Comments on: NHS Smoking Adverts Scared Children

By: Faith Miller

Faith Miller — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 23:45:23 +0000

I am disgusted by this advert, Yet again advertisers use ploys to upset children and get them to bully adults. I am a smoker and fully understand the implications of my choice to smoke. But these set of advert not only are indirect badgering, They have deeply upset my daughter thinking i am going to die imminentely and cause great distress. I am an adult and make many life choices but this is i belive in very bad taste! I fully accept that we are always concerned about the one of those close to us but this is my choice and will not be badgered to change though emotional blackmail to my daughter who doesn’t fully understand the risk as response above says. Children don’t have the emotional maturity to understand things fully and this is another below the belt cheap shot!

By: shady01

shady01 — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 17:59:15 +0000

i just wanted to say that although i understand what the problems are with these adverts i think its important that this is truely how children feel. My mum smokes and growing up as i learned more in school about smoking i was secretly terrified that she was going to die. I was something i really struggled with. MY younger brother rencently confided in me this very same fear. Parents need to understand that althought they have accepted the health risks assocciated with smoking … their children havent and not only that but they are risking their childrens lifes as well .
i hope these adverts let children know that they are not alone in their feelings and they should tell their parents.

By: rebecca ali

rebecca ali — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 01:51:39 +0000

i would really like this shot i now u probely get alot but it means alot to me

By: Charlotte

Charlotte — Sat, 30 May 2009 13:32:50 +0000

I know a few people who gave up smoking for their children.I find it is a big reason why a lot of people do. They do it for their family so I think it is a good way. It makes people think about how it effects others esspesially children. Im scared of my brother smoking. It brings me to tears. Some people dont realise how much it effects others emotionaly. I know i didnt until i found out my borther was smoking. These days more and more younger people understand smoking and effects so now they are scared for family and friends.

By: Hermann Hurch

Hermann Hurch — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 07:32:53 +0000

Although I am fully in favour of anything that might persuade people to stop smoking, campaigns that scare children and try to get at adults via their children, go too far in my opinion. By all means scare the adults directly. But using children to get adults to change their behaviour is a little too Orwellian for me. Incidentally, I don’t think these ads were meant to scare children, but rather engender guilt in adults.