on the industry, but I do think that they prey on people like my family, to an extent. Maybe I'm just looking for a scapegoat as to my parent's unhealthy situation, but it's a working scapegoat.

And I hate the TRUTH commercials too, don't worry.

Okay, I was starting to get worried... lol

You know what though... Lets find a new scapegoat for smoking. To hell with the Tobacco industry, I think that uh... The um...

...Dramatic Pause...

LOW-CARB DIET CRAZE IS THE CAUSE FOR SMOKING!!! DAMN YOU DR. ATKINS!!!

[Terren]

You need to take responsibility for your own shit. If you can't then you shouldn't be here. Life is tough. Don't cry.

[ziggytrix]

I wasn't crying before that last post. I think I'm gonna go leap in front of a bus now. :tear

[AChimp]

Big needs to smoke because he's one ugly mofo and needs all the help he can to get the pretty ladies to sit near him :O

[sadie]

smoking is stupid and anyone who smokes anything is a fucking moron. :puff