Tobacco companies that tell teens not to smoke?

What to you think of the RJ Reynolds TV ads that tell adults to talk to their kids about not smoking?

At some point in time, all current smokers will be dead - trust me on this. Does it make sense that a big tobacco company would say 'future market share, don't buy our product'?

Of course not.

By the way, outside of the US, advertising regulations are much more lax. The tobacco companies are doing a very effective job targeting teens (especially young women) in Europe and Asia.

If one child is spared by a 'don't smoke' message, then the campaign is worthwhile. But it isn't about that.

It's about a megacompany wrapping the cloak of good corporate citizen around themselves (to comply with US ad laws) while exploiting the same (and bigger) audiences in foreign countries.

Is anyone outraged by this spin?

I agree that the cigarette companies are using such self
serving messages to try to bolster their opinion with the
public more than trying to save children.

If they just wanted to save the children, they could fund
another organization to place the ad or just put lots and lots
of money into the American Cancer Society.

Has anyone figured why all those tobacco execs who stood
up in front of Congress saying that they didn't believe there
was any connection between smoking and cancer haven't
been hauled off to jail or heavily fined for lying?I may be reading more into the ads than is actually there, but I really think the kids who say "no" in those ads are kind of dorky. Dorkier than the ones that ask them to smoke with them. What kind of message does that send to regular kids?
They know that if parents start lecturing their kids a lot about smoking the kids are more likely to rebel and try it.
At some point in time ALL NON-SMOKERS will be dead too. So what is your point. PARENTS should do their job and teach their kids that smoking is bad for you. DON'T blame the tobacco companies.
... they will continue to make money regardless of how you feel about them ... try not to think about it if it's upsetting you ... try the Serenity Prayer ... try talking to your Doctor about it ... perhaps some medication ... you poor dear ...
I am outraged. It reminds me of those ads where baby formula makers were telling third world women that formula was so much superior to breast milk.
As for the ads here, I don't know whether they are the reason or whether it is all the other anti-smoking campains, but our kids do seem to smoke less.