{"id":148,"date":"2005-08-20T11:01:15","date_gmt":"2005-08-20T15:01:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/snarl\/2005\/08\/20\/smokin-not-so-much\/"},"modified":"2005-08-20T11:01:15","modified_gmt":"2005-08-20T15:01:15","slug":"smokin-not-so-much","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/snarl\/2005\/08\/20\/smokin-not-so-much\/","title":{"rendered":"Smokin’ (Not So Much)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Well, I’m on Cape Cod. My parents left this morning so it’s just me and the hairball with a tongue (that would be Dusty the Shih Tzu). I don’t really have anything to talk about. I had intended to go on line to check email only. But then the speed of things prompted me to piss and moan for a moment. And with nobody else in the house to complain to, I’m blogging instead!<\/P>
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My parents have DSL through Verizon. This message is to consumers out there: DO NOT GET DSL! Unless there’s something wrong with my parents service, it simply does not feel much faster than dial-up. I keep seeing these ads on TV for Verizon DSL and how it compares to cable internet access and now have concluded it’s a bunch of lies.<\/P>
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And I can’t believe it’s because of my parents’ computer because it’s less than a year old. But it takes ages for a webpage to open up. Hell, I’m reading magazines while waiting for websites with photos to open. OY VEY.<\/P>
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On a side note (I guess I do have something to write about), I was watching TV this morning and saw one of those Phillip Morris commercials. Could somebody please explain to me the purpose of thse commercials?<\/P>
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I mean, are they required to do these commercials as part of the smoking law suits\/settlements? I can’t imagine they’d do them by choice. How many corporations willingly place advertisements that essentially request that you NOT use their product.<\/P>
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On the other hand, any exposure is better than no exposure at all. So if these ads are required because of the settlements, I think they’re having the opposite effect. I don’t sit by the television thinking of cigarettes. But if you put an ad on TV mentioning cigarettes (even if you’re telling me not to use them) it’s putting their product into my head. As a non-smoker, it doesn’t lure me at all. But as a person who recently quit smoking, or as a kid wanting to rebel, I’d imagine these ads would act as an enticement.<\/P>
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