{"id":3775,"date":"2016-03-09T05:21:32","date_gmt":"2016-03-09T05:21:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pepesnonsmokingpartytimelounge.com\/?p=3775"},"modified":"2016-03-09T05:22:50","modified_gmt":"2016-03-09T05:22:50","slug":"catmageddon-the-truth-campaigns-latest-cute-campaign","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pepesnonsmokingpartytimelounge.com\/?p=3775","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Catmageddon&#8221; &#8212; The Truth Campaign&#8217;s latest cute campaign"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"3774\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/pepesnonsmokingpartytimelounge.com\/?attachment_id=3774\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pepesnonsmokingpartytimelounge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Truth-ad.jpg?fit=1030%2C537&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1030,537\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Pierre&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1457472929&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;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Truth ad\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pepesnonsmokingpartytimelounge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Truth-ad.jpg?fit=474%2C247&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignright size-large wp-image-3774\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pepesnonsmokingpartytimelounge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Truth-ad.jpg?resize=474%2C247&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Truth ad\" width=\"474\" height=\"247\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pepesnonsmokingpartytimelounge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Truth-ad.jpg?resize=500%2C261&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pepesnonsmokingpartytimelounge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Truth-ad.jpg?resize=100%2C52&amp;ssl=1 100w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pepesnonsmokingpartytimelounge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Truth-ad.jpg?resize=200%2C104&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pepesnonsmokingpartytimelounge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Truth-ad.jpg?resize=768%2C400&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pepesnonsmokingpartytimelounge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Truth-ad.jpg?w=1030&amp;ssl=1 1030w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pepesnonsmokingpartytimelounge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Truth-ad.jpg?w=948&amp;ssl=1 948w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>You&#8217;ve probably no doubt by now seen the Truth Campaign&#8217;s newest<a href=\"http:\/\/www.rawstory.com\/2016\/02\/watch-this-manic-psa-that-tries-to-use-cats-to-shame-smokers-into-quitting\/\"> Catmageddon<\/a> commercial.<\/p>\n<p>Basically, the point is &#8212; something that doesn&#8217;t get talked a lot, not even by me &#8212; that secondhand smoke is not only bad for smokers&#8217; kids, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/secondhand-smoke-as-harmful-to-pets-as-people\/\">it&#8217;s bad for their pets.<\/a> No cats, no more cute cat videos on YouTube.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"474\" height=\"267\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tLtschJxRy8?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Several studies have shown that secondhand smoke can cause lung and other cancers in dogs, cats and other pets. According to the Truth Campaign ads, cats and dogs are twice as likely to develop cancer if their owners are smokers.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"474\" height=\"267\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CXJ8PSB_g5o?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The Truth Campaign followed up the Catmageddon commercial with a commercial about secondhand smoke and dogs. The funniest commercial of them is all is about a bunch of cats that hold a wild party when their owner is away. That one is just on YouTube, I think. It&#8217;s too long of a commercial for TV. \u00a0I just had to post something just to get this longer commercial out there.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"474\" height=\"267\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5B7j5DIqBJA?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Just part of the Truth Campaign&#8217;s continuing creative take on trying to get the message across to young people about the dangers of smoking. It&#8217;s working; in fact it&#8217;s successful beyond everyone&#8217;s wildest dreams. Teen smoking has plummeted from 30 percent in the 1990s to less than 10 percent today (the rise of e-cigarettes have a lot to do with that, too.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You&#8217;ve probably no doubt by now seen the Truth Campaign&#8217;s newest Catmageddon commercial. Basically, the point is &#8212; something that doesn&#8217;t get talked a lot, not even by me &#8212; that secondhand smoke is not only bad for smokers&#8217; kids, it&#8217;s bad for their pets. No cats, no more cute cat videos on YouTube. Several &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/pepesnonsmokingpartytimelounge.com\/?p=3775\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">&#8220;Catmageddon&#8221; &#8212; The Truth Campaign&#8217;s latest cute campaign<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3774,"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":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[779,345,1],"tags":[780,781],"class_list":["post-3775","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-catmageddon","category-truth-org","category-uncategorized","tag-catmageddon","tag-truth-campaign"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pepesnonsmokingpartytimelounge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Truth-ad.jpg?fit=1030%2C537&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4hpEa-YT","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3965,"url":"https:\/\/pepesnonsmokingpartytimelounge.com\/?p=3965","url_meta":{"origin":3775,"position":0},"title":"Ah, the good ol&#8217; days, when people really smoked around babies","author":"Pepe Lepew","date":"October 14, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"I normally try to stay clear from partisan politics here, but here is a funny video from MoveOn.org about Trump's campaign slogan of \"Make America Great Again.\" In the video, two women dressed in 1950s pearls and hoop skirts sing about the good ol' days of sexual harassment, domestic abuse,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Donald Trump&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Donald Trump","link":"https:\/\/pepesnonsmokingpartytimelounge.com\/?cat=847"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pepesnonsmokingpartytimelounge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Make-America-Great-Again.jpg?fit=632%2C353&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pepesnonsmokingpartytimelounge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Make-America-Great-Again.jpg?fit=632%2C353&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pepesnonsmokingpartytimelounge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Make-America-Great-Again.jpg?fit=632%2C353&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":2012,"url":"https:\/\/pepesnonsmokingpartytimelounge.com\/?p=2012","url_meta":{"origin":3775,"position":1},"title":"Study: Large amount of secondhand smoke causes miscarriages, stillbirths in pregnant women","author":"Pepe Lepew","date":"March 5, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"A really eye-opening study done in Buffalo shows that pregnant women who inhale a lot of secondhand smoke have a higher incidence of stillbirths, ectopic pregnancies and miscarriages than women who do not. 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