The "'s gay to smoke" vio qutn, purportedly om the CDC, had been viewed more on TikTok a week than on YouTube 10 years.
Contents:
- DID CDC SAY 'IT'S GAY TO SMOKE' THIS VIO?
- WHY DO SO MANY GAY PEOPLE SMOKE?
- FACT CHECK: CDC DID NOT LNCH 'IT'S GAY TO SMOKE' AD CAMPAIGN -- IT'S A DE-OLD FAKE AD FROM A SATIRE NEWS SE
DID CDC SAY 'IT'S GAY TO SMOKE' THIS VIO?
* are they smoking or are they gay *
The CDC released a vio that said, "It's gay to smoke.
In mid-April 2021, a TikTok vio purported to show an anti-smokg PSA that said, "It's gay to smoke.
It then showed a mera poted at a screen that played the "It's gay to smoke" clip. "Are they smokg, or are they gay? The words "It's gay to smoke" are followed by the mentn of the CDC.
WHY DO SO MANY GAY PEOPLE SMOKE?
If anyone has a reason to smoke, gay people do. Gays have higher rat of PTSD, prsn, and anxiety—all of which lead to the urge for a cigarette.... * are they smoking or are they gay *
In sum, the purported CDC PSA that claimed "'s gay to smoke" origated as satire om The Onn. If anyone has a reason to smoke, gay people do.
FACT CHECK: CDC DID NOT LNCH 'IT'S GAY TO SMOKE' AD CAMPAIGN -- IT'S A DE-OLD FAKE AD FROM A SATIRE NEWS SE
Gays have higher rat of PTSD, prsn, and anxiety—all of which lead to the urge for a cigarette.
And a tragilly high number of gay people are told that they are diseased, aberrant, trsilly disorred throughout their youths, fosterg a self-loathg that n lead, if not to suici, than to nearly suicidal activi.