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October 01, 2008
Hard core gore!
Keeping up with Britain? When I saw this story which Drudge earlier, I thought it involved the United States. Smokers buying cigarettes will from Wednesday be confronted with a series of gruesome images printed on the packets showing how tobacco damages health.But for now it's apparently only in the UK: One in six people in Britain smoke out of population of more than 60 million and the government has been stepping up measures to reduce that figure.I guess the idea is that forcing advertisers to display gruesome imagery will deter cigarette smoking. Whether the US will follow suit remains to be seen. There's no First Amendment in England, but I like to think the tobacco companies would have something to say in court about being forced to put an image like this on their product:
Sheesh. I don't even know whether it's appropriate to display in a nice clean blog! They keep this up, my nerves will be so shattered that I might have to take up tobacco again! UPDATE: The picture drew complaints, so I altered it. Plus, an interesting comment below from Heather ...but you can't show a woman about to purchase an abortion a picture of an aborted fetus (or even an image of a living fetus at three months' gestation), because that might influence her behavior. I find these contradictions curious.I do too, but I think I'll hold off on the bloody fetuses pictures. posted by Eric on 10.01.08 at 10:53 AM
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...but you can't show a woman about to purchase an abortion a picture of an aborted fetus (or even an image of a living fetus at three months' gestation), because that might influence her behavior. I find these contradictions curious. Heather · October 1, 2008 12:18 PM They're following Canada's footsteps on that; Canuckistani cigarette packs have long had such pictures. Sigivald · October 1, 2008 01:46 PM The hottest scandal right now involves a presidential candidate you've never heard of. grave robbery and cover-ups. Nice. www.cottonforpresident.com Joey · October 1, 2008 02:29 PM My buddy went to Thailand for work (he works for State) and they do the same thing over there. Heather, it helps if you understand that to good lefties, there is only one thing you have a choice on. For everything else, you must be a free-thinker and do what everybody else is doing. Veeshir · October 1, 2008 03:56 PM Odd that fetus, smoking and images which caught a lot of flax came up. 20 some years ago I was about 3 months pregnant and either the American Cancer Society or American Heart Association (probably the latter) ran an ad that started with the back of was clearly a fetus hanging in mid-air against a dark background (unbilical cord left no doubt), smoking drifting above its head. Slowly the fetus turned and had a lit cigerette hanging from it's mouth. I don't remember any words. I don't remember any music, though I'd bet there was. I only remember the stark image. I quit. I had cut down substantially but quit pretty much cold turkey after seeing that ad. Only saw it once but did hear a week or so later that they had received so many complaints about the ad they pulled it. I thought it quite forceful. rgaye · October 1, 2008 07:21 PM Why pussy foot around? Just make smoking illegal and ban tobacco. Problem solved, right? What do you mean, people will break such a law? That's crazy talk. Oh, and let's continue legalizing pot. It's ludicrous that struggling pizza delivery drivers are harrassed for trying to relax with a harmless toke. Steve Skubinna · October 2, 2008 07:20 AM How about a series of photographs on our voter registration forms, detailing the fates of those who use the institutions of the republic to undermine the citizen's individual rights? Mussolini hanging from a lamp post comes to mind. Brett · October 2, 2008 07:36 AM Post a comment
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