Gory pictures on Cigarette packs.

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The idea is to put pictures of diseased lungs, bad teeth and gums, an autopsied corpse, other problems cigarette smoking can cause. Thinking it will scare folks especially kids from starting or to get them to quit smoking. I'm not sure kids who see all the blood and guts in movies and video games can be scared by pictures of anything.
I've never smoked other than a few puffs as a kid to try it out but, this seems to be a bad idea, what is next? a picture of a huge person on every bag of twinkies? Diseased, cholesterol clogged hearts on packs of ribeyes, box of eggs, and sausage?!
Steve W
 
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How about pictures of headon collisions on the doors of cars?

Only seems fair.
 
Some folks aren't going to get the word, no matter what you do, so perhaps that's overkill. I don't think that's the way to go about it. Seems like the manufacturers have some rights. Best thing to do is outlaw them, but then I remember what happened during prohibition, so maybe not. Maybe the health insurer's can just refuse smoker's coverage for those kind of heath related problems. Afterall, life insurance companies won't pay for suicide in most cases.
 
Been that way for a while on European cigarettes. I had a guy in Switzerland send me a carton of Gauloises after I couldn't get them here anymore. Each pack has a picture of a diseased lung on it. Good strong French smokes without filters, the way it used to be. The black lung pictures just add to the allure in a way I suppose. I don't smoke factory cigarettes since the change to all fire safe. I just roll my own out of pipe tobacco from a big bag of Walgreens finest pipe tobacco. Which is also tolerable if I smoke it in my pipe... But I digress.

For the longest time pipe tobacco simply said that it contained or produced chemicals known to the state of California to cause cancer. Since I don't live in California, I figure that I'm fine.

I'm going to experiment this year with drying out tomato leaves and smoking them. Just in case tobacco does ever get banned.

Smokers are 40 percent less likely to be abducted by aliens. Those that are taken generally smoke girly cigarettes, lights, low tar etc. A pack of old style Luckies a day, that'd keep the grays at bay. Or something like that. Since I don't particularly trust the government to do anything in my best interest, I can only assume that if they want me to stop smoking, that I had best do the opposite.
 
That ideal will bring back the ol cigarette cases for sure....Or not ;)



I don't think to much about it as I don't smoke.

If they start messin with the Cope lids again, I'm gonna be spittin mad :D


Su Amigo,
Dave
 
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If they did that with beer, how would they picture a hangover? Maybe Big Macs with a fat belly photo? Swimmin' pools with a face down kid sticker on the side?

I don't smoke but I don't need the government to be my mommy.

GF
 
This is not a laughing matter... how long do you think it will be before gun boxes are adorned with autopsy photos of "children" killed by "gun violence" or gun stores will be required to display graphic pictures of people "accidentally" shot by an "unsafe" gun? Cigarettes are a legal product. Period. If they're that bad, then the gubment should just ban them. But, they won't, because they enjoy the tax revenue too much!!! Think about that old expression, you know- first they came for the Jews...
 
I just roll my own out of pipe tobacco from a big bag of Walgreens finest pipe tobacco.
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GatorFarmer,
You ever try some good European rolling tobacco? More expensive and harder to find than pipe but it sure rolls and tastes mighty fine.

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DUH!, take a legal, highly taxed product and try to have people stop buying it. Where will they make up the lost revenue?
How about videos of liposuction on the drive up window of fast food stores?
 
I can see the ads now --
L&M - Way gorier PackPics than the others! Collect all 12.

Sales skyrocket! Another government plan working as usual.

Wait till you see what they have planned for Harley Davidson dealer displays :eek:
 
I was thinking of collecting a couple packs of these smokes. This way in 20 years we can look at these and chuckle how far reaching the government was. Of course by that point unemployment will probably be around 30% and we will have big pictures of Obama in a Mao like pose in every town square. :)
I am with the others how long will it be before they put pictures of dead people in with our new guns?
 
Cigarette smoking is bad face it its just not normal what are they a grown up form of a pacifier,I quit smoking and its hard to quit there isn't a day that goes by that i don't crave a cigarette but i know just to have one ruins everything and i will be hooked again.If the man from Mars came here and saw us putting things in our mouth and lighting them he would think of it as nothing short of crazy.Its the persons right to choose to smoke or not
 
You guys are great!

They should put a picture of Nancy Pelosi on packs of cigarettes! That would be enough to make me quit having to look at that crazy broad every time I get a cigarette!

I do smoke and this won't affect me as I buy my cigarettes from a Indian reservation and they are exempt from our "daddy government" ****.
 
GF said:
If they did that with beer, how would they picture a hangover? Maybe Big Macs with a fat belly photo? Swimmin' pools with a face down kid sticker on the side?

I don't smoke but I don't need the government to be my mommy.

GF
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Amen .
 
Just one person's opinion

Clearly and scientifically, smoking is a bad and potentially deadly habit - as are many things.

But I sat with my Dad for over eight weeks as he slowly and gruesomely passed away from lung cancer at 64. Near the end, I was hoping he would pass just to ease his suffering.

I'm all for it.
 
Well to be fair, we need pictures of diseased livers on every beer can and alcohol bottle.

All cars need engine governors on them so they can not go faster than 5 MPH.

It's all ludicrous.
 
Cigarette case's may make a comeback. I really don't think it's the purpose of Govt. to regulate my personal life.


I don't buy the "social cost" argument. If you do, then your giveing them the right to regulate EVERYTHING in your life. You may have noticed Michelle don't like fattys? Oh oh, twinkees, french fries, burgers,hot dogs,cupcakes, ice cream. High blood pressure is also a major health problem, look out salty snacks.

Think thats silly? If you had a time machine and could go back to lets say 1946 and told some returning Soldier/Salior/Marine that in the furture his Govt. would determine his diet and health habits for him. (for his own and sociaty's good of course) Whaddya think he'd say?
 
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