[OT] DMD 0.175 release

[Kristian Kilpi]

On Mon, 27 Nov 2006 23:05:03 +0200, Walter Bright  
<newshound at digitalmars.com> wrote:

> Kristian Kilpi wrote:
>> And of course cigarette companies. They *knew* 30 year ago that  
>> cigarettes is harmful and will cause cancer, they just didn't publish  
>> that information.
>
> Cigarette smoking being harmful to health has been known for 400 years.  
> There was no secret about it. The doctors certainly knew about it.  
> Anyone who did an autopsy on a smoker knew about it. My father said that  
> when he grew up before WW2 the kids called cigarettes "coffin nails."
>
> Way more than 30 years ago, I knew cigs were harmful and would kill you,  
> and that's why I didn't take up smoking. It was common knowledge.
> Smokers and drinkers know, and knew. They just don't (and didn't) care.

When I was a kid, I'm glad that we were informed about the harms of  
smoking in the school. So I didn't start smoking. I 'dared' not to smoke.

But not all know the hazards of smoking (or drinking). Any country that  
does not have a smoking culture developed yet, or in which children aren't  
educated so much, is free game for cigarette companies. And that's highly  
immoral in my opinion! They direct ads to young people (potential smokers)  
and send a message: if you start smoking, you will get rich and popular.  
And lets then sponsor some movie stars, racing drives, etc. so that they  
will advertise cigarettes.


> I've talked to young smokers today. They know all about the health  
> risks. They just don't care.

That's a shame.

I think something else could be more effective than telling about health  
risks (of course, one should also tell about health risks too). Using  
humour is one thing. To make them see how funny and/or stupid it's walking  
around and sucking a paper wrapper.

For young adults I would create the following humorous TV ad (everybody,  
use your imagination):

A young, cool guy and his babe are getting intimate in their bed room. The  
guy dumbs his cigarette, and the girl is laying in the bed, ready  
(lingeries still on of course, this isnt't a porn movie you know). The guy  
looks down (at his groin), but nothing happens. "C'mon!", he yells in  
frustation, "Don't fail me know!". But nothing helps. The camera transfers  
outside the department, and there is painful (and loud) "noooooo!" which  
fades in the night. In the screen appears: "Cigarettes cause impotence."  
And maybe after that: "That's why girls pick guys that don't smoke."


Another thing that can be a worth of mentioning, is the need to smoke time  
after time. You will be a slave so to speak. Let's say you need to go  
smoking at every hour. Now, for example, when you're going to watch a  
movie in a local theather. You have to smoke before going in (for obvious  
reasons), and still you'll have an urge for smoking at the middle of the  
movie. If you can't resist, you will have to go to outside the theather to  
smoke. But if don't go, you'll be watching the clock the rest of the  
movie. And what if you can't smoke inside your house, etc.? I think it's  
very annoying to stop everything you were doing after an hour and go to  
out to smoke. Day after day, hour after hour.