thewanderingknitter

I can not even express in words how much I hate “the truth” anti-smoking commercials, is there really anyone out there that has not heard that smoking isn’t so great for you?  Not only are the commercials extremely heavy handed and ridiculously dramatic, they also make me cringe just a bit.  However, the lastest one does feature two actors who should consider trying out for Cats - check out their jazz hands!  But really, whenever I see one of those ads it just makes me sad.  Both my parents are very heavy smokers (if someone was to release a soundtrack of my childhood, many tracks would feature the sound of lighters) these ads make me think of  my parents mortality.  The fact that they will probably never get a chance to meet their grandchildren (unless I get going on that pretty soon) just makes me sad.  Smoking is just something that they are not willing to give up, no matter how many conversations I have with them.  In a way, I think these ads make me think of myself as a failure- I was not able to help my parents in any way and due to that, their lives are going to be cut short.

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