FDA Unveils Graphic Images To Be Placed On Cigarettes
Register Today!- by Anxious Patient Jun 22, '11
pro - honest depictions of the health risks of smoking.
con - smoking is legal, this is harassment.
New Cigarette Warnings Released (PHOTOS, VIDEO)
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Jun 22, '11 by PierretteThe nanny state continues.
I wonder if GM is going to show photos of the death and mangled bodies that occur from driving automobiles.
And now:
Obama's Food Police in Staggering Crackdown on Market to Kids - HUMAN EVENTSTony the Tiger, some NASCAR drivers and cookie-selling Girl Scouts will be out of a job unless grocery manufacturers agree to reinvent a vast array of their products to satisfy the Obama administration’s food police.
Either retool the recipes to contain certain levels of sugar, sodium and fats, or no more advertising and marketing to tots and teenagers, say several federal regulatory agencies.
Although the intent of the guidelines is to combat childhood obesity, foods that are low in calories, fat, and some considered healthy foods, are also targets, including hot breakfast cereals such as oatmeal, pretzels, popcorn, nuts, yogurt, wheat bread, bagels, diet drinks, fruit juice, tea, bottled water, milk and sherbet. - Guide
Jun 22, '11 by BCgradnursePeople have a choice to smoke or not. At least, with these pictures, there should be no frivolous lawsuits from people who claim they didn't know that smoking could hurt them. Time to grow up and take some personal responsibility for one's choices. -
Jun 22, '11 by azhiker96I don't have a problem with honest depictions of the results of choices. That includes images of aborted fetuses, images from slaughter houses, and the before/after crack pictures. That's not nanny state. That's letting people know what can or does happen with a certain choice. - Jun 22, '11 by PierretteQuote from BCgradnurseExactly what I've been saying for years.Time to grow up and take some personal responsibility for one's choices.
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Jun 22, '11 by leslie :-Dwarning s/b added, "you reap what you sow".
seriously, many just don't understand that yet.
leslieherring_RN likes this. - Jun 22, '11 by Not_A_Hat_PersonCanada has had graphic cigarette warnings for at least 10 years, along with high cigarette taxes. Plenty of Canadians still smoke.
- Jun 22, '11 by azhiker96Smoking rates are declining in Canada. New smoking rates for Canada and Quebec
Smoking rates are also slowly dropping in the US. U.S. Smoking Rate Still Coming Down
I really think higher taxes does more than the warnings on the packages to discourage smoking. Still, it doesn't hurt. I do wonder what will be next though, maybe warnings on fast food that it will make you fat. - Jun 22, '11 by tntrnQuote from azhiker96But the taxes collected are used to fund health care for children, so if the purchase of cigarettes plummets, so will the tax collected, and who's then going to pay for the health care?Smoking rates are declining in Canada. New smoking rates for Canada and Quebec
Smoking rates are also slowly dropping in the US. U.S. Smoking Rate Still Coming Down
I really think higher taxes does more than the warnings on the packages to discourage smoking. Still, it doesn't hurt. I do wonder what will be next though, maybe warnings on fast food that it will make you fat.azhiker96 likes this.
