Graphic Images for Cigarette Packs Revealed.

noexcuses1218

As for kids ... I don't think they're going to care, mostly. They're told how awful smoking is from day one, shown all sorts of images and they still smoke. Cost is the only thing to make it even slightly prohibitive, and personally I don't think that's fair to adults who should have the choice.

Many of the kids I know are smarter than that - granted, not all of them are, but most kids have someone in their family or friends' families who has died - or is dying - of one kind of cancer or another. If part of the reason kids smoke is because of peer pressure (and I have to admit it was a lot of the reason why I started in the first place), the images will give those kids one more level of defense against picking up the addiction in the first place.

angryguy77

ridiculous. This is a legal substance that the Gov has declared war on. I would like to ask anyone who agrees with the gov if they think the gov won't go after other products it deems unhealthy. It's a choice and adults shouldn't be punished because some wonk tells them it's unhealthy. Whatever happened to personal liberty?

They will go after fatty foods next using the excuse that it's for your own good when they are really after your money. I can see it now. They will use health care costs and how much smokers/unhealthy lifestyles cost society and will therefore need to be taxed to offset these costs.

halobender

If part of the reason kids smoke is because of peer pressure (and I have to admit it was a lot of the reason why I started in the first place), the images will give those kids one more level of defense against picking up the addiction in the first place.

Kids who are going to give into peer pressure will do so whether the images are there or not. It will be more of a badge than anything. "Dude, I smoked this whole pack, I'll bet my lungs look just like this now lolllll." ...

And Angryguy ... of course they will, just as San Francisco tried to get rid of happy meals. Nothing is to actually benefit us, though, it's all just to get more money.

BamBam1113

Living here in Winston-Salem, NC there would be days when we could smell the RJReynolds plant all across the city. Not so much anymore. They even moved out of one of their buildings here downtown and consolidated everyone into the other one (they had 2 side by side). I quit last year and it was just because I was sick of it. I knew the dangers and had seen the pictures long before I quit, but that didn't influence me. I think they are being very unfair to the tobacco industry though. If they make them do this then they should make alcohol companies put pictures of drunk driving accidents on their bottles. I say legalize marijuana (no I don't even smoke it) to give these AMERICAN farmers something to make a living with and let people make their own decisions about what they put into their bodies. The government was not set up to MANDATE what we can and can't do with our own bodies!

BamBam1113

I think one of the BEST ways to keep people from buying them is to make the packs in bright pink, purple, and rainbow colors. I mean, what man would want to walk around and pull out a smoke from a pink pack and try and look cool?

Sunshine_Girlie

I think one of the BEST ways to keep people from buying them is to make the packs in bright pink, purple, and rainbow colors. I mean, what man would want to walk around and pull out a smoke from a pink pack and try and look cool?

You must not see any emo/metrosexual people around your town, huh?

totustuusmaria

I lived in Chile for a while and they have been doing this for years. We thought it was so funny and interesting, but it never deterred my chain-smoker friends from smoking. They actually bought and smoked more in Chile despite the labels because the cigarettes were less expensive than in the States.

I think it might help some, but others won't care. Same with food. I was watching Dr. Oz on OWN the other day and he showed these six different people an inside look at heart-surgery on an obese woman. Her heart was covered in fat and then it wouldn't start back up because it wasn't strong enough. It was disgusting. He then showed them deceased peoples' organs that had been affected by bad eating habits vs. normal/healthy looking organs of the deceased. It was disgusting and very eye opening. Four people changed their eating habits and lost a lot of weight. Two of the men didn't change at all. It all depends on the person...

Pebble321

There have been graphic pictures on cigarette packaging in Australia for a few years. They've also increased the price and made many venues smoke free (all hospital grounds, most restaurants, bars, businesses, some parks, malls etc). And retailers aren't allowed to display cigarettes, they all have to be behind doors. The lastest suggestion here is to put all cigarettes into plain packaging, I think it's to reduce the "cool" factor and brand recognition. I don't know if it will help, but I hope so. All the smokers I know would like to quit, but I know it's hard to do.

As a non-smoker I'm really happy that I can go to a pub or out for a meal and not have to smell other people's second hand smoke, though I admit that I do feel a bit sorry for smokers now they have to hide in corners to smoke.

halobender

As a non-smoker I'm really happy that I can go to a pub or out for a meal and not have to smell other people's second hand smoke ...

I honestly appreciate this more than words can say. It's so nice to not be smelling others' smoke. When I'm out and a whiff gets through the door I get sort of irate, though I don't say anything about it. Even though smokers are supposed to be 10 feet or more from the door.

However, I'm still really pissed that the government has decided to give a general "**** you" to smokers and decide that they can't even have their own personal enclosed spaces. They raise the prices, extend the perimeters ... there's that new smoking ban in New York which just ... irritates me beyond belief. Not allowing people to smoke in parks? That's just the most BS thing in the whole world.

"Parks are for everyone and we have to accept people for who they are and what they like to do! [notices someone nearby] Hey! What the hell are you doing? [it's a man smoking on the edge of the fountain]"

"Oh, I was jus—"

"Get out of here, you filthy smoker! Dirty lungs! Go ahead and kill yourself, stupid tar-breath! Dumbass!"

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