Stop Using This Product
by Collin Dunn, Corvallis, OR, USA on 03.28.08
Most products we encounter are designed to make us want to use them, to influence our behavior in a way that involves using it more. These aren't all bad -- things like fuel economy feedback are great positive behavior influencers -- but it's not often we see something that is designed to make you stop using it.
Roughly akin to getting handed the keys to an SUV on your way out of An Inconvenient Truth, the cheeky Lung Ashtray might make smokers think twice about what they're putting in their lungs. Would it make you think twice? ::Lung Ashtray via ::Core77
See also: ::Smoking: Environmental and Social Impacts, ::Moms' Second Hand Smoke Exposure Linked to Psych. Problems, and ::Bottled Water Drinkers are the New Smokers
I doubt that would stop smokers. As Denis Leary said "You could have cigarettes that were called the warnings, you could have cigarettes that come in a black pack with a skull and crossbones on the front called tumors, and smokers would be lining up around the block saying I cant wait to my hands on these things, I bet you get a tumor as soon as you line up! They’re a drug, we’re addicted."
That's patronising. It's one thing to ban people from smoking in public places, that's a health issue for the general population. It's quite another to stick this under someone's nose and smile.
If I were a smoker, and I'm not, my reaction would be "F off".
What's next fat ass plates for the obese, gravestone greeting cards for the elderly, small penis glasses for heavy drinkers?