Why not wait until you're 18 before you decide whether or not you want to smoke?

This is a sample of a previous tobacco industry "anti-smoking" campaign aimed at youth.

It contains a photograph of the rear end of a car and a picture of an opened package of cigarettes with the cigarettes sticking out and says, "If you're not old enough to drive, you're not old enough to smoke. Why not wait until you're 18 before you decide whether or not you want to smoke?"

It appears to be a "finger-wagging" ad that says "you're not old enough for this." It essentially taunts kids by linking smoking with the adult ritual of gaining independence by starting to drive. Ad is from Hong Kong.

Title: Why not wait until you're 18 before you decide whether or not you want to smoke? Date:	 19900500/E Type: Advertisement (Hong Kong) Bates	 No. 2501109206 Collection:	 Philip Morris Pages: 1 URL: http://legacy.library.ucsf.edu/tid/vsx29e00

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A press release by announcing the above ad campaign to "deter Hong Kong Children and Minors from Smoking" or purchasing cigarettes:

Title:	 THE TOBACCO INDUSTRY IS LAUNCHING A PROGRAMME TO DETER HONG KONG CHILDREN AND MINORS FROM SMOKING OR PURCHASING CIGARETTES Organizational Author: Tobacco Institute Hong Kong Date:	 19900529 (May 29, 1990) Type: Press release Bates No.	 2501109205 Collection:	 Philip Morris URL: http://legacy.library.ucsf.edu/tid/usx29e00

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Title: Tobacco Industry Youth Smoking Prevention Programs: Protecting the industry and hurting tobacco control Org. Author: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH; FORUM ON YOUTH SMOKING Per. Authors: GLANTZ,SA; LANDMAN,A; LING,PM Date	 20020600 Type	 PUBLICATION Bates	 3000156169/6186 URL: http://legacy.library.ucsf.edu/tid/fxh95a00