You have been smoking for some time but you don’t think you are an addict. That is quite understandable. Most of us believe that we are in control and command. We don’t believe that we can be slaves to alcohols or cigarettes. Still, it will be good to take a test to check out your dependence level on nicotine via a simple Icotine Dependent Test. At least, it may give you a reason to stop smoking or not to quit smoking.
Today is the last day of 2007. Pause, do the test and decide if you want to make 2008 a smoke-free year.
Icotine Dependent Test
1. When do you smoke your first cigarette after you woke up?
3) Within 5 minutes
2) About 6 – 30 minutes
1) About 31 – 59 minutes
0) After 60 minutes
2. Do you find it tough not to smoke in “smoke-prohibited” places?
1) Yes
0) No (more…)
Only toddlers believe in Santa Claus. No kids above 3 years old will believe in Santa so what’s so bad about Santa smoking?
Sure, the ho ho ho guy may be fictitious but he is a jolly good fellow that supposed to give presents to the good and obedient kids on Christmas Eve. He may not be real but he is a symbol of goodness and wholesomeness. Now, this beautifully illustrated and painted vintage ad is telling me that Santa is sharing the spirit of Christmas by smoking himself, huh? He is also encouraging me to smoke and give my loved ones “a gift of pleasure” (i.e., a present of cigarettes) just don’t go down well with me.
Santa is not spreading the spirit of Christmas. Santa is not asking you and me to give gifts of goodness or gifts of pleasure.
Instead Santa is asking you and me to inhale nicotine, tar and lots of harmful chemicals that’s proven by scientists to cause cancer and respiratory diseases. Santa is asking you and me to damage our own health and at the same time, poison others too. I don’t intend to be his accomplice. I don’t intend to be a murderer.
No thanks, this cannot be the spirit of Christmas. After all, I had successfully quit smoking and I’m not turning back. I had burnt an important part of my life away and I’m done with smoking. You want to buy cigarettes, I would rather you go pick up some smoking aids to quit smoking
I like Disney cartoons since young but I didn’t know Goofy had a dark past until I saw this video. Well, it just goes to show smoking can get people on the dark side.
Like claudiokun2007 said at YouTube: “It was an attempt to ridicule smoking and how desperate is a man who becomes dependent on nicotine in some dry burning mix of leaves”. Yet regrettably, kacpt said “Walt Disney is going to hell for this video. this cartoon is why i started smoking. 18 years ago.” It is sure weird to have Goofy asking for weeds but Aethumus commented that “Weed used to be slang for a self-rolled cigarette. It didn’t change into a marijuana connotation until the early to mid sixties.”
Perhaps the video was made in 1951 but it would better for Disney to send a clearer message. We have folks at YouTube wondering if this video is pro-smoking or anti-smoking.
Back in the 1950s and 1960s, cigarettes as Christmas gifts were promoted heavily. This is evident with this vintage advertisement showcasing here with the former president Ronald Reagan touting Chesterfield cigarette. Fortunately, laws and regulations forbade such blatant cigarette advertising. Unfortunately, subtle ads are still allowed. Good imaginary with clever copy would still able to deliver the same message.
Advertising will more or less influence and encourage people to smoke. But is it the fault of the cigarette companies or advertising that there are so many people smoking? It’s a chicken and egg debate and I won’t go into it here. The point here is don’t go buy anyone cigarettes or cigars as Christmas presents!
