Make good decisions around the tiny genie

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Colorado has an offbeat anti-smoking effort going on called Own Your C (short for Own Your Choices), in which teens are encouraged to think for themselves and make their own decisions. If you hesitate, suggests a new commercial from the campaign, friends might make your decisions for you—and the next thing you know, you’re spouting Japanese after having wasted the one wish you’ve been granted by a diminutive genie. The spot is a bit confusing (learning a foreign language is like picking up smoking?), but perhaps teens will spend enough time with the

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