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Aunchie: Basically, these commercials are documentaries showing how corrupt the cigarette companies are, and how harmful smoking is. I can think of a few off hand. In one, they went around asking addiction clinics if they treated people for jogging and m&m addictions because one cigarette company exec said that tobacco addictions were comparable to those addictions. Another, they explained how tobacco companies spent more money announcing that they helped people than what they actually spent helping. An older one I can think of, they showed pictures of two babies, one born healthy with a healthy mother, and one with a low birth weight born to a smoking mother. Tobacco industry ceo's said women would enjoy the fact that smoking would cause smaller babies. Problem is, everyone thought they'd want the healthy baby.

Anyway Fenky, the only thing smoking is good for is causing lung cancer.
I'm for the anti-smoking commercials. Your point about animals is completely invalid. Bears rarely every kill people. I'm fairly sure cows kill more people each year.
As far as second hand smoking, it really hurts people, and its plain wrong. You don't have to tie kids down and blow in they're face, because as long as they're in the same house with it, they are at just as much risk for lung cancer as the smoker.
Smoking around others constantly makes about as much sense as sitting around and aimlessly shooting a gun. Who knows who you'll kill or seriously hurt.
And not that anyone really cares, but I'm against smoking because I was victim of second hand smoke. I went into anaphylactic shock twice as a young child and nearly died both times. I had to be on a respirator for a long time. My lungs are still slightly messed up because of it.