Yet another example of government attempting to dictate how people live their lives. Government has thrown out the principle of personal responsibility by placing blame on things. Cigarettes do not kill people, misusing them does. Twenty ounce sodas do not make people any fatter than twenty ounce lattes but misusing them does. Government has also maligned the fast food industry which is a useful, lawful enterprise because some people over indulge and become obese, that is the responsibility of people who eat too much not the responsibility of fast food. Lastly, we hear "Guns kill people!" Guns do not kill people, people kill people. Left to themselves all guns can do is slowly rust away.
What we need is for government to get the hell out of our lives and leave us alone!
Bud
Australian Court OKs Cigarette Logo Ban: Should Your Country Do the Same?
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2012/08/16 22:00:00
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Starting this December, branding and logos from cigarette companies cannot be displayed anywhere on cigarette packages in Australia. According to CBS News, "the packs will instead come in a uniformly drab shade of olive and feature graphic health warnings and images of cancer-riddled mouths, blinded eyeballs and sickly children." The government hopes the new packs will make smoking as unglamorous as possible.
CBSNEWS.COM reports:
CBSNEWS.COM reports:
Cigarette packs in Australia on track to be stripped of corporate logos, despite tobacco lobbying
Read More: http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-202_162-57493362/austr...
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Bud 2012/08/17 14:35:50
we are war mongers btw, but as much as we beat our wives, at least we don't let dingo's eat our babies :p
Also, these pictures can and have made a difference. Studies have shown that they do in fact reduce smoking rates.
http://health.usnews.com/heal...
It seems like most smokers are practically squirming when they argue that they shouldn't have to look at these pictures...this in and of itself is just a testament to how repulsive the pictures are and effective they are likely to be for those people.
Get a clue...these things on the packages are things that are actually happening IN YOUR OWN BODIES. Either handle and fully deal with that reality now when you see the graphic images or do it 10 years from now when you're diagnosed with emphysema...your choice.
BINGO!! It's my choice, leave it at that.
Go on all day for all I care but you'll be wasting your time if you think I'll be reading it. And, unless you have some first hand knowledge on what you're discussing, like the person you're discussing it with does, your point is moot.
And, empirically verifiable studies are worth more than anecdotal "first hand knowledge" ANY day. lrn2science
So you're a smoker? That doesn't mean that you can speak for everyone that smokes and the data is pretty clear that these images can give a significant number of people the push they need to quit.
plus the government wont ban cigarettes because they bring in to much profit for the country
Just inform people of the risks and let them make their own decision from there.
Also, for those saying it won't matter, they have done studies that show these images act as a solid deterrent and actually do reduce smoking, so get out of here with that argument. If you live in Australia you have access to universal healthcare, so even if I wouldn't agree with an outright ban it is the government's imperative, if they are allowing everyone access to healthcare, to forward this message and this blatant reality to all the people actively and willfully killing themselves by whatever means they see fit. Don't like it? Then stop buying cigarettes.
Then stop supporting Government Force.