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jpags · 06-22-2011, 01:21 PM

Screw'em, If I was still smoking cigarettes I would just buy a nice cigarette case.

Herf · 06-22-2011, 04:23 PM

A friend of mine brought home a pack of Iranian cigarettes with similar labels on them last year. We are behind the times. I doubt it stops anyone from smoking though.

I see a great opportunity for a revival of cigarette cases.

tonycsmoke · 06-23-2011, 04:58 AM

Canada has done this for over a decade and it simply doesn't work. In Ireland they heavily tax all tobacco, a brutal smoking ban and put graphics on cigarette packs. The result is that the smoking rate is going up.

Reminds me of when I was in grade school. I must have been 8 or 9 when a cop came to school to talk about drugs. He pulled out a baggie with something in it. He said that if he just touched this stuff with his finger "you would have to pull me off the ceiling". We were in the gym with very tall ceilings. I remember thinking - it will make you fly. Do tell me more! Where I can I buy this flying stuff.

The more you push people just have a propensity to push back. Hence why even though drugs are illegal most people have tried at least one illegal drug.

N99 · 06-23-2011, 06:26 AM

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Originally Posted by tonycsmoke

Canada has done this for over a decade and it simply doesn't work. In Ireland they heavily tax all tobacco, a brutal smoking ban and put graphics on cigarette packs. The result is that the smoking rate is going up.

Reminds me of when I was in grade school. I must have been 8 or 9 when a cop came to school to talk about drugs. He pulled out a baggie with something in it. He said that if he just touched this stuff with his finger "you would have to pull me off the ceiling". We were in the gym with very tall ceilings. I remember thinking - it will make you fly. Do tell me more! Where I can I buy this flying stuff.

The more you push people just have a propensity to push back. Hence why even though drugs are illegal most people have tried at least one illegal drug.

High taxes just promote smuggling or worse. The graphic warnings are probably more fascinating to kids than the "Joe Camel" graphics back in the day. Smoking bans just annoy people who have to find other venues to smoke and deny revenue to otherwise legit businesses.

Funny world we live in sometimes....

The JD · 06-23-2011, 11:27 AM

You know what's going to happen? Non-smokers are going to bitch and whine about how offensive these graphics are while smokers shrug it off. And they'll be too stupid to understand that THEY are the reason they have a set of black wrinkled lungs staring them in the face when they go to pick up a gallon of milk.

06-22-2011, 01:21 PM	#11
jpags Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: parsippany, new jersey Posts: 950	Screw'em, If I was still smoking cigarettes I would just buy a nice cigarette case. __________________ 50% of the people you know, don't care about your problems, the other 50% are glad you have them. Pags

06-23-2011, 04:58 AM	#13
tonycsmoke Club Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: St Louis Posts: 3,135	Canada has done this for over a decade and it simply doesn't work. In Ireland they heavily tax all tobacco, a brutal smoking ban and put graphics on cigarette packs. The result is that the smoking rate is going up. Reminds me of when I was in grade school. I must have been 8 or 9 when a cop came to school to talk about drugs. He pulled out a baggie with something in it. He said that if he just touched this stuff with his finger "you would have to pull me off the ceiling". We were in the gym with very tall ceilings. I remember thinking - it will make you fly. Do tell me more! Where I can I buy this flying stuff. The more you push people just have a propensity to push back. Hence why even though drugs are illegal most people have tried at least one illegal drug. __________________ "Homer, slow down you'll kill us" yelled Marge. "Or die trying" exclaimed Homer.

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The JD Herf Meister Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Milwaukee, Wisconsin Posts: 6,770	You know what's going to happen? Non-smokers are going to bitch and whine about how offensive these graphics are while smokers shrug it off. And they'll be too stupid to understand that THEY are the reason they have a set of black wrinkled lungs staring them in the face when they go to pick up a gallon of milk.