NEW YORK - Tinactin, maker of products designed to treat a variety of painful skin disorders, is introducing a new t-shirt warning people to “stop itchin.” The slogan is a carefully chosen adaptation of the phrase “stop snitchin,” popular in many communities suffering from violent crime and fractious relations with law enforcement. John Madden, spokesman for Tinactin, said the company does not endorse withholding cooperation with police if you are a witness to, victim or perpetrator of a criminal act. “We’re not telling a brother to stop snitchin, y’all. We’re telling him to stop itchin. You see the difference?”
He added that the t-shirts were designed to raise community awareness of the scourge of athletes foot, and jock itch, which have risen to n early epidemic proportions among young, physically active males. “We are saying STOP THE BURNIN! STOP THE CHAFIN! We want to stop these problems before they start, and that’s why we’re pushing these shirts. We need to get the message out there.” To give the shirts an added street credibility, Tinactin has obtained several impressive sponsors. Effective September 1, 2007, Tinactin is the official provider of anti-fungal relief to the Bloods and the Crips. Madden said there is a possibility of adding one more homicidal gang to the fast actin’ Tinactin team. “We’re in the early stages of negotiations with the Aryan Brotherhood, and we are confident we’ll have something in place with them by the first of the year.”
