I HATE The "The Truth" Ads!!

[Reephdweller]

<p>Honestly, these stupid &quot;The Truth&quot; ads they play on TV all the time, I fucking hate them. They act like the stuff they show is so shocking and that whatever they show whether it is chalk outlines of bodies or frozen ice bodies with babies in the middle, or the&nbsp;stupid guys with megaphones blaring at passersby&nbsp;will be so shocking that some kid will quit smoking. To me they are so annoying probably have less than zero effect on any smoker out there.</p><p>I don't smoke, though I did in high school....I can't imagine anyone being moved by these ads.</p><p>Here's a great parody commercial of &quot;the truth&quot;</p><p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DNTCNskKj0E">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DNTCNskKj0E</a></p><p>&nbsp;</p>

[PapaBear]

For some reason, I find the one with the girl licking everything, to be extremely hot.

[Gvac]

<p>The whole premise is ridiculous.&nbsp; They're trying to convince teenagers that smoking isn't cool.</p><p>As if that'll ever happen.&nbsp; What's next?&nbsp; Trying to convince them that sex, drugs, and rock and roll are uncool? &nbsp;</p>

[sailor]

<strong>Gvac</strong> wrote:<br /><p>The whole premise is ridiculous. They're trying to convince teenagers that smoking isn't cool.</p><p>As if that'll ever happen. What's next? Trying to convince them that sex, drugs, and rock and roll are uncool? </p><p><font size="2">&nbsp;positively unamerican</font></p>

[RoseBlood]

Agreed! Hate those commercials and the people in them.. so obnoxious

[tele7]

<p>Illinois non-smokers</p><p><img src="http://bb.wynnear.com/pics/Illinois_Nazis2_medium.jpg" border="0" width="374" height="280" /></p><p>i hate them too.&nbsp; I always change the channel.</p>

[burrben]

but that &quot;you don't always die for tobacco&quot; song is so catchy. i love sitting back with a nice cigar and singing a couple verses

[shittyhambrgers]

they act like smokers aren't actively choosing to smoke. why should i feel bad for someone who <em>wants</em> to smoke? they're exercising personal freedom. i smoke pot and i know it's killing my lungs, sinuses, etc, but thats the choice i'm making. same goes for cigarette smokers.

<span class=post_edited>This message was edited by shittyhambrgers on 1-22-07 @ 10:31 PM</span>

[JPMNICK]

does anyone have any data on cig. sales in NJ on a Year over Year basis from pre smoking ban and now

[Bob Impact]

These commercials are why i still smoke.

[A.J.]

<strong>Gvac</strong> wrote:<br /><p>The whole premise is ridiculous.&nbsp; They're trying to convince teenagers that smoking isn't cool. </p><p>Exactly!&nbsp; Didn't they see your &quot;all the cool kids smoke&quot; sigpic???</p>

[cupcakelove]

I'm a non smoker and I also hate those ads.&nbsp; The 'You don't always die from tobacco' one gives me nightmares.

[Skellington]

