Comments on: William Talman Anti-Smoking Ad 1968

By: aitraining

aitraining — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 06:18:33 +0000

Thank You!

By: paulmello1

paulmello1 — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 05:36:11 +0000

I remember seeing this ad when I was 13….It was powerful then….it is just as powerful now. This is the best antismoking ad that I have EVER seen. Mr Tallman had a lot of guts to make this ad. Thank you for sharing.

By: larchmontmark

larchmontmark — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 05:24:22 +0000

Me too (I was a little older, but yeah) — and very well said.
I remember how striking this ad was at the time — and it still is.

By: 143AC

143AC — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 04:31:06 +0000

Sadly,19 years later..my mother died of spine and lung

cancer.(The cancer spread from her backbone to her lung

at a fast rate..due to the years that she smoked those

damn Salems).

By: 143AC

143AC — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 04:14:35 +0000

So..I say to all of you..who are even contemplating the need

to smoke a cigarette…I’ll say this”I’ve loss my mother to

smoking and losing your family is to precious a commondity

..As Mr.Talman said If you don’t smoke don’t start..If you

smoke quit! ..Or you’ll your family!”

By: 143AC

143AC — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 03:38:25 +0000

The last words..”Or You’ll lose your family”..Mr.Talman

didn’t say those words..I did..but..he could have..because

sadly,his family lost him and I lost my mom 32 years

ago.

By: Lateboomer059

Lateboomer059 — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 03:32:45 +0000

All these years later, I remember seeing this ad on TV, I was 9 at the time. It affected me profoundly. Many members of my family have died from cancer, the closest to me being my dear mother, who smoked 60 years and died of lung cancer weighing only 66 pounds.

Thank you for posting this.

By: GJNCA

GJNCA — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 03:00:22 +0000

This was the best and most heartwrenching anti-smoking ad ever on TV!

By: GaryCraig965

GaryCraig965 — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 02:59:40 +0000

The bottom line is, people who smoke are either weak or dumb. If you can stop and don’t, YOU’RE DUMB. If you want to stop and can’t—WEAK. With every puff, you’re killing your body. Why not just drink DRANO it’s quicker.

By: soylentteal

soylentteal — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 02:28:11 +0000

Thanks to both Bill Talman and Yul Brynner for their brutally honest PSAs. No telling how many were saved by them.