Has anyone seen those Phillip Morris commercials about not smoking? I don't get it, dont they sell cigarettes?

Question

Why would a cigarette company try to get people not to smoke... isnt that kind of the equivalent of an car dealership telling you that you shouldnt buy the car because your very likely going to get in an accident and die...all while still selling cars
this question has been bugging me for a while

Answer 1

Does seem odd, doesn't it? The reason that Phillip Morris is doing this is because that was part of the settlement of a lawsuit against Phillip Morris. The lawsuit required that the company offer education on how to quit smoking and advertise that you shouldn't smoke in the first place. Bizarre, huh? It also goes to show that advertising doesn't ultimately make a hill of beans worth of difference if a consumer already has made up his mind.

Answer 2

I am not positive, but I think all the cigarette companies agreed to do some No Smoking advertising in exchange for not having a bunch of lawsuits from people dying of cancer or emphysema. Sorry I don't have more definite answers.

Answer 3

What people don't realize is that it is only promoting smoking. People like to be bad, rebellious. And, yes they were ordered by the courts. It was a condition of all the lawsuits.

Answer 4

they were forced to as part of that huge lawsuit they had against them. kind of stupid really but no one really listens to it. smokers could care less. all this quit smoking stuff and anti-smoking commercials are the tobaccos company way of making retributions to those who bought their products and not have become hooked. sort of like nice way of saying, sorry these things will kill you but thanks for the business.

Answer 5

Because the Smoking Nazis insisted on it!

Answer 6

Curve ball. Reverse psychology is worked to death these days.

Answer 7

Because they were court ordered to do so. They had no choice