{"id":1405,"date":"2014-01-09T19:11:48","date_gmt":"2014-01-09T19:11:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pepesnonsmokingpartytimelounge.com\/?p=1405"},"modified":"2014-01-09T19:11:48","modified_gmt":"2014-01-09T19:11:48","slug":"what-oh-you-cannot-be-serious-santa-used-to-sell-e-cigs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pepesnonsmokingpartytimelounge.com\/?p=1405","title":{"rendered":"What? &#8212; Oh you cannot be serious &#8212; Santa used to sell e-cigs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pepesnonsmokingpartytimelounge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/2013_12_17_santa_01.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1406\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/pepesnonsmokingpartytimelounge.com\/?attachment_id=1406\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pepesnonsmokingpartytimelounge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/2013_12_17_santa_01.jpg?fit=650%2C306&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"650,306\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"2013_12_17_santa_01\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pepesnonsmokingpartytimelounge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/2013_12_17_santa_01.jpg?fit=474%2C223&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-1406\" alt=\"2013_12_17_santa_01\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pepesnonsmokingpartytimelounge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/2013_12_17_santa_01.jpg?resize=300%2C141&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"300\" height=\"141\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pepesnonsmokingpartytimelounge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/2013_12_17_santa_01.jpg?resize=300%2C141&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pepesnonsmokingpartytimelounge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/2013_12_17_santa_01.jpg?w=650&amp;ssl=1 650w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I take back everything even remotely uncritical I might have said about e-cigs in previous posts. Watch these guys and watch their advertising.<\/p>\n<p>This is really despicable. I mean, c&#8217;mon, really? A <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tobaccofreekids.org\/tobacco_unfiltered\/post\/2013_12_17_santa\">billboard in Florida <\/a>advertising e-cigs using Santa as an icon to sell their product.<\/p>\n<p>Santa hasn&#8217;t been used to sell cigarettes for more than 50 years. Even the tobacco industry, in all its venality, eventually realized that was just simply too evil.<\/p>\n<p>But, some e-cig company didn&#8217;t see a problem with it. And this isn&#8217;t from 1955, this is from last month.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m reminded of the sexy ads used to sell e-cigs, especially the ones with Stephen Dorff. I mentioned a few days ago e-cig companies are using the same techniques that cigarette companies used for 100 years to sell their products &#8212; trying to make their products look sexy, suave and sophisticated. Now, whoever came up with this brainstorm just looks like an idiot, like the people who used babies and Santa Claus to sell cigarettes 60 years ago.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I take back everything even remotely uncritical I might have said about e-cigs in previous posts. Watch these guys and watch their advertising. This is really despicable. I mean, c&#8217;mon, really? A billboard in Florida advertising e-cigs using Santa as an icon to sell their product. Santa hasn&#8217;t been used to sell cigarettes for more &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/pepesnonsmokingpartytimelounge.com\/?p=1405\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">What? &#8212; Oh you cannot be serious &#8212; Santa used to sell e-cigs<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1406,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[21,22,70],"tags":[203,591,592],"class_list":["post-1405","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-e-cigarettes","category-e-cigs","category-tobacco-advertising","tag-advertising","tag-e-cigarettes","tag-e-cigs"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pepesnonsmokingpartytimelounge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/2013_12_17_santa_01.jpg?fit=650%2C306&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4hpEa-mF","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1973,"url":"https:\/\/pepesnonsmokingpartytimelounge.com\/?p=1973","url_meta":{"origin":1405,"position":0},"title":"A really kind of despicable ad from Blu e-cigs","author":"Pepe Lepew","date":"February 27, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"From the category of \"Are you kidding me???\" Blu e-cigs (owned by Lorillard tobacco) is pulling out all the stops lately using the same ad techniques cigarette companies used. I try to stay on the fence on e-cigs, because they might help some people quit smoking, but when I see\u00a0ads\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Blu&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Blu","link":"https:\/\/pepesnonsmokingpartytimelounge.com\/?cat=95"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pepesnonsmokingpartytimelounge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Ecig_R3_M1.jpg?fit=550%2C300&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pepesnonsmokingpartytimelounge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Ecig_R3_M1.jpg?fit=550%2C300&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pepesnonsmokingpartytimelounge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Ecig_R3_M1.jpg?fit=550%2C300&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":2020,"url":"https:\/\/pepesnonsmokingpartytimelounge.com\/?p=2020","url_meta":{"origin":1405,"position":1},"title":"Sen. Chuck Shumer calls for ban on e-cigarette advertising to minors","author":"Pepe Lepew","date":"March 14, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"This is interesting ... and becoming a bigger and bigger thorn with e-cigs -- e-cigarette advertising. (thanks to Haruko for this link) Sen. Chuck Shumer, D-N.Y., has called on the Federal Trade Commission to ban e-cig advertising to minors. Currently, unlike cigarettes, there are NO advertising guidelines in place for\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;cigarette advertising&quot;","block_context":{"text":"cigarette advertising","link":"https:\/\/pepesnonsmokingpartytimelounge.com\/?cat=17"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pepesnonsmokingpartytimelounge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/60290267_santasmoke.jpg?fit=650%2C306&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pepesnonsmokingpartytimelounge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/60290267_santasmoke.jpg?fit=650%2C306&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pepesnonsmokingpartytimelounge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/60290267_santasmoke.jpg?fit=650%2C306&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":2126,"url":"https:\/\/pepesnonsmokingpartytimelounge.com\/?p=2126","url_meta":{"origin":1405,"position":2},"title":"FDA will ban e-cigarette sales to minors","author":"Pepe Lepew","date":"April 25, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Well, this