<p>The Truth ad's take a microscopic piece of a fact&nbsp;and bloat it.&nbsp; the one with the back-hair makes me laugh.&nbsp; Sodium Hydroxide = lye.&nbsp; Depending on the strengh and if it is used as a strong base, or compound.&nbsp; the trace % of NaOH that is found in cigarette, basically in the rolling paper, is the same % or less found in (oh wikipedia):</p><p>&nbsp;<span class="mw-headline">Food preparation</span></p><p>Food uses of lye include washing or chemical peeling of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fruits" title="Fruits">fruits</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vegetables" title="Vegetables">vegetables</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chocolate" title="Chocolate">chocolate</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cocoa" title="Cocoa">cocoa</a> processing, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caramel" title="Caramel">caramel</a> color production, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poultry" title="Poultry">poultry</a> scalding, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soft_drink" title="Soft drink">soft drink</a> processing, and thickening <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ice_cream" title="Ice cream">ice cream</a>. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olive" title="Olive">Olives</a> are often soaked in lye to soften them, while <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pretzel" title="Pretzel">pretzels</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germany" title="Germany">German</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lye_roll" title="Lye roll">lye rolls</a> are glazed with a lye solution before baking to make them crisp.</p><p>Specific foods processed with lye include:</p><ul><li>The <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scandinavia" title="Scandinavia">Scandinavian</a> delicacy known as <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lutefisk" title="Lutefisk">lutefisk</a> (from <em>lutfisk</em>, &quot;lye fish&quot;). </li><li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hominy" title="Hominy">Hominy</a> is dried <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maize" title="Maize">maize</a> (corn) kernels reconstituted by soaking in lye-water. These expand considerably in size and may be further processed by cooking in hot oil and salting to form <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corn_nuts" title="Corn nuts">corn nuts</a>. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nixtamal" title="Nixtamal">Nixtamal</a> is similar, but uses <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calcium_hydroxide" title="Calcium hydroxide">calcium hydroxide</a> instead of sodium hydroxide. </li><li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hominy" title="Hominy">Hominy</a> is also known in some areas of the Southeastern United States, as the breakfast food <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grits" title="Grits">grits</a>, dried and ground into a coarse powder. They are prepared by boiling in water, with the addition of butter and other ingredient to suit the tastes of the preparer. </li><li>Sodium hydroxide is also the chemical that causes gelling of egg whites in the production of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Century_egg" title="Century egg">Century eggs</a>. </li><li>German pretzels are poached in a boiling sodium hydroxide solution before baking, which contributes to their unique crust. </li></ul><p>People smoke.&nbsp; Thetruth knows that.&nbsp; It doesn't matter if you ban it, make cartons cost $70, people will smoke and LOVE IT.&nbsp; As a social smoker (i don't smoke at work or home), i say ban the bitches, but don't come crying to the people when that luxery tax isn't flooding in anymore and something else has to get taxed or other things get raised.&nbsp; Thetruth.com also knows that they personally are a bunch of tree-huggin' hyporcritic hippies that if they stepped back and looked at the overpopulated world filled with more carcinogins from pollution from cars, factories and processing, they'd realized that smokers are doing the world a favor and keeping the population in check by hopefully killing if off more sooner&nbsp;than later.&nbsp; Ban mcdonalds, ban transfats, and while you

[Wallower]

<p>They act like there are no surgeon general's warnings. Breaking news, cigarettes are bad. Give us some grant money so we can go lay in the streets and make asses of ourselves.</p><p>Gah! I'm furious.<br /> </p><p>Activism is the new rock and roll. Ugly guys support random humanitarian causes in an effort to hook young pieces of ass. I wish I had thought of it.</p>

[Basedow]

<strong>burrben</strong> wrote:<br />but that &quot;you don't always die for tobacco&quot; song is so catchy. i love sitting back with a nice cigar and singing a couple verses<p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>that commercial really comes off like a comedy piece every time i see it, and its intended to be disturbing. i agree about the tune, it sticks with you during the day.&nbsp;</p>

[ralphbxny]

<p>i will let my friend Lil Jimmy Norton handle this one,&quot;It stinks and I dont like it !&quot;</p>

[A.J.]

<strong>wbskellington2</strong> wrote:<br /><p>People smoke.&nbsp; Thetruth knows that.&nbsp; It doesn't matter if you ban it, make cartons cost $70, people will smoke and LOVE IT.&nbsp; As a social smoker (i don't smoke at work or home), i say ban the bitches, but don't come crying to the people when that luxery tax isn't flooding in anymore and something else has to get taxed or other things get raised.&nbsp; Thetruth.com also knows that they personally are a bunch of tree-huggin' hyporcritic hippies that if they stepped back and looked at the overpopulated world filled with more carcinogins from pollution from cars, factories and processing, they'd realized that smokers are doing the world a favor and keeping the population in check by hopefully killing if off more sooner&nbsp;than later.&nbsp; Ban mcdonalds, ban transfats, and while your at it ban stupidity because apparently humans as a whole are too stupid and self indulgent to have control over any matter and are eating themselves fat and to death and driving hummers through crowded cities because it's the 'in' thing.&nbsp; </p><p><img src="/messageboard/tiny_mce/plugins/emotions/images/thumbup.gif" border="0" width="38" height="20" />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <img src="/messageboard/tiny_mce/plugins/emotions/images/smoke.gif" border="0" width="46" height="20" /></p>

[zolo6029]

Those comercials make me so nervous that I need a cigarette !

[Friday]

<p>I actually kind of miss those anti-smoking commercials where they show you the inside of an artery and then actually cut it open so you can see all of the sludge ooze out.&nbsp; </p><p>I think that really got the point across...&nbsp; lol</p>

[Tenbatsuzen]

<p>The guy with the voicebox in the New York State sponsored ads = effective.</p><p>&quot;The Truth&quot; ads - uneffective.&nbsp; Why?&nbsp; Because they are paid for by Big Tobacco.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p>

[dereckfishboy]

Regardless of who funds them, they essentially attack what are the same tactics used by every other corporation as well.

