Anti-Smoking Campaign

Ok. So I managed to catch the heavily debated anti-smoking tv campaign. There was this woman, who has mouth cancer and it looked really gross. But honestly, it has no effect on me. Heh.

The debate that is going on is why, when the campaign obviously targets those heavy smokers, is it aired on tv where everybody and anybody can watch, even little children. Concerned parents have actually wrote in to the forums on Straits Times and have voiced their opinion that it might actually be traumatising for the kid who watches it. In some way, I do agree with what they say. However, it's not all brickbats and no boquets. My friend thinks that it might actually scare the children from ever even starting smoking. He has two kids.

I personally feel, it's all a whole lot of tosh. Have the damn campaign or not, nothing's going to change. I could still remember the whole anti-smoking campaign we had when I was a kid. Look where I am now? I am a smoker. Did it make a difference? No!!! I only remembered there was a campaign, but what the content was? I have already forgotten. LOL!!

You want to know what I think the government should do?? Ban smoking altogether, if not at least public places. Instead of spending money to advertise, don't take money from ciggarette tax revenue. Remember, this is coming from a smoker. A smoker saying that we should ban smoking. I mean if many other countries, especially European countries, can do it, why can't we?? If they stopped selling cigarettes, I would stop buying them. It's that simple. Yes, there will be people who will be unhappy. But come on, it's life, you don't please everybody. There's bound to be someone who will be displeased with every decision you have made.

That being said, I will wait and see what the government decides to do next.