Chocolate Cake Will Kill You 

This "Public Service Announcement" from EveryDayChoices.org pisses me off every time I see it (click the link to watch it). It's a cooperative work from the American Cancer Society, the American Diabetes Association, and the American Heart Association. It shows a woman walking alone in a parking lot, with her keys gripped in her hand to defend herself if attacked. She's drives in her car, locking the door when an ominous looking man pulls up next to her. Then she gets home and triple locks her door. Isn't she careful?

But then comes the awfulness. She goes to the refrigerator for a piece of chocolate cake and... get this... she eats it! Then she lights a cigarette while watching TV. The tag line says Eat Right, Get Fit, Don't Smoke. Now... we all know the dangers of smoking. But to attempt to draw a comparison between smoking and chocolate cake is frankly insulting to people's intelligence. What bothers me the most is that they show an attractive, healthy woman... not some overweight woman pigging out. She obviously uses moderation in her eating... so what's so awful about a piece of cake? Do we have to demonize everything? Or shall we just take all the enjoyment from living right now?