Video Games Teach Your Kids Not to Smoke

Posted in Video Game Media Watch, Blogs by Billy Kirk on the June 29th, 2008

Huh?

That’s right. It seems Tobacco Free Florida’s campaign to cut down on youth smoking has turned to our venerable entertainment medium for a little help, specifically targeting the 11-17 demographic. Recently the body released a video in the style of a science-fiction first-person shooter that shows a seemingly unstoppable soldier taking down aliens and various machinery…. only to kick the bucket after lighting up a celebratory cigarette.

Inventive? Certainly. Demonstrative of video games’ continued expanded reach? Yet again, definitely. Video below.


Source: GamePolitics

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