Yes, Cindi, you’re right. Phillip-Morris is not producing those talk-to-your-kids-about-smoking ads out of the kindness of its heart. The company was forced to create those public service ads as part of a lawsuit settlement. Here are the opinions of one blogger who thinks the whole campaign could backfire since adolescents mostly try whatever their parents insist they avoid.

Speaking of, since the elder chattering is now twelve, I’m reading the absolute best book on raising a new teenager, and it has a great title: “Get Out of My Life, But First Could You First Take Me and Cheryl to the Mall?”

Tell any parent of a new teen to pick it up.