revolutionarygays:

i think the issue w non-smoking “awareness”/propaganda is that 1) it is very obviously not aimed at poor people whatsoever, and ppl below the poverty line make up the vast majority of smokers 2) has laughably never considered that some kids start smoking as fucking teenagers because their parents do bc poor people couldn’t afford to quit when all the upper and middle class ppl did bc they found out it was toxic 3) seems to divide the issue of smoking into Wholesome Non Smokers and Dirty Smokers Who Contribute To The Problem instead of tackling the circumstances (poverty, stress, addiction) that can lead to cigarette smoking. the lack of care for current smokers is really jarring and sad, esp in the teen-oriented ads – the kids offering the Wholesome Teenage White Girl a cigarette are presented as Bad Kids when that never fucking happens and cigarettte smoking as a teenager is usually something that happens bc of poverty, hard drug use, and stress. making smokers feel like shit for smoking is beyond a useless and futile tactic