Did This Anti-Smoking Ad Go Too Far?

By Giulia Rozzi
April 3, 2009
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This smoking ad sure gets its point across. httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SfAxUpeVhCg But some folks think the makers of this now controversial anti-smoking ad went too far by letting a 4-year-old boy lose sight of his mother so that he would cry on camera. However the makers insist that the child was not harmed and the child’s anxiety lasted a matter of only a few seconds. What do you think? Is it really a big deal that a kid was scared into crying to create an ad that could potentially help save a smokers life? Or do you think the ad creators used unethical practices to get the little boy upset? Personally I feel bad for the kid and all but the ad is pretty damn affective. takepart learn how to quit smoking and raise your child not to start smoking.

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posted on Apr 4, 2009
Breaking news! A kid cried! As far as I can tell from the baby havers in my building, kids cry an average of about 20 times a day, and that's just when they're at home. It's not like they dropped a bottle of whisky on his foot to make him cry, they just took mom away for a minute. Of course, if that kid grows up to be a serial killer I am prepared to eat crow.