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I can't, but I can reliably avoid thinking of any other thing that is presented in the form "Don't think of X" - I've trained myself to actively think of pink elephants in such scenarios (thus leaving no scope for thoughts of 'X'). It works rather effectively. I haven't tested it on extreme cases like "Don't think of boobs" though. That might be too strong to counter.
Maybe you could avoid thinking of pink elephants by actively thinking of boobs. ;-)
Ok, this is perhaps too effective. Now I'm actually trying to think of elephants and all that pops in to my head...