[suggums]

<strong>Tenbatsuzen</strong> wrote:<br /><p>&quot;The Truth&quot; ads - uneffective. Why? Because they are paid for by Big Tobacco.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;truth.</p>

[Tenbatsuzen]

<strong>suggums</strong> wrote:<br /><strong>Tenbatsuzen</strong> wrote:<br /><p>&quot;The Truth&quot; ads - uneffective. Why? Because they are paid for by Big Tobacco.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;truth.</p><p>It's the most effective reverse-psychology marketing scheme I've ever seen.&nbsp; Portray anti-smoking commercials as so ridiculously uncool, that it plants the idea that smoking IS cool.&nbsp; Unreal.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p>

[TheMojoPin]

<strong>Tenbatsuzen</strong> wrote:<br /><strong>suggums</strong> wrote:<br /><strong>Tenbatsuzen</strong> wrote:<br /><p>&quot;The Truth&quot; ads - uneffective. Why? Because they are paid for by Big Tobacco.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;truth.</p><p>It's the most effective reverse-psychology marketing scheme I've ever seen.&nbsp; Portray anti-smoking commercials as so ridiculously uncool, that it plants the idea that smoking IS cool.&nbsp; Unreal.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>All they're doing is fullfilling something they were ordered to do...they can keep pumping out their products as long as they spend a certain amount of money each year on anti-smoking media.&nbsp; Hence the ads.&nbsp; Is it any wonder that they inspire a sarcastic &quot;makes me wanna smoke&quot; response in so many people?&nbsp; Brilliant.&nbsp; Evil, but brilliant.</p>

[Tenbatsuzen]

<strong>TheMojoPin</strong> wrote:<br /><strong>Tenbatsuzen</strong> wrote:<br /><strong>suggums</strong> wrote:<br /><strong>Tenbatsuzen</strong> wrote:<br /><p>&quot;The Truth&quot; ads - uneffective. Why? Because they are paid for by Big Tobacco.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;truth.</p><p>It's the most effective reverse-psychology marketing scheme I've ever seen.&nbsp; Portray anti-smoking commercials as so ridiculously uncool, that it plants the idea that smoking IS cool.&nbsp; Unreal.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>All they're doing is fullfilling something they were ordered to do...they can keep pumping out their products as long as they spend a certain amount of money each year on anti-smoking media.&nbsp; Hence the ads.&nbsp; Is it any wonder that they inspire a sarcastic &quot;makes me wanna smoke&quot; response in so many people?&nbsp; Brilliant.&nbsp; Evil, but brilliant.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Does this mean that PETA is actually a front for KFC?</p><p>&nbsp;</p>

[Soupy_Dreck]

I don't smoke but these ads make me want to go out and buy cigarettes anyway

[suggums]

<strong>Tenbatsuzen</strong> wrote:<br /><strong>TheMojoPin</strong> wrote:<br /><strong>Tenbatsuzen</strong> wrote:<br /><strong>suggums</strong> wrote:<br /><strong>Tenbatsuzen</strong> wrote:<br /><p>&quot;The Truth&quot; ads - uneffective. Why? Because they are paid for by Big Tobacco.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p> truth.</p><p>It's the most effective reverse-psychology marketing scheme I've ever seen. Portray anti-smoking commercials as so ridiculously uncool, that it plants the idea that smoking IS cool. Unreal.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>All they're doing is fullfilling something they were ordered to do...they can keep pumping out their products as long as they spend a certain amount of money each year on anti-smoking media. Hence the ads. Is it any wonder that they inspire a sarcastic &quot;makes me wanna smoke&quot; response in so many people? Brilliant. Evil, but brilliant.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Does this mean that PETA is actually a front for KFC?</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>all i know is after my friends and i watched supersize me in a theater, we went straight to mcdonalds once it ended.</p>

[Bulldogcakes]

<strong>wbskellington2</strong> wrote:<br /><p>The Truth ad's take a microscopic piece of a fact and bloat it. the one with the back-hair makes me laugh. Sodium Hydroxide = lye. Depending on the strengh and if it is used as a strong base, or compound. the trace % of NaOH that is found in cigarette, basically in the rolling paper, is the same % or less found in (oh wikipedia):</p><p>&nbsp;For anyone who had a grandma from &quot;the old country&quot; (whatever one) many of them used to make their own soap. Mine lived upstairs and did on occasion. You know how they made it? Fat (usually rendered fat from cooking) and Lye. </p><p>So I guess they're trying to make people scared of soap. &nbsp;</p><p>I'm so sick of all the busybodies in the nanny state, all trying to protect us from ourselves. Fuck them all. &nbsp;</p>

