Tobacco in skiing

This is direct evidence against the people who are supporting advertising then.
It's not like ads are going to encourage many people to go out and buy their product. The ads will remind people of it, and if it's there are constant reminders people might be more inclined to try it. Higher numbers of people who try it would get addicted, and then you get all the problems associated with high amounts of cigarette smoking.
Like mentioned before, in Canada the products are hidden, and there aren't any ads except anti-smoking ads. So the only time I see cigarettes is when I see people smoking them. Those people are often pretty greasy, so it just turns me off completely.

 
Not tv, magazines, billboards those don't make me want to smoke cigs

just seeing a pack of cigs makes me want them. I think ads anywhere but a place to buy them is stupid.
 
Exactly.

And like someone said in the other thread, GT would NOT be sponsoring skiers or advertising in mags if they did not anticipate to benefit from it.

They're a for-profit organization (a tobacco company, no less) - their main purpose is the create profit for shareholders.
 
soooooooo true. My favorite is putting the blunt out in the parking lot, throwing my shit on, that first ride up when your music is bumping and you have a fresh newport 100, life cannot get better
 
wells then

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nah powder days, hiking out smoking your cig then taking a bomb ass run down.

or landin somethin dope then sittin on the chairlift feeling good and having a grit
 
are you this fucking dense? that goes for all of you saying people should know better.

advertising is around for a reason, because it increases profit. any idea why companies would pay millions just for 30 seconds of television time during the super bowl?

obviously freeskier would not allow this add just for kicks, so they are getting money from General. I dont think General would be paying Freeskier and make no profit at all out of it, which leads into the final point that advertising works. its already illegal to have these advertisements in movies and shows, and that is because they are shown to such a broad audience. what makes it any different to show it to a smaller, under the radar audience of which the majority is not old enough to purchase such products legally? it makes no sense on multiple levels.

its wrong, and the leading advertisement should not be from them. Im sure that they are not Olenicks only sponsor, and im sure they are not Olenicks chief sponsor. why not be paid by a that actually has relations to the sport? why not give the time to a company that gives back to the sport and has genuine connections to it.
 
Yeah why not be sponsored by a true connection to the sport like scott goggles.......oh yeah they're a money grubbing big corporation too that like to inhibit upstarting ski manufacturers.

But none of their riders gave a shit when the cease and desist was sent to on3p now were they.
 
Because some people who are over the age of 18 also ski and like Pete Olenick, you retard. Lots of kids like baseball, lots of kids like football, lots of kids like tv, lots of kids like magazines. So fuck it lets just not let any beer companies, tobacco companies, or fast food companies advertise in anything. Oh you know what? Skiing is dangerous, forgot about that. People die every year skiing. So lets not put The Dew Tour on tv anymore, it might make little johnny want to send an 80 foot jump and break his neck.
Fucking PC asshole. You probably thought the patriot act was ok because it was protecting us from terrorizers.
 
i bet you're one of those douches that pretends to cough whenever they walk by a group of smokers to try and send them a message
 
hahahah here you have to stand 9 metres away from public places likes schools and shit, and i'm always elbowing or purposely hitting people with doors who don't obey that. :)
 
Pretty sure I know more people who do that than don't. And most of the time I don't even need to pretend to cough. Cigarette smoke smells worse than shit. Seriously. I love my liquor, love my weed, but can't fucking stand cigarettes.
Yes I sound like a stuck up asshole, but I thought it had to be said. I know cigs are the indie thing to do these days, but I don't see the logic in it.
 
lol, i dunno bout you guys but back at my high school, so many people smoked that the indie thing to do was NOT smoke
 
I just don't like people that smoke. You're completely right, kids look up to these guys, and the advertising doesn't help
 
OMG... kids will buy snus because this pro uses it! It's just like that time when that kid killed this other kid after listening to 2pac....

AND I WILL NOT HAVE IT!!!!!
 
just kidding really, i think it's bad too. but on the other hand i understnad that peter don't care... but at the same time it's compearable to the energi drink thing.

and btw, snus is not as bad as cigs at all... just so you know. but i will highly recommend you NOT to start, cuz it's expencive + why would you want to be addicted to something when u manage well without it.
 
In my opinion no, it shouldnt be adverstised in skiing for simple reasons, nothing that hasnt been described before though. Bottom line is tobacco is really bad for you as everyone knows but I guess we live in free countrires and people should be able to do what they want. If you want to dip, do it. If you dont like it like me, then dont. make you own choices, Plain and Simple.
 
everyone stop being pussies and let people do what they think is reasonable. I personally think army/navy ads are bullshit but you don't see me going around "ban fucking US army"
 
i chew, and i did it couple times during skiing, i cant ski for shit when im buzzing, i feel like im gunna fall off the lift and everything, i only did it on shitty days in the park though, but smokeing a j and skiing, nothing like it, you dont think about doing a trick you just huck it and flow nice and easy, and if you dont land it i dont feel anything but the motivation to huck it again and do it again, i feel better alot calmer, none of those thoughts run through my mind about injuries or the stuff that could happen, tabacco ski team=stupid, going no where, if marijuana was legal and had ski teams= gold, the craziest tricks would be thrown down,skiing is not the place for tabacco but theyll find out in a year or two down the road

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i never come on the forums on this site because half the kids are virgin freaks that live on this site. stop bitching and go do somthing u whiney bitches.
 
If you think tobacco ad's in Freeskier suck:

-Email them, tell them what you think. . I'm old enough to have bought the first issue with Mosely and Cindy Crowford on the cover (yes the model). I told them I was a long time reader and asked for a response. When I didn't get one here's what I did.

-Freeskier podcast, deleted.

-I'll never buy another one of their mags again.

-Done with going to the website.

If you don't like what a company is doing and they can't even be bothered to write back to a customer, there is only one way to get there attention: stop giving them money and let them know they won't see another dime.

 
i like this idea ^^
can i just get a list people to say yes or no to being mentioned in my petition to remove ads? i am going to send them an email.
 
you people are acting like bitches.

you complain when the government puts in laws that insult your intelligence, then when shit like this comes along you lose your ability to think for yourself and say you don't want this stuff around because in influences you.

only the weak minded get upset about this.
 
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