I love the way you presented your message about smoking. What a
wonderful surreal and powerful statement!! I wish this was on a billboard
given how dangerous cigarettes are. My mother wrote a book before
the surgeon general's report in 1966 when he revealed that smoking could
cause cancer, heart disease and stroke. The title of her book, Smoking is For
Suckers sums it up. The men were most upset when she told
them that smoking could also lead to baldness, impotence and infertility.
They quit more for those reasons than the diseases that could end
their lives. In her generation, smoking was accepted without fear
or information about the damage smoking does to our organs.
My mother smoked three packs a day for 25 years. I wonder how that
affected the baby boomers like me. She quit cold turkey and the book
was published and in stores before the Surgeon Generals report. I had
no interest in smoking, but if I did those butts that appear to be
jumping out of the screen would be coming at me. She was very commited
to the cause that unfortunately contributed to her stoke at seventy
three when she was active and had many more years of quality life.
She predicted her own demise so I am very passionate about this issue and thank you for portraying the dangers in such a dramatic and creative way.
Artist Reply: Wow...Julie, your mother sounds like a very intelligent woman and ahead of your time. I'm sorry she had a stroke at a young age. Thank you for takiing the time to comment on my work in such a lovely way that you did. I really appreciate all you words. Linda :)
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William Boyer 02 Dec 2007
Nice job.KC CHANG 01 Dec 2007
GREAT WORK AND WARNING!!Lawrence Hickman 30 Nov 2007
great piece of work fantastically done awsome jobJoke Schotting 30 Nov 2007
Great work Linda!!!!Cathy Holford 30 Nov 2007
Very wild!julie Marks 30 Nov 2007
I love the way you presented your message about smoking. What a wonderful surreal and powerful statement!! I wish this was on a billboard given how dangerous cigarettes are. My mother wrote a book before the surgeon general's report in 1966 when he revealed that smoking could cause cancer, heart disease and stroke. The title of her book, Smoking is For Suckers sums it up. The men were most upset when she told them that smoking could also lead to baldness, impotence and infertility. They quit more for those reasons than the diseases that could end their lives. In her generation, smoking was accepted without fear or information about the damage smoking does to our organs. My mother smoked three packs a day for 25 years. I wonder how that affected the baby boomers like me. She quit cold turkey and the book was published and in stores before the Surgeon Generals report. I had no interest in smoking, but if I did those butts that appear to be jumping out of the screen would be coming at me. She was very commited to the cause that unfortunately contributed to her stoke at seventy three when she was active and had many more years of quality life. She predicted her own demise so I am very passionate about this issue and thank you for portraying the dangers in such a dramatic and creative way.Emily Reed 30 Nov 2007
A STRONG MESSAGE THRU SUPER ART, LINDA!Olga van Dijk 30 Nov 2007
ABSOLUTELY! Creative pic!Lucia Stewart 30 Nov 2007
Great image Linda!!annette steens 30 Nov 2007
wow you did this very creative Linda!Nira Dabush 30 Nov 2007
GREAT CREATIVITY...!