A Clever Take On Stopping Smoking

vienna · 01-13-17, 04:43 PM

Saw this on TV news today:

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Oberon · 01-13-17, 06:04 PM

Russia has an interesting proposal, banning smoking for people born in 2014 and after, full stop. Will be watched by a lot of other countries to see if they can actually enforce it.

Commander Wallace · 01-13-17, 07:08 PM

A coughing billboard. What will they think of next.

vienna · 01-14-17, 03:22 AM

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Originally Posted by Oberon

Russia has an interesting proposal, banning smoking for people born in 2014 and after, full stop. Will be watched by a lot of other countries to see if they can actually enforce it.

Brings to mind the old story from the days of Mao in China where the government sought to eliminate flies by mandating a 'kill quota' of 'X' number of lies to be killed by citizens (sorry, 'comrades') each day. I guess if you keep them occupied with busywork, the people won't notice waht else their government is doing...

Here is a link to a NY Times story on the ban:

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/12/w...ttes.html?_r=0

I don't think a ban will work; we have two very large Russian settlements here in the Los Angels area, one in Reseda, in the San Fernando Valley, and one near where I live in the Hollywood/West Hollywood area; there is also a large settlement in the adjacent city of Glendale. After observing the residents of those areas for a number of years, I think you'll be able to get a gun out of the cold dead hands of an NRA member before you could make those walking chimneys give up their ciggies. There has been a law banning smoking in bars for years, but the Russians (along with a lot of Asian groups) try to defy the law. The management of the bars will often know of police or other enforcement visits beforehand and will hide the ash trays and packs of cigarettes away before the cops arrive; its like a 'cat and mouse game', reminiscent of those Prohibition scenes in old movies...

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Originally Posted by Commander Wallace

A coughing billboard. What will they think of next.

Maybe on that not only coughs, but also sprays you with water?...

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STEED · 01-14-17, 07:13 AM

Gimmick.

Jimbuna · 01-14-17, 08:08 AM

Next we will see the birth of the Smokeasy

Commander Wallace · 01-14-17, 09:38 AM

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Originally Posted by vienna

Maybe on that not only coughs, but also sprays you with water?...

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That would be different. I would like to see that too.

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Originally Posted by Jimbuna

Next we will see the birth of the Smokeasy

Eventually, it will probably come to that.

Jimbuna · 01-14-17, 09:51 AM

^ I smoked for 34 years and can't say I'll ever miss them.

Commander Wallace · 01-14-17, 09:56 AM

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Originally Posted by Jimbuna

^ I smoked for 34 years and can't say I'll ever miss them.

Good for you that you quit.

You are going to need that money anyhow for your daughters wedding.

Jimbuna · 01-14-17, 10:05 AM

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Originally Posted by Commander Wallace

Good for you that you quit.

You are going to need that money anyhow for your daughters wedding.

True that

vienna · 01-15-17, 03:03 AM

A few years back, I worked with someone who is about my age who had just finally managed to quit smoking after having smoked since he was 16 years old; he had some down time on our project and he set up a spreadsheet to calculate an estimate of how much he had spent on ciggies and such; the final amount was very impressive and even more so when he used a US Gov't table to re-calculate the older dollars into today's dollars; for several days thereafter all we heard was him muttering things like "I coulda had a couple of really good cars!"..."I coulda had more for my house down payment!"... etc....

What was interesting was I had a similar experience with a musician acquaintance who had quit using drugs and had done a similar tally; IIRC, the totals were not that far off each other...

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01-13-17, 04:43 PM	#1
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STEED Lucky Jack Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Down Town UK Posts: 27,695 Downloads: 89 Uploads: 48	Gimmick. __________________ Dr Who rest in peace 1963-2017. To borrow Davros saying...I NAME YOU CHIBNALL THE DESTROYER OF DR WHO YOU KILLED IT!

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Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,461 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Next we will see the birth of the Smokeasy __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

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Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,461 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	^ I smoked for 34 years and can't say I'll ever miss them. __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

01-15-17, 03:03 AM	#11
vienna Navy Seal Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Anywhere but the here & now... Posts: 7,711 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	A few years back, I worked with someone who is about my age who had just finally managed to quit smoking after having smoked since he was 16 years old; he had some down time on our project and he set up a spreadsheet to calculate an estimate of how much he had spent on ciggies and such; the final amount was very impressive and even more so when he used a US Gov't table to re-calculate the older dollars into today's dollars; for several days thereafter all we heard was him muttering things like "I coulda had a couple of really good cars!"..."I coulda had more for my house down payment!"... etc.... What was interesting was I had a similar experience with a musician acquaintance who had quit using drugs and had done a similar tally; IIRC, the totals were not that far off each other... <O> __________________ __________________________________________________ __

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