Smoking kills. The words my generation has grown up hearing our entire lives. Sometimes it feels like I cannot go a single day without seeing an advertisement on television or in a magazine forbidding me to light up. Sometimes it even makes me wonder what could be so bad, what could deserve so much negative attention that it receives negative connotation the moment it is mentioned. But I live in a different world than just a few decades ago when it was just a normal part of life. I never had to see the people struggling with emphysema or the lives torn apart by tabacco addicitpn. With a family full of heavy smokers I am no strangers to the ash trays, lighters, and smokey rooms. Pictures like the one above truly amaze me. A simple image is able to convey such a deep and important meaning not truly capable with words. Visuals are so effective and advertisements like this one were the reason smoking is a trend that as died out and no longer take the lives of the people it affected.