Tuesday, September 08, 2009

No American Spirit


It's weird when I grab a youth oriented magazine and see American Spirits advertisements. I know we all need money, but advertising smokes is just not what should be in magazines. It's not on TV, so why on paper? Smoking is fine for whoever wants to do it. My parents both smoked. If my dad could, he would. But in a youth oriented magazine? Recall, it was also in a Tennis magazine! Our story is that we could have had that advertisement. We rejected it, and the sales rep got so mad, he hung up on us. Repeat: A cigarette ad salesperson who hangs up on people who reject his ads. That's the Spirit.

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3 Comments:

Blogger miss b said...

I'm glad to read this, I can't believe magazines like 'Bust' accept this sort of payment. I was very disappointed, and it dissipates the brand.

9:53 AM  
Blogger gr said...

They do need the money... but yeah, it sucks and looks bad.

10:19 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

it was good to reject them.

v3

5:14 PM  

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