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Make It Smell Like Farts. That'll Stop 'Em
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How to get kids to stop smoking? This opinion piece in the New York Times posits that what you need to do is to use marketing. It's not just "THIS WILL KILL YOU," but... well, remember those heavy-handed "TRUTH" spots a few years ago? Yeah, like that. They also want to keep cigarettes out of movies and make all packaging generic. But this is all bull, because for every bogus study they cite, there's someone out there smoking because an older sibling or classmate smokes, because they think it looks cool, because they think it makes them look older, or -- and this one's the key -- because it pisses off parents and other adults. The do-gooders never take that into account. (New York Times)
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