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Health warnings
milliways Started conversation Apr 24, 2003
I don't smoke, but some of my smoker friends are collecting the health warnings.
The warnings are OTT, everyone knows that you 'will die a slow and painful death' if you smoke!
Health warnings
MaW Posted Apr 24, 2003
Hmm, they seem to me to be more of a way for the government to pretend that it's doing everything it can to improve the nation's overall health and save the NHS money, but without losing the tax revenue from tobacco.
Health warnings
milliways Posted Apr 25, 2003
The warnings look stupid, they really do.
Why waste time and money on all the warnings, when the government should be banning smoking from public places? Its time that they finally made that step, took that big leap, 'cause I'm fed-up of passive smoking when I walk down the street.
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MaW Posted Apr 25, 2003
* nods *
That'd be good.
Tobacco advertising recently took a hit though.
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BobTheFarmer Posted Apr 25, 2003
www.smokingcures.com
Supply alternative warnings you can print out onto label paper, such as:
Smoking makes you cool.
Smoking can help prevent unwanted pregnancies.
etc/etc/etc
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BobTheFarmer Posted Apr 25, 2003
Oh, we know that, we dont need it on the packets to tell us.
Can you ever imagine a person walking into a newsagent and saying, '10 Marlboro please.' They hand him the packet, he reads it and goes, 'Hell no, I didnt know that.'
No.
Banning advertising and sponsorship I can understand, but those warnings are bloody stupid...
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MaW Posted Apr 25, 2003
As I said above, they're the way the government can keep their consciences vaguely clean without losing the tax revenue that banning tobacco would deny them (not to mention not causing a riot - I'd love to see tobacco made illegal, but it'd never work).
Don't be surprised if they start talking about putting health warnings on alcoholic drinks soon.
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Bluemooner Posted Apr 25, 2003
You'd better believe it.
They already have them in France on all drinks adverts.
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MaW Posted Apr 25, 2003
Well, it'll be something else to complain about for a while.
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