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?
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 *
The words "It's gay to smoke" are followed by the mentn of the CDC.
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
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.
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. Smokg, after all, is one of the ls harmful ways troubled gay people n stroy their bodi a va attempt to exorcise their mons.