Anti-Vaping Ads Want You to Vape

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  @Robin-of2jt · 3 years ago

  i always think about the anti-drug campaign in my sixth grade science class. they told us to not huff paints, markers, etc. we all looked at each other like "you can do that ???"

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  @bigbrowski410 · 8 months ago

  The single greatest anti-vaping ad I’ve seen isn’t even an ad, it’s that viral clip of that kid in a fast food joint screaming at the top of his lungs to have his vape given back after someone took it.

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  @MrBeardsley · 8 months ago

  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bbV6I8VRMG8&amp;t=1436">23:56</a> My “WE ARE NOT FUNDED BY BIG TOBACCO” t-shirt has people asking a lot of questions already answered by my t-shirt

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  @Office_chair · 1 year ago (edited)

  I&apos;ve never vaped but I&apos;ve always found it weird how vaping ads actually seem like they&apos;re encouraging vaping rather than advising against it.

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  @7lkiwn3956 · 3 years ago

  In my DARE program, they would let us submit anonymous questions and every week a cop would read out “Would SpongeBob smoke weed?” and get mad.

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  @rejala5840 · 2 years ago

  &quot;Don&apos;t think of an elephant!&quot; ~Elephant Thoughts Prevention Initiative

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  @magerightsyeah · 2 years ago

  I think another problem specifically with the “depression stick” and “breath of stress air” PSAs is that they’re clearly meant to be parodies of adds for vapes except… I’ve never actually SEEN an add for a vape. Like I’m sure they exist, but these “parodies” are so much more common that they functionally just BECOME the thing they’re trying to parody

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  @IsabelleGeorge-q7n · 8 months ago (edited)

  For me, the most effective anti-drug education was the stuff that focused on the more &quot;minor&quot; inconveniences. When I was a kid, hearing &quot;Opioid addiction will cause liver damage!&quot; didn&apos;t faze me, because most pre-teens have no reference for what liver damage would feel like. But hearing &quot;Opioid addiction will make you feel itchy all the time!&quot; stuck with me much more. I&apos;d think &quot;Damn, I don&apos;t want to be itchy all the time! That sounds like it sucks!&quot;

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  @thecluckster3908 · 2 years ago

  The worst part of the “metal in your lungs” ad was that THEY PUT THE WILHEM SCREAM IN IT?!?!? I have no idea why they added a scream meant to be funny in an ad like that.

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  @TheChrisHype · 3 years ago

  At San Diego Comic Con this year, they actually had a full sized model of the “metal monster” my wife and I took our pictures with. It was actually pretty cool.<br>Only problem: unless you looked at the finest of fine prints on the poster that they handed out with each photo, you wouldn’t even know what the hell they were advertising.

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  @garlicbread3401 · 2 years ago

  The first couple times I saw the &quot;depression stick&quot; ads, I legitimately thought it was an ad FOR vaping. The ads themselves are contradictory and confusing, and the music, and imagery in those ads were chosen to be soothing and fun. They absolutely know what they&apos;re doing.

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  @LadyBernkastel92 · 1 year ago

  &apos;depression now in cookies and cream&apos; sounds sick. My current depression doesn&apos;t even have a flavor

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