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"We reserve that right for the poor, the young, the black and the stupid."
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Famous words spoken by one of the Chief executives of R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company back in the 1990's when asked if any of them smoke?
Maybe these words would have more of an impact than the current "SMOKING KILLS"
if placed on packets today!
Food for thought..
Either way a juicy steak (High Protein) is way more healthy for you
Maybe these words would have more of an impact than the current "SMOKING KILLS"
if placed on packets today!
Food for thought..
Either way a juicy steak (High Protein) is way more healthy for you
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Well it is a proven fact that stakes are bad for the heart just ask Dracula.
I am not sure what the psychological process is that makes more girls take up smoking than boys in the UK. Perhaps it is because they believe it will keep them slim. But I remember some research on anti-smoking advertising being pitched to teenage girls showed that they didn't give a damn about the photographs of cancerous lungs etc; the only one they reacted to was a couple of good looking boys saying that kissing her would be like kissing an ashtray.
Is this line included because of the latest news saying that eating lots of meat and cheese in middle age is as deadly as smoking, according to scientists?
Yes it is.
I wonder if there's been an increase in cigarette cases since the normal packets got so ugly? Or have I just spotted my path to becoming a millionaire??
Correlation does not prove causation.
Go for it - and put me on the top of your mailing list :kitty:
Its unfortunate that the young see older people as one homogenous mass, as I noticed once I hit my 30s that it is really noticeable how much older women smokers look than those who don't.
Is that quote in the OP real? I seem to have heard several slightly different versions and from different eras which always gets my 'urban myth' alarm going...
Yes, I heard that report on Radio 4 this morning. I'm taking it with a very large pinch of salt and a mega glass of red wine.
ETA: Yep, I'm tired and should have read the thread first
I agree.
No because it's a racist and stupid quote.
And the poor, young and stupid, it also offends?
That too.
Well. I can kinda see how it might motivate some to give up. I mean, to essentially tell your customers that you think they're stupid for using your products is not likely to motivate them to buy more of said product, is it?
It is true that smoking is increasingly associated with society's underclass so it is possible that people might give up because of that.
MInd you, I think society has already done more than enough to persuade people to give up smoking. If you continue to smoke, it's your decision. Let's face it, the tax cash comes in awful handy.:D
Er, why is it racist? What if smoking is disproportionately higher amongst black people than white people? You would expect the guy to know his customer demographics, after all. Perhaps it was simply a statement of fact.
For starters :Anything that assumes that all black people or any group of peopleof any race for that matter are the same is inherently racist IMO.
The remark is dismissive,disrespectful and uses 'blackness' perjoratively.
This.
The article goes on to document a rather deliberate campaign to recruit new smokers from the black population by sponsorship of black groups.
It does point out that the groups themselves seem rather blinkered to the fact that by taking the cash they are supporting an industry that kills so many of the people they are supposed to be helping.
Even if I accept your rather odd definition of racism, it's not what he's doing, is it?
He's saying that smoking is disproportionately higher among black people than white people, which may or may not be correct. Either way, it is not racist, any more than his similar comment about the poor was 'poorist'.