买烟=买病？韩国禁烟广告引吸烟者抗议_时事

买烟=买病？韩国禁烟广告引吸烟者抗议

Smokers in South Korea are protesting against a new government advert which equates buying cigarettes with buying disease, it's reported.

韩国吸烟者抗议政府新发布的禁烟广告。据报道，这份广告将购买香烟等同于购买疾病。

The health ministry's 44-second video shows people approaching a cigarette kiosk, but instead of requesting a particular brand they ask the assistant to give them a serious health problem, The Korea Times reports. "Give me a lung cancer," one person says, before the shop assistant hands them a pack of cigarettes. The advert has been running since 16 November as part of the "Smoking is a Disease" campaign. But it has riled the country's largest smokers' group, an online community called I Love Smoking, which has previously challenged government policies in court.

据《韩国时报》报道，在卫生部发布的这份44秒的视频中，人们走到一个香烟亭，没有点某个牌子的香烟，而是要求售货员给他们来一份重大疾病。“给我肺癌，”一个顾客抢在售货员递过来一包香烟前说道。韩国发起了“吸烟有害健康”宣传活动，该广告也是相关举措之一，自11月16日起一直在播放。但它却惹恼了该国最大的吸烟者群体——一个叫“我爱吸烟”的网上社区。该团体此前曾向法院起诉政府相关政策。

"The ministry's video has clearly crossed the line," the group says in a statement, noting that the government earns a huge amount of tax revenue from tobacco products. "If smoking is a disease, drinking is a disease because it causes liver problems and eating fast food is also a disease as it brings about obesity," it says. "It is a jump of logic and discriminates against smokers." The group wants the advert to be pulled, and is planning a protest in front of the Ministry of Health. It's also calling on the Korea Communications Standards Commission to intervene.