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Permalink Reply by Christopher Phillips on June 21, 2011 at 9:42am

My favourite UK warning is "Smoking can cause erectile disfunction"

Permalink Reply by Grace Fitzpatrick on June 21, 2011 at 9:45am

That was not as bad as I thought it was going to be.  Of course, my grandpa and 3 of my uncles dying from lung cancer was good enough by itself.  Actually, the VA's  dental clinic posters against chewing tobacco were a whole lot worse.  If I was ever tempted to chew tobacco (which I wasn't) those posters would have been the cure.

 

Permalink Reply by Tara on June 21, 2011 at 10:08am

If the pictures do nothing other than preventing new upstarts of tobacco users, it will be successful and worthwhile. I imagine those who already do smoke will just use alternate containers or drop them into sleeves to avoid seeing the messages.

Permalink Reply by dr kellie on June 21, 2011 at 10:52am

I don't think stuff like that has any effect.  People who don't smoke are the only ones who pay attention.  Smokers are going to smoke.  Period.  To me, it is much like when you are in a theater and they tell you to turn off your cell phones.  There are two types of people; those who turn off their cell phones, and those who do not, and the notice does not make a difference.

 

Permalink Reply by Ruth Anthony-Gardner on June 21, 2011 at 10:44pm

I almost always forget, until I'm reminded, then I turn it off. So for me it makes a difference. I'm a cell phone luddite.

Permalink Reply by A3Kr0n on June 21, 2011 at 11:40pm

Mine went off during a graduation a couple weeks ago! I hardly ever bring it with me to places, and I hardly ever get calls anyway. But, during graduation I just had to get a wrong number!

 

Permalink Reply by Paula T. on June 21, 2011 at 11:58pm

That happened to me when I was at the cemetery with my boyfriend and his family for the internment service for his father's cremains.  In the middle of the service, my cell phone started ringing.  I was so embarrassed and later apologized.  Afterward, the girlfriend of someone there said "WOW, HOW EMBARRASSING!!!"  Thanks, needed to be reminded that everyone heard it.....

 

Like you, AKron, I rarely get calls, so perfect timing.  It had to be a sales call - out of state area code and they didn't leave a message.

Permalink Reply by Ruth Anthony-Gardner on June 26, 2011 at 10:50am

I don't think stuff like that has any effect.  People who don't smoke are the only ones who pay attention. 

Do you mean?

Permalink Reply by Grinning Cat on June 29, 2011 at 12:26am

People might ignore the inner warning sticker... maybe that one needs a sticker as well....

Permalink Reply by A3Kr0n on June 21, 2011 at 11:46am

I think it's so over the top that it's ridiculous, and will have the opposite effect. Why doesn't the government put pictures of mutilated crash victims on beer bottles? Maybe Gabrielle Giffords could be the poster girl for the packaging hand guns come in? Should the government start showing the inside of a clogged artery on french fry boxes? Is this the role our government should be playing? Personally, I don't think so.

Permalink Reply by dr kellie on June 21, 2011 at 1:08pm

I agree.  I never cared for the written warnings, either.  And I don't smoke and never have.

Permalink Reply by El Solo Lobo on June 21, 2011 at 11:34pm

Very good, AKron.

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