[shittyhambrgers]

<strong>Tenbatsuzen</strong> wrote:<br /><p>The guy with the voicebox in the New York State sponsored ads = effective.</p><p>what's effective about it?&nbsp; cigarettes didn't rape his mouth.&nbsp; the man CHOSE to smoke.&nbsp; fuck that guy, i hate him.&nbsp; i don't feel bad for people who make stupid choices, and if you DO take harmful substances into your body... deal with the consequences. </p>

[MrPink]

<p>The ads are fuckin stupid, but the cowboy singin in New York was scary. It's funny that a painful death doesn't phaze me, but a hole in the throat does (still not enough to quit smoking).</p><p>Another group of ads I hate are the anti-drug ads. Noone smokes bud and wakes up to a call of how they fucked up the night before resulting in an apology.</p>

[A.J.]

<strong>Bulldogcakes</strong> wrote: <p>&nbsp;For anyone who had a grandma from &quot;the old country&quot; (whatever one) many of them used to make their own soap. Mine lived upstairs and did on occasion. You know how they made it? Fat (usually rendered fat from cooking) and Lye. </p><p>Your grandmother was Tyler Durden?</p>

[IamFogHat]

I think they have subliminal messages to make you start smoking.

[Chigworthy]

I just hate those&nbsp;asshandlers in the commercials.&nbsp; The well-off and racially mixed group of idealistic college cunts that think they've got shit wired better than everyone else can go get fucked in a can of shit.&nbsp; I can just hear their inner thoughts:&nbsp; &quot;We're making a difference.&nbsp; We're saving these people from themselves.&quot;&nbsp; Yuck.&nbsp; I'm going to go find these fucks in 20 years and force them to watch these commercials until they die of douche-chillicide.

[Cleophus James]

Ya I was.. dam it.. someone always says what I want to.<br />

[Zorro]

<p><span class="t7"><font size="2">How many people smoke cigarettes? </font></span></p><p><font size="2">Among US adults, cigarette smoking has declined from about 42% of the population in 1965 to about 21% in 2005 (the latest year for which numbers are available). About 45 million adults smoked cigarettes in 2005. About 23% of men and 19% of women were smokers. Education seems to affect smoking rates, as shown by a steady decrease in the smoking rates in groups with a higher level of education. </font></p><p><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="2">This is from the American Cancer Society website. Regardless of whether the truth.com ads are effective or not the fact is that smoking numbers continue to decline. </font><font face="Arial" size="2"></font></p><p><font face="Arial" size="2"></font></p>

[Tenbatsuzen]

<strong>shittyhambrgers</strong> wrote:<br /><strong>Tenbatsuzen</strong> wrote:<br /><p>The guy with the voicebox in the New York State sponsored ads = effective.</p><p>what's effective about it?&nbsp; cigarettes didn't rape his mouth.&nbsp; the man CHOSE to smoke.&nbsp; fuck that guy, i hate him.&nbsp; i don't feel bad for people who make stupid choices, and if you DO take harmful substances into your body... deal with the consequences. </p><p>The point of the ad is that he smoked, he wound up like that, DON'T BE THAT GUY.</p><p>The guy isn't asking for sympathy, he's an example of what could happen.</p><p>&nbsp;</p>

[TheMojoPin]

<strong>A.J.</strong> wrote:<br /><strong>Bulldogcakes</strong> wrote: <p>&nbsp;For anyone who had a grandma from &quot;the old country&quot; (whatever one) many of them used to make their own soap. Mine lived upstairs and did on occasion. You know how they made it? Fat (usually rendered fat from cooking) and Lye. </p><p>Your grandmother was Tyler Durden?</p><p>BDC is his own grandmother.</p>

[sailor]

<font size="2">last night they ran one of baby dolls inside ice sculptures of women.&nbsp; then the ice melts and the babies fall to the floor.&nbsp; the tag line is that x number of babies lose their mothers to smoking every year.&nbsp; this ad was particularly bad because it conjures up the thought of the babies dying, which is misleading.&nbsp; also, are they saying x number (i think 300k) of infants lose their mothers?&nbsp; or 300k mothers die each year (many of which have adult children).&nbsp; i hate the truth. </font>

[Chigworthy]

Pregnant ice women are fucking hot.

