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In reply to the discussion: Drug Fans: More Teens Smoke Weed Than Cigarettes; The War On Drugs Has Failed [View all]4th law of robotics
(6,801 posts)30. Perhaps, but those ads came *after* smoking became uncool and lost mainstream support
easy enough to say you'll never smoke in light of some health ad when it's also widely unpopular with your friends.
Show me instead a teenager who is being told by all his/her peers that smoking is cool who refuses on health grounds.
They exist, but they are few and far between.
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xchrom
May 2012
OP
I'd call that a major success, actually. Tobacco is the worst drug. More addictive than heroin
leveymg
May 2012
#1
Go for the Gusto! Also, sales of really cheap "wine" are endangered - Mad Dog 20/20 . . .
leveymg
May 2012
#12
Was WIRred once or twice as a stupid teen, but CISCO is an unknown to me (as a drink, not a tech co)
leveymg
May 2012
#14
thanks, once again for the opportunity to bring up the fact that there are safe delivery methods.
uncle ray
May 2012
#20
what does chemo have to do with smoking pot? kids aren't smoking pot because they have
HiPointDem
May 2012
#21
So making cigarettes legal but regulated makes it harder for kids to get them
4th law of robotics
May 2012
#23
The new TV ads about people losing limbs because of circulatory problems associated with smoking...
randome
May 2012
#27
Perhaps, but those ads came *after* smoking became uncool and lost mainstream support
4th law of robotics
May 2012
#30