The EU doesn’t fool around when it comes to putting warning labels on cigarettes.
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Yeah, but most people don’t even notice them anymore! There’s even t-shirts with these ‘black boxes’ printed on them… And others like…
Sex kills
Eating food kills
or whatever, you get the idea…
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I have come to the conclusion that one useless man is called a ‘disgrace’. That two are called a ‘law firm’. And that three or more become a ‘Congress’. Maybe there are more smoke lawsuits are in the pipeline.
I like the “don’t make children breathe your smoke labels”; I’m all for smoking, what the hell, we all die. But subjecting children to it is very stupid. Not because the “second hand smoke” — I’m unconvinced that can cause cancer any more than CO in a traffic jam or in the taxi lane at an airport, but because children get things like asthasma. Their systems are not able to deal with pollutants like cigarette smoke; they get sick.
Blimey? Is that where I left them? I’ve been looking for that packet for two weeks – and now I find it in the blog-o-sphere.
Can we presume the boxes are printed in native languages around Europe — or is English sufficient? I have no doubt the Brits still lead the rest of Europe in cigarette consumption; but, the question must have been discussed — somewhere.
@Ed, we got them in 2002 in the Netherlands. Click on my name to see the picture I logged then.
It says [in Dutch]: “Smokers die younger”
For the last few years, Canada has not only had this style of warning, but graphic pictures of diseased lungs, mouth cancer, failed hearts, etc. The picture and warning must be a minimum of 50% of the package. The trend has been to put the packages of cigarettes in a pouch or jacket to hide the warnings.
These pictures are not pretty, but they are not meant to be. There is some debate on the pictures’ effectiveness, but the number of smokers in Canada has dropped significantly. These pictures are more to stop people from starting smoking then encouraging them to quit.
Me ? I quit smoking 3 1/2 years ago. I had tried many times and was always aware of the dangers. It took the health of my young daughter to finally give me the motivation to quit for good. Watching her chronic cough finally did it.
For all those in denial, AIR POLLUTION of any kind is harmful. Your lungs might have filtered out some of the more harmful ingredients, but not all. And the smoldering cigarette is totally unfiltered.