# how to get people to stop smoking **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 9, 2001, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-get-people-to-stop-smoking/86387 "2001-10-09T19:50:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Anal\_Scurvy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c57346/32.png) [@Anal\_Scurvy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anal_Scurvy)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2001, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-get-people-to-stop-smoking/86387/1 "2001-10-09T19:50:55Z")
Colour the cigarettes black. I think part of their appeal is they look so darn innocuous. This just came to me this morning because I’m sick AND hungover and someone was trying to get their puppy to smoke. Check back when I can think properly. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2001, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-get-people-to-stop-smoking/86387/2 "2001-10-09T20:08:44Z")
Well, [they’re out there.](http://www.kretek.com/prdjarum3.shtml) Don’t know how popular they are, though. ---
**Author:** ![Cazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cazzle/32/75_2.png) [@Cazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cazzle)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2001, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-get-people-to-stop-smoking/86387/3 "2001-10-09T20:25:33Z")
You can get black cigarettes (at least, you could 8 years ago). When I was at school, one of my friends used to get them from time to time. They were comparatively expensive, but they were slightly longer than a standard cigarette so you’d smoke fewer. Everyone thought they looked really cool, and used to beg him to trade with them. He also used to get coloured cigarettes from time to time - you know, pink, yellow, green, blue. They were called Rainbow cigarettes, I think, and were made by the same people as the black ones. Making them black isn’t a discouragement. ---
**Author:** ![Cap\_n\_Crude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Cap\_n\_Crude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cap_n_Crude)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2001, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-get-people-to-stop-smoking/86387/4 "2001-10-09T20:35:15Z")
And always remember: If you smoke after sex, you’re doing it too fast. ---
**Author:** ![Stuffy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f17d59/32.png) [@Stuffy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stuffy)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2001, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-get-people-to-stop-smoking/86387/5 "2001-10-09T20:51:32Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Cap’n Crude \* > \*\*And always remember: If you smoke after sex, you’re doing it too fast. \*\* I usually fall asleep before I notice. ---
**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2001, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-get-people-to-stop-smoking/86387/6 "2001-10-09T21:11:27Z")
Black? Why stop there? You can get 'em in any color ya want. Looks like a damn box of Crayolas. [http://www.natsherman.com/cigaretteDetail.cfm?&root=62](http://www.natsherman.com/cigaretteDetail.cfm?&root=62) ---
**Author:** ![Cazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cazzle/32/75_2.png) [@Cazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cazzle)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2001, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-get-people-to-stop-smoking/86387/7 "2001-10-09T21:49:52Z")
Uncle Beer! They were the ones!! Fantasia, not Rainbow. [Here](http://www.natsherman.com/cigaretteDetail.cfm?&root=61) are the black ones. ---
**Author:** ![easy\_e](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/eb8c5e/32.png) [@easy\_e](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/easy_e)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2001, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-get-people-to-stop-smoking/86387/8 "2001-10-10T03:55:57Z")
I know it’s a hijack, but if you _really_ want to get the kiddies not to want to smoke, burn everyone’s left hand at the age of 5 with a cigarette. No, my parents were not child-abusers–I ran into a stranger who was holding their cigarette at their side. The entire cherry fell into my hand. Being the dumb kid that I was, I sat and looked at it for a couple seconds. Other than giving me a mild paranoia whenever I walk in big crowds near smokers, I haven’t ever wanted to smoke, and it was pretty easy for me to tell my right from my left. ---
**Author:** ![whistlepig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/73ab20/32.png) [@whistlepig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whistlepig)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2001, 6:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-get-people-to-stop-smoking/86387/9 "2001-10-10T06:41:28Z")
easy e, Any thoughts on how to get kids to not want to masturbate? 😃 I am up way too late, and my brain is not right. (end hijack)