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06-21-2011, 07:24 AM | #1 | |
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New cigarette warning labels mandated. Cigars next?
Dead Body, Cancerous Lungs to Appear on U.S. Cigarette Packs, FDA Decides
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-0...next-year.html Quote:
I shall not put the wonderful images up that our dear govt will be putting on packs of cigarettes, and I wonder how long before cigar makers will have to put said images of death and destruction full size on boxes of cigars? Woo Hoo.
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06-21-2011, 07:43 AM | #2 |
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Those pictures don't bother me one bit. I watched an autopsy while eating lunch during first responder training. I would hate to see them on cigar boxes only because they would ruin the box. They won't deter me from smoking cigars.
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06-21-2011, 07:46 AM | #3 |
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Why stop, then with cigarettes. How about a 420 pound person on all ice cream, cookie and pizza labels.
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06-21-2011, 09:46 AM | #4 |
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I saw a phot gallery of the labels. They won't work. They are way to tame to scare anybody.
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06-21-2011, 11:03 AM | #5 | |
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But just as we're all desensitized to Violence on TV, and sex (hubba hubba) in the media, these lables won't deter a thing. It's more "feel good" nanny state legislation.
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06-21-2011, 02:45 PM | #6 |
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Like William J. Le Petomaine said...
"Holy underwear! Sheriff murdered! Innocent women and children blown to bits! We have to protect our phoney baloney jobs here, gentlemen! We must do something about this immediately! Immediately! Immediately! Harrumph! Harrumph! Harrumph! "
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06-22-2011, 07:19 AM | #7 |
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They can put whatever they want on cigarette packages...I don't smoke them anyway. If they want to put a picture on cigars...g'head and try to fit it on a cello or put it on the box. I buy singles and 5 paks more than I do boxes and it wouldn't matter if they put dead bodies for pictures...I'm still going to enjoy my cigars no matter. The Anti Smoking Lobby can kiss my a$$.
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06-22-2011, 01:21 PM | #8 |
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Screw'em, If I was still smoking cigarettes I would just buy a nice cigarette case.
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06-22-2011, 04:23 PM | #9 |
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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. |
06-23-2011, 04:58 AM | #10 |
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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.
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