"Smoking" kids teach adults a lesson in Thai anti-smoking PSA

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(CBS News) While anti-smoking efforts worldwide inform people of smoking's dangers on a daily basis, many adults continue to smoke cigarettes knowing the health risks.

A new public service announcement from the Thai Health Promotion Foundation took a different approach to get smokers to think about their health - by enlisting young kids to walk up to smokers on the street, pull out a cigarette and ask for a lighter.

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How would you react if a small child asked you for a light during your smoke break? Watch below to see kids deliver a dose of perspective in this public service announcement out of Thailand:

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If some of the smokers in this ads were taken vdo clips by a hidden camera and have never been asked for permission to use the clips, can this be viewed as privacy invasion? The use of children in this ads, is it appropriate and responsible?