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daggy12
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Posted: September 5, 2007 12:45 PM Post subject: Britain will require graphic pictures |
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I ran across this today in yahoo news. This image provided by Britain's Department of Health showing a healthy lung, left and a diseased lung, right, is one of the graphic pictures to be place on packs of cigarettes to discourage smokers. Words failed to stamp out smoking, so Britain will require graphic pictures of diseased organs on cigarette packs next year, the government announced Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2007. The images include a diseased lung, a chest cut open for heart surgery, and a large tumor on a man's neck. In all, Britain chose 15 images from a selection developed by the European Commission. Britain will be the first member of the European Union to require such warnings, Health Secretary Alan Johnson said. The new warnings will be required on cigarette packs in the second half of 2008, the department said. (AP Photo/Department of Health/ho) _________________
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alleghany
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Posted: September 5, 2007 3:10 PM Post subject: |
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Certainly hope it helps some...interesting. Of course, the picture (on the ALA or ACA posters) of the girl with a burnt out half face never really bothered me.
Good to know. Glad you posted! _________________
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kannprint
Quit Date: April 10, 2004
Posts: 4988 Location: St. Louis, MO
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Posted: September 5, 2007 5:08 PM Post subject: |
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I sure hope it helps people want to quit smoking. However, I've always felt that quitting is a totally personal decision. I, for one, never read the warnings on the packs so they did nothing to help me decide to quit.
That picture is really frightening, though. _________________
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Nosmoex
Quit Date: July 4, 2007
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Posted: September 5, 2007 6:01 PM Post subject: lungs |
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Holy discouragement, Batman! _________________
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swaneem
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Posted: September 6, 2007 10:37 AM Post subject: |
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Someone told me they've been doing this in Canada for a year....don't know if this is true or not.
I know when I smoked I never looked at warnings etc and I've asked people around me who smoke if that photo would discourage them from smoking and they've all said "No".
I guess the "fix" is stronger than any intelligent debate.
Donna _________________
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