Smokers’ Lounge
This is the mural painted onto the ceiling of a smoking/break room somewhere:
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August 20th, 2006 at 10:57 pm
[…] A giant mural that covers the ceiling of a smokers lounge. […]
August 25th, 2006 at 7:37 pm
Two comments:
1. I don’t think they should be smoking inside anyway.
2. If I were a smoker I would not choose that breakroom to smoke in. I would feel a little self-conscience.
August 29th, 2006 at 8:40 am
I think its an amusing way to get a point across. As to Samuel’s comment that people shouldn’t be smoking inside, claims about the hazards of second hand smoke are vastly overrated. The one EPA study touted by the cancer groups as proving second hand smoke is a health risk was thrown out by the courts as invalid because it contained hand picked results and gross manipulation of data.
September 2nd, 2006 at 7:43 pm
Quoting from The American Academy of Otolaryngology (Head and Neck Surgery): Secondhand smoke is a combination of the smoke from a burning cigarette and the smoke exhaled by the smoker. Also known as environmental tobacco smoke (ETS), it can be recognized easily by its distinctive odor. ETS contaminates the air and is retained in clothing, curtains and furniture. Many people find ETS unpleasant, annoying, and irritating to the eyes and nose. More importantly, it represents a dangerous health hazard. Over 4,000 different chemicals have been identified in ETS, and at least 43 of these chemicals cause cancer.
November 9th, 2006 at 3:13 pm
Uh. I am an artist and I highly doubt that picture is a mural. Photoshop with imagination is more like it.
Final word: 100% FAKE photo.
Nice try, though.
November 9th, 2006 at 5:15 pm
I tollya! See here:
http://www.snopes.com/photos/advertisements/smokingmural.asp
November 10th, 2006 at 1:15 am
Kali, thanks for your research. A lot of people have asked where it came from. Perhaps I should change it from ‘mural’ to ‘poster’.