came a lot faster than I expected. I expected the announcement next week. As fully expected, the Food and Drug Administration today announced that it intends to ban the sales of e-cigarettes to minors. The sales ban is part of a series of e-cigarette regulations proposed by the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;e-cig bans&quot;","block_context":{"text":"e-cig bans","link":"https:\/\/pepesnonsmokingpartytimelounge.com\/?cat=252"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pepesnonsmokingpartytimelounge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/e-cigs-minors.jpg?fit=618%2C416&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pepesnonsmokingpartytimelounge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/e-cigs-minors.jpg?fit=618%2C416&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pepesnonsmokingpartytimelounge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/e-cigs-minors.jpg?fit=618%2C416&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":2191,"url":"https:\/\/pepesnonsmokingpartytimelounge.com\/?p=2191","url_meta":{"origin":1405,"position":3},"title":"Great article comparing today&#8217;s e-cig ads to vintage cigarette ads","author":"Pepe Lepew","date":"May 2, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"This is a point I've been making for weeks now. E-cig companies are making their ads almost identical to cigarette ads from 40 and 50 years ago, using sex and sophistication to sell their products. Business Insider came up with a feature showing the amazing similarity between today's e-cig ads\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;E-cig advertising&quot;","block_context":{"text":"E-cig advertising","link":"https:\/\/pepesnonsmokingpartytimelounge.com\/?cat=240"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pepesnonsmokingpartytimelounge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/1933-v-2012-e-cigarette-ads-can-target-the-free-flowing-disposable-income-of-the-crucial-nightlife-crowd.jpg?fit=720%2C488&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pepesnonsmokingpartytimelounge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/1933-v-2012-e-cigarette-ads-can-target-the-free-flowing-disposable-income-of-the-crucial-nightlife-crowd.jpg?fit=720%2C488&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pepesnonsmokingpartytimelounge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/1933-v-2012-e-cigarette-ads-can-target-the-free-flowing-disposable-income-of-the-crucial-nightlife-crowd.jpg?fit=720%2C488&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pepesnonsmokingpartytimelounge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/1933-v-2012-e-cigarette-ads-can-target-the-free-flowing-disposable-income-of-the-crucial-nightlife-crowd.jpg?fit=720%2C488&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":2118,"url":"https:\/\/pepesnonsmokingpartytimelounge.com\/?p=2118","url_meta":{"origin":1405,"position":4},"title":"FDA to issue regulations on e-cigarettes sometime next week","author":"Pepe Lepew","date":"April 23, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"I feel lately like I am writing more articles on e-cigs than cigarettes lately, but most of the articles I've seen on tobacco-related issues have been about e-cigs during the past six months. I'd hate for the Lounge to become a site about e-cigs rather than tobacco (especially since Wordpress\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;E-cig advertising&quot;","block_context":{"text":"E-cig advertising","link":"https:\/\/pepesnonsmokingpartytimelounge.com\/?cat=240"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pepesnonsmokingpartytimelounge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/140422-electronic-cigarettes-jsw-06_8eaa9b924d080f19217b9f514bbc4ae2.nbcnews-fp-1360-600.jpg?fit=1200%2C529&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pepesnonsmokingpartytimelounge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/140422-electronic-cigarettes-jsw-06_8eaa9b924d080f19217b9f514bbc4ae2.nbcnews-fp-1360-600.jpg?fit=1200%2C529&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pepesnonsmokingpartytimelounge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/140422-electronic-cigarettes-jsw-06_8eaa9b924d080f19217b9f514bbc4ae2.nbcnews-fp-1360-600.jpg?fit=1200%2C529&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pepesnonsmokingpartytimelounge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/140422-electronic-cigarettes-jsw-06_8eaa9b924d080f19217b9f514bbc4ae2.nbcnews-fp-1360-600.jpg?fit=1200%2C529&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pepesnonsmokingpartytimelounge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/140422-electronic-cigarettes-jsw-06_8eaa9b924d080f19217b9f514bbc4ae2.nbcnews-fp-1360-600.jpg?fit=1200%2C529&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":2239,"url":"https:\/\/pepesnonsmokingpartytimelounge.com\/?p=2239","url_meta":{"origin":1405,"position":5},"title":"Big Tobacco getting into the e-cigarette business &#8212; a good thing or a bad thing?","author":"Pepe Lepew","date":"May 18, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Here is a story from Alternet about how Big Tobacco companies are buying into the e-cigarette business. This began a couple of years ago when Lorillard\u00a0(Newport Cigarettes) bought Blu E-Cigs, the biggest e-cig company out there. RJR owns an e-cig brand\u00a0called Vuse. The article correctly points out that there are\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Big Tobacco&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Big Tobacco","link":"https:\/\/pepesnonsmokingpartytimelounge.com\/?cat=10"},"img":{"alt_text":"Photo Credit: Goodluz \/ Shutterstock","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pepesnonsmokingpartytimelounge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/shutterstock_141887191-300x225.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pepesnonsmokingpartytimelounge.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1405","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pepesnonsmokingpartytimelounge.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pepesnonsmokingpartytimelounge.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pepesnonsmokingpartytimelounge.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pepesnonsmokingpartytimelounge.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1405"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pepesnonsmokingpartytimelounge.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1405\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1407,"href":"https:\/\/pepesnonsmokingpartytimelounge.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1405\/revisions\/1407"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pepesnonsmokingpartytimelounge.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1406"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pepesnonsmokingpartytimelounge.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1405"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pepesnonsmokingpartytimelounge.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1405"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pepesnonsmokingpartytimelounge.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1405"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}