Monday, April 16, 2012

Lollipop of the Absurd

For everyone there is a commercial that just drives them nuts. For me it is a Tobacco Free Florida commercial that says that tobacco companies make candy flavored tobacco to try and entice children to... use tobacco? I say use because THEY CAN'T BUY IT!

So stupid! Kids can not legally buy tobacco and it is absurd to say that they make a product for a consumer group that can not buy their product. I worked for a tobacco manufacturer and we never discussed children or even young adults. ADULTS EAT CANDY! Adults have money, like sweets, like certain flavors, and it is for adults that these products are made. Basically the anti-tobacco people want manufacturers to make their product as unappealing as possible. That's not their job, it is to sell a legal product and make it appealing to buy. Certain flavors, colors, and packaging helps sell the product.

It is an unhealthy product that can cause cancer and they have to post warnings all over their packages that say that. You can honestly say that they sell a poisonous and dangerous product but it is disingenuous to say that they are designing a product to be sold to kids. Get your message out without LIES. The facts are on your side, you make your case ridiculous by reverting to stupid and unnecessary distortions.

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