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She no longer serves in that capacity now.
The decision by Ms. King, a role model to many girls and women, stood in stark contrast to the US Women's Soccer Team. The two then back into a bathroom doorway and look to make sure no one else is around.
One of the boys whispers in the other's ear. It's gay to smoke.
Here's how the post appeared at the time of writing:
(Source: Facebook screenshot taken Tues Jan 3 at 20:44:35 2022 UTC)
The post shows the boys walking toward each other, standing with their faces and hands nearly touching and looking around suspiciously as if making sure no one will see them enter the bathroom.
Meanwhile, in less than a week, the TikTok video had been viewed more than 3.4 million times.
The original video showed the "Today Now!" logo in the bottom-left corner.
The story's title, "CDC Unveils New Anti-Smoking Ads" and a full tagline stating the campaign was "Brought to you by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention" appears later in the video.
(Source: 'today Now!' screenshot taken Wed Jan 4 at 14:24:05 2023 UTC)
The video clips are peppered throughout an interview by "today NOW!" hostswith a purported CDC doctor who is said to be in charge of the PSAs.
A screenshot of the clip from the "today NOW!" story shows it matches the clip used in the Facebook video post.
(Source: today NOW!
screenshot taken Tues Jan 3 at 21:36:28 2023 UTC)
A partial view of a graphic tagline on the Facebook video reads, "u by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control a," which suggests the video was made by the CDC.
In a January 4, 2023 email response to a Lead Stories request for comment, a CDC spokesman called the ad satire and said the agency "had no involvement in its development and has never produced or endorsed such a campaign."
The CDC's website includes multiple public resources that detail the health risks associated with smoking, anti-smoking data and tips for quitting.
The false claims from The Onion's "today NOW!" interview have been repeatedly shared on social media sites over the past decade including on Facebook, YouTube and Instagram -- even though the online program appears to have ended in 2015.
Updated with response from CDC.
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Did CDC Say 'It's Gay to Smoke' in This Video?
The CDC released a video that said, "It's gay to smoke."
In mid-April 2021, a TikTok video purported to show an anti-smoking PSA that said, "It's gay to smoke." The end of the clip claimed: "Brought to you by the U.S.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention."
The TikTok Video
"Show me an advertisement that wouldn't be acceptable today," began the TikTok video. It was unfortunate that Billie Jean King was not passing on a similar message to young tennis players.
Fact Check: CDC Did NOT Launch 'It's Gay To Smoke' Ad Campaign -- It's A Decade-Old Fake Ad From A Satire News Site
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Did the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) launch an anti-smoking effort with a video ad that uses the tagline "It's Gay to Smoke"?
Onscreen text says:
Smoking? King's appointment was controversial - she refused to talk about the compensation of $80,000 in salary and stock options - but she was unapologetic of her loyalty to PM. Without Philip Morris, King argued, women's tennis would not be where it is today. "We look forward to the unique perspective that she will bring to Philip Morris," said CEO Geoffrey Bible.
He or she appeared to be careful to not reveal that it was playing a video in full-screen view from The Onion's YouTube channel.
In other words, since The Onion is a satirical publication, the PSA originated as satire.
The Original Video
The Onion's satirical video was uploaded more than 10 years ago in 2010. It has been viewed nearly 2.9 million times.
They appeared in tobacco control advertisements, and spoke to youngsters about the importance of staying smoke-free. With their hands close to one another, the boy who whispered pulls cigarettes out of his pocket. They walk toward each other and almost touch faces. Or gay? No one is seen smoking in the video although a pack of cigarettes is seen poking out of one boy's pants pocket.
The video was created by the satire site The Onion as a fake news story about anti-smoking public service announcements for its YouTube-based program "today NOW!"
The made-up "today NOW!" story first aired on October 5, 2009.
It then showed a camera pointed at a screen that played the "It's gay to smoke" clip.
In the purported PSA, two teenage boys smile at each other in a school hallway. The soccer players passed on the message: if you want to play sports, and you want to succeed, don't smoke. They had taken an active role in persuading young women, and young men, from taking up smoking.
This logo wasn't shown in the TikTok video because someone had pointed a camera close to a screen to record it.
In sum, the purported CDC PSA that claimed "it's gay to smoke" originated as satire from The Onion.
The counter movement
PM announced in 1999 that lesbian activist and tennis star Billie Jean King (who came out in 1981) had been elected to its board of directors.
The two then walk into the bathroom.
"Are they smoking, or are they gay?" asks the voice-over.
The end of the TikTok video.
The words "It's gay to smoke" are followed by the mention of the CDC.
The Original YouTube Video
This was not a genuine public service announcement (PSA) from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
The TikTok user pointed a camera at a screen to show the clip.
King's relationship with Philip Morris began in 1970 when the company formed the Virginia Slims Tennis Tour. No, that's not true: The video is from a fake story created more than a decade ago by the satire news site The Onion, and the CDC told Lead Stories the agency had never produced or endorsed such a campaign.
The claim appeared in a December 31, 2022, video on Facebook under the title "This was a real ad 🤦🏽♂️." It shows video of what appear to be teenage boys meeting in a school hallway and exchanging a whispered message before ducking into a bathroom.
The Facebook post's video is one of several clips in the story about a fake CDC campaign that tries to scare young people away from smoking and drinking by falsely linking such activities to sexual orientation.