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Luckily, I NEVER see those ads. Seriously. Never.
That might be 'cause I'm in the UK. Dunno about it though.
I see an awful lot of anti smoking things though.
I havn't had a ciggy in over a week! Go me! I hate the gum though...

Weed IS good for quitting nicotine.
I went for about half a week without smoking and I went mad. So I looked in my hiding place and there was weed! Only a TINY bit. I havn't had a bad craving for nicotine since.

yah i agree i hate commercials like that...

Thank you, even if I was getting high I would still visit my grandma(if she was still alive). I hate when people classify stoners as irresponsible, I mean c'mon that's stereotyping which is exactly the same as saying if you're black you can automatically play basketball, betcha they wouldn't make a commercial about that.

I know 16 year olds (Fundamentalist Christian) and 13 year olds of any religion who believe that marijuana fries your brain like eggs on a skillet (that was the commercial in my day). I'm trying to reeducate them. I tried to join MADD as a mother against drunk driving who believes that you should encourage your kids to drink at your home (risking that I'd get a 4th degree felony!) with their friends so that the parents can make sure nobody drives home drunk and everyone who has been drinking either spends the night or gets a sober ride. Sadly, I couldn't find any good forums to join and talk about how to really stop drunk driving. Drunk driving is sooo much worse than underage drinking. I would prefer that my daughter wait to use recreational drugs, or any sort of drugs where you instead of the doctor decide the dosage, until she is mature enough to make responsible decisions that don't harm others and don't ruin anybody's life. (This could be early, I've seen mature enough 10 year olds, or never, I've seen many adults who aren't mature enough yet) But if she is going to anyway I would far rather she make stupid mistakes with drugs at home where I can call 911 (and maybe claim I had no idea what was going on in the basement?), confiscate keys, offer a couch to sleep on etc. etc.