The Feds are about to spend $54 million of our hard earned tax dollars on a graphic anti-smoking ad campaign. I have mixed feelings about graphic warnings and am not fully convinced they work but the powers that be reckon they can save 50,000 lives. I hope it happens because I hate smoking. I HATE IT!!!
Some of you may think $54 million is a lot of money but it's not. It most definitely is not. The smoking industry spends that every two days cajoling us to smoke. Their spokesmen say all they're doing is advertising a legal product to adults. Really!?! How many 35 year olds are out there waiting to be convinced to smoke? Zero is my guess. The non-smokers who are persuadable are teens and kids. Yeah, teens and kids. My thoughts on all this and how to quit smoking in my opening this Saturday on Dr. Chambers On Call on KFWB News Talk 980.
