YES needs to say no to quit-smoking commercials

A simple message to the YES Network: I don’t smoke. Never have. Never will.

Therefore, I should not be subject to those disgusting New York State Department of Health quit-smoking commercials that air far too often during New York Yankees telecasts.

For a smoker or for someone (read: youngster) who is considering smoking, the ads are effective. One shows an aging man struggling with emphysema. Another offers a much-too-graphic look at a human lung damaged by smoking.

Since I don’t see them on other stations, the commercials must have been rejected on other stations. For YES, they’re just inviting viewers to channel-surf between innings.