Yes, most were old... but do you know when most got addicted? As a teenager. Big Tobacco is advertising to TEENAGERS. Not older people. Many WERE victims. Tobacco manipulates their products to make these people begin using their products. Tobacco lies about the addictive levels of nicotine, and overloads their product with nicotine to keep people wanting more. How do you think they weren't victims? Do you think they knew everything they were getting into? Do you think they knew that tobacco companies are, to this day, coming out with things like Cherry Skoal and Tobacco Listerine strips... just to reach out to children? That's definite victimization. That's manipulation. Learn what you're arguing against. The numbers are correct. Tobacco's only enemy are these activist groups. Someone has to stand up against this. Think about that number! 1200 people a DAY?! That's TWO of my high schools... in one day. That's 50 people... in ONE hour. That's more than murder, suicide, car accidents, and alcohol combined! I support this commercial... so much. Someone has to stand up.

oh whatever 1st of all my high school has 1000 so we are better than you:P. 2nd those things you mentioned ok well let me 1st state am 15 a freshman(well now im a sophmore yay) and i hang out with ppl from 7th grade to 19 20 year olds and none of them actually like those products. not even the little 7th graders. they really are geared towards old ppl bcuz old ppl smoke just for nicotine and out of habit so if when they are busy at work and such they don't have to go outside to smoke. kids and teens smoke mainly bcuz of well, smoke. so using those products would be pointless except for making you barf. and i can honestly say that ads my somewhat target teens but they don't really influence you to start smoking. no thats usually done by your role models in real life and on tv that smoke. the ads mainly just influence what brand you smoke, and even that is more peer pressure. and yea someone needs to stand up against them. look im not trying to defend tobacco but these government sponsored ads can't pretend to care. we have know for 50 years that smoking is bad. but what have we done except collect trillions of tax dollars and create anti-smoking campaigns we know don't work????

They are not all geared towards old people. First of all, do you really think "old people" want tobacco wintermint-flavored strips? Do you think that the tobacco company is targeting old people when they come out with flavors like wild cherry? Or watermelon? Or... when they use mascots like the cartoon Camel to advertise their products? How many old people are gonna run to the store after watching a commercial with a talking cartoon camel? Not many.

Second, do you know this is government sponsored? These truth messages actually stemmed from another YOUTH group called "Truth" from Florida. YOUTH group. Not GOVERNMENT group.

It's not about forcing people to quit. Not at all. It's about keeping people from starting. Letting them know what can happen. It's all about facts. We've known it's bad for 50 years... sure. But in those 50 years, more and more have come out. More products and brands. But also, more information! People are learning what nicotine can do. What arcenic and fermeldyhide can do. We're learning... and trying to get the information out... before people start. And a commercial is a great way to get it out. You can stand on a corner with flyers all you want... but you'll never impact as many people as you will with a commercial.