I have seen the ad, its a bit upsetting, dont know if the child is an actor or not, but its about the message. A lot of children feel that way about their mums or dads smoking. 
I feel terribly guilty because i am a smoker, finding it so hard to stop 

I think they are horrible - don't like them at all.

The ads or the children?

Both

LOL   TBH I don't much care for the ads, but I can't put my finger in it why.....

PMSL! 

I guess because they are such blatant emotional blackmail!

YES!!!!

And ( quite frankly) completely devoid of common sense and feeling.

I hate the John Lewis advert too with the Damien child

the ad that makes me laugh the most at the moment is the little woods ad "my lovely lovely mother" you MUST know the one I mean!! you should hear the other half when that ad is on!!! the language in this house is nobodies business!!! I will leave it to your imagination what words are used instead!!

The Ad implies everyone who smokes will die from lung cancer. I've known friends who've died from that who never smoked and nor did their partner. Re passive smoking, many like me have had many pets who have eventually died, never has a vet told me or anyone else I know that they died from passive smoking. That people die from cancer is a fact, personally I believe there are many causes and not just cigarettes, just my opinion.

I hate those ads... 

& I hate the "my lovely mother" ads too  (I swear a great deal at that one)... 

emotional blackmailing gits on my telly...      *gets sweary*

I hate the 'lovely lovely mother' one too..    isn't it for Littlewoods?  The reason I hate it is because the gifts that the 'lovely mother' is buying are bloody ludicrous.  Laptops, DG watches, PS3s, i-phones and other stupid priced gifts.  

Most people can barely afford to pay their winter heating bill and mortgage/rent and buy basic food in this recession... it's the worst times of austerity ever, and this advert - promoting spending £200 to £400 on each gift for dads and uncles and all that, really grinds on my norks!   To some, this ad could be construed as suggesting someone's mother is better because they can afford to spend £3K on their kids and husband and extended family for Christmas pressies alone!  

People may disagree with me and tell me 'chill; it's only a commercial,' but IMO, it gives a bad impression... spend 1000s on people at Christmas if you want to be a better person...(or a better mum...)

Rant over!  Sorry, but it just aggravates me.

P.s  Don't recall seeing the smoking ones recently... but I am indifferent... don't hate them, don't love them....

I understand the thought behind the Ads, but those kids sound like they have been told to say it and don't really give a damn.......left me cold.

I agree Sparkles - it is obscene

Thanks Eileen

I don't think I've seen it.

But one advert featuring a child that always peed me off was that Werthers Originals one where the little boy was sitting at the old mans feet getting sweets off him, the kid never spoke but at the end made this really annoying spoilt bratty 'euhh' noise.

That's the thing about kids innit though 

Even more weird is the Werthers one with the little girl talking about the first time she went to the Caramel Emporium - or something like that - it's a bit odd IMO.

Not when they speak from the heart, and not told or directed what to say.