[shittyhambrgers]

<strong>Tenbatsuzen</strong> wrote:<br /><strong>shittyhambrgers</strong> wrote:<br /><strong>Tenbatsuzen</strong> wrote:<br /><p>The guy with the voicebox in the New York State sponsored ads = effective.</p><p>what's effective about it? cigarettes didn't rape his mouth. the man CHOSE to smoke. fuck that guy, i hate him. i don't feel bad for people who make stupid choices, and <span style="background-color: #ffff00">if you DO take harmful substances into your body... deal with the consequences.</span> </p><p>The point of the ad is that he smoked, he wound up like that, DON'T BE THAT GUY.</p><p>The guy isn't asking for sympathy, he's an example of what could happen.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p>

[keithy_19]

<strong>A.J.</strong> wrote:<br /><strong>Bulldogcakes</strong> wrote: <p>&nbsp;For anyone who had a grandma from &quot;the old country&quot; (whatever one) many of them used to make their own soap. Mine lived upstairs and did on occasion. You know how they made it? Fat (usually rendered fat from cooking) and Lye. </p><p>Your grandmother was Tyler Durden?</p><p>&quot;Bob has bitch tits. </p>

[nassue]

<strong>wbskellington2</strong> wrote:<br /><p>The Truth ad's take a microscopic piece of a fact&nbsp;and bloat it.&nbsp; </p><p>Thank You!!</p><p>The Truth is i don't give a shit if you smoke or you don't smoke&nbsp; </p><p>i can decide for myself&nbsp;&nbsp; what am i a braindead zombie?</p><p>Your telling me that these tobacco companies are not telling me the truth to get me to smoke but YOUR so goddamn honest because you have some shocking factoid that I'm supposed to imeadiately believe, when ever other thing i see on television is a fucking lie?</p><p>wake the fuck up !!! IF I WANNA CIGARETTE I'LL SMOKE A FUCKING CIGARETTE!!!!</p><p>regardless of what some hipsters on television tell me</p><p>by the way i don't really smoke </p>

[pennington]

<strong>Chigworthy</strong> wrote:<br />I just hate those&nbsp;asshandlers in the commercials.&nbsp; The well-off and racially mixed group of idealistic college cunts that think they've got shit wired better than everyone else can go get fucked in a can of shit.&nbsp; I can just hear their inner thoughts:&nbsp; &quot;We're making a difference.&nbsp; We're saving these people from themselves.&quot;&nbsp;&nbsp; <p>I love this post. Most of the people like this that I've met were all heavy smokers who were just so much deeper and profound than the rest of us. </p><p>&nbsp;</p>

[GwEnYpOo]

<strong>Reefdweller</strong> wrote:<br /><p>&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DNTCNskKj0E">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DNTCNskKj0E</a></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&quot;who ya callin fuckwad? fuckwad . . .&quot; f-in hilarious</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>yea the truth ads suck . . .&nbsp; those people came to my school awhile back and tried to hand out &quot;truth&quot; dog-tags and keychains and stuff, i dounbt anyone took them . . . if kids are&nbsp;the demographic they're tryingto get to they're wasting they're fucking time . to most kids these people don't even seem like real people. it's like when you're in school and everyone gets called down to an assembly because there were visitors who wanted to talk to you abpout safe sex and social diseases, they do a little skit with bad costumes and even worse acting, then they give you a terrible lecture about &quot;peer-pressure&quot; then show you nasty pictures of the herps . who the fuck takes that seriously ? it just doesn't come off as reality . kids aren't stupid , they know what going on . and if something is gonna make me stop smoking it's not going to be the horrible truth ads. its gonna be the person i love that may be developing lung disease from years of smoking.</p>

[sailor]

<strong>pennington</strong> wrote:<br /><strong>Chigworthy</strong> wrote:<br />I just hate those asshandlers in the commercials. The well-off and racially mixed group of idealistic college cunts that think they've got shit wired better than everyone else can go get fucked in a can of shit. I can just hear their inner thoughts: &quot;We're making a difference. We're saving these people from themselves.&quot; <p>I love this post. Most of the people like this that I've met were all heavy smokers who were just so much deeper and profound than the rest of us. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;<font size="2">i no longer smoke, i gave it up years ago.&nbsp; these ads are crap.<br /></font></p>

[Devo37]

god, i hate these commercials!!! i just watched one with a couple of idiot kids singing and dancing about smoking killing 5 million people per year. that's bullsh!t. that's absolute f*cking horsesh!t!!!

i hope everyone involved in making those ridiculous commercials dies of a super combination of cancer, aids, flesh-eating virus, and bird flu!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!