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deserteagle
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Ummm.... AG, why are trying to sell "Healthy cigarettes" and "electronic cigarettes" to 11-15 year old boys? It sorta bugs me, and I think its showing the wrong message.

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Cenere
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I have heard that ads reflect your browsing history > >...
And well, it's better with healthy cigs than the normal kind, isn't it?

knight_34
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And well, it's better with healthy cigs than the normal kind, isn't it?


Hehe.

I think we should all know that AG doesn't have much control over what the advertisers put up there. At least it's not porn.
IxPvPxI
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Cenere is right. The ad's you see are mainly reflected on the browsing history of your computer. Aswell as the electronic cigarettes and healthy cigarettes are better for you so it actually is sending a good not bad message.

sourwhatup2
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I don't get those ad's o.0

And it is better to promote electronic cigs instead of the actual thing right? o.o

ulimitedpower
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I have heard that ads reflect your browsing history > >...


That's the idea of the Google cookies on your PC: All the stuff you search on Google is stored in that cookie, and when you see Google Ads, they find the right stuff for you. Of course, they aren't very accurate...
I was laughing so hard when I saw the electronic smoking ad. You can charge your cigarettes!


i saw those in the shops, and I didn't find it funny.
Aswell as the electronic cigarettes and healthy cigarettes are better for you so it actually is sending a good not bad message.


I find this sort of thing still sort of strange, as it's still a cigarette. It isn't a real one, but it still encourages kids to smoke, which is, like, sort of against the law. Same reason you can't advertise alcohol on TV.
sourwhatup2
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Same reason you can't advertise alcohol on TV.


You can't.. What about those beer and whiskey commercials?
chitown
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I have seen that ad once, and I thought it was funny. But I also delete my cookies every night before I turn off my computer since it makes it a little faster. And I have never searched anything about smoking or any of that stuff.

IxPvPxI
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Your family doesn't have to search anything about smoking to see smoking ads. As long as you see one smoking ad you'll see more in the future.

ulimitedpower
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You can't.. What about those beer and whiskey commercials?


Maybe I got it wrong, but I don't see any alcohol ads here.
Your family doesn't have to search anything about smoking to see smoking ads. As long as you see one smoking ad you'll see more in the future.


Err, aren't you disagreeing with your first post?
Corneth
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wait, so seeing smoking ads, an act which you have no control over, makes you more likely to see more smoking ads because it comes up in your history as relating to smoking? That makes about ZERO sense

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I have heard that ads reflect your browsing history > >...


*cough* they do (cant insert the question mark)

Well i really don`t care...lol so i dont know what to say...is it good or bad (cant insert question mark)
Freakenstein
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I have heard that ads reflect your browsing history > >...


If so, then I spend too much time looking up ads related to little children.
sourwhatup2
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(cant insert question mark)




Shift key failure?? xDD
loloynage2
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i guess...idk how it happens

IxPvPxI
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Err, aren't you disagreeing with your first post?


Not really. I can see why you think that but when I first said that I meant that the history of sites you have visited with smoking ads on them.
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