Familie speră imagine patul de cauze pe fumători să renunţe
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Familia unei victime cancer care e prezentat într-o nouă serie de etichete de avertizare pe pachetele de ţigări este speră că o fotografie f fragil corpul ei pe patul de moarte vor descuraja oamenii de iluminat sus.
Într-o p lan a prezentat joi, Ottawa este rulare avertismente mai mari şi mai în grafic un nou efort de a motiva pe fumători să cap la cap afară şi descuraja nefumătorilor, es pecially adolescenti, de la luarea la acest obicei.
Companiile din industria tutunului vor fi nevoiţi să di splay o etichetă - acolo are16 în toate -, care va dura până 75 la sută din fiecare pachet. Actuala cerinţă este de 50 la suta.
În timp ce etichete va cuprinde o varietate mai mare de legende şi fotografii, una dintre cele mai triste este o imagine luată de 42 de ani, Barbara Tarbox ju st zile înainte de moartea ei în 2003.
Tarbox, un bine-cunoscut anti-tutun cruciat fro m Edmonton, a murit de cancer, după o viaţă de fumat. Soţul ei, Pat şi daug hter Mackenzie ia în considerare includerea ei în toate avertismentele de o continuare a Lega ei cy.
"(Eticheta a) un factor de soc bun la ea. În cazul în care şocurile mine este de gând să şoc câţiva oameni ", a spus Pat Tarbox CTV. "Sperăm că acesta sh ocks-le în renunti şi / sau nu de pornire."
În timp ce lupta cu cancerul, Tarbox petrecut mo final nths din viata ei încuraja oamenii să nu utilizeze produsele din tutun, direcţionând mult eforturile ei de către tineri.
Mackenzie Tarbox a spus că este fericită o phot de mama ei este furnizarea unor astfel de un mesaj important pentru canadieni.
"Exista unele mândrie că acolo ei mes salvie se întâmplă să fie în acele fotografii şi ea nu sa oprit doar atunci când ea a murit ", a spus ea.
Tarbox fotografie este însoţită de următoarea legendă: "Aceasta este ceea ce moare de cancer pulmonar arata ca. Barb Tarbox a murit la 42 de l Ung cancer cauzate de fumat. "
Pentru a asigura noilor avertismente sunt eficiente, acestea au fost rewrit zece cu un limbaj mai simplu şi prezentate cu culori şi elemente grafice destinate dr. ive casa mesaj poporului.
"Cercetare canadian şi internaţionale, a arătat că, pentru a fi Effe ctive, avertismente referitoare la sănătate pe pachetele de tutun trebuie să fie vizibile şi memorabil. y trebuie să fie, de asemenea, credibil şi relevant ", ministrul sănătăţii Leona Aglukkaq a declarat reporterilor în Otta wa.
Aglukkaq a declarat avertismentele vor apărea pe ambalaj ţigară, cât mai curând posi bil şi ei vor fi rotite pentru a menţine fumători în armonie cu mesajul.
Criticii o rgue etichetele actuale de avertizare şi-au pierdut eficacitatea lor, deoarece ei nu au fost modificaţi d în 10 ani. Canada a fost prima ţară care a pus avertismente grafice pe ţigări ambalare, rezultând în multe ţări în urma costum.
Garfield Mahood, exe consecutive director al nefumatorilor "Drepturile de asociere, a declarat că anunţurile sunt foarte rentabile şi lucrează bine.
"Ea nu a costa contribuabilul un bănuţ, industria absoarbe costul de schimbare a d esign, care sincer nu este mare ", a declarat Mahood CTV News Channel.
Un purtator de cuvant pentru Imperial Tob Acco a declarat că faptul că guvernul este luarea de control de 75 la sută din labell ING pe pachetele sale este abuziv.
Aglukkaq a declarat că guvernul se angajează să HEL ping mai mult de cinci milioane canadieni las de fumat, un obicei care ucide un Estima TED 37 de mii de oameni în fiecare an în Canada.
Ottawa, de asemenea, doreşte să împiedice tineri de la început să fumeze.
În plus faţă de etichete de avertizare noi, Guvernul pe care îl s introducerea unei linii telefonice şi site-uri care fumătorii se pot folosi pentru a obţine informaţii informaţii despre cum să renunţe.
Cu un raport de la CTV Calgary lui Karen Owen
Comentariile sunt în prezent închise pentru R această poveste
Bev
Ce o risipă de bani .. the Guvern ar trebui să ajute la fumătorii de g iving le fumat ajutoare care nu au nevoie de reducerea preţurilor de pat nicoderm Ches şi de a face produse mai ieftine ca CHAMPIX .. fiind un fumător eu pictur es de oameni care mor sau fotografii urât gura unui re nu o să renunţe la HELP.people ... da este de a ajuta. . Obţine o aderenţa la care vă pple guvern. Trezesc dracu 'sus
Puternic TAXA Fumători
Este prost ish şi nefiresc să sugă fum toxic în corpul dumneavoastră. Nimeni în mintea lor dreapta care se uită la aceasta într-un mod responsabil raţională ar lua vreodată la fumat. Avem nevoie de a scăpa societatea noastră de chestiile astea rele. Fumătorii ar trebui să plătească, prin nici un atunci când se cumpără de tutun din cauza costurilor de îngrijire a sănătăţii să se uite după ele mai târziu.
Îngrijorat
Plasarea imaginilor grafice de pe pachetele de ţigări este de gând să ajute oameni să renunţe la fumat, precum şi despre fotografiile pe semnele grafice protestatar al încuraja oamenii de a alege să nu aibă un avort. Este ridicol! În cazul în care guvernul a fost de la toate în cauză cu starea de sănătate a fumătorilor, ar interzice produs. Ei aleg n ot de a interzice produsul ca ele fac milioane şi milioane de dolari de pe mp okers. Oamenii care nu sunt dependenţi de ţigări nu au nici o problemă de funcţionare m lor ouths despre interzicerea fumătorii din sistemul nostru de sănătate. Acelaşi de îngrijire a sănătăţii SY stem că fumătorii plătesc pentru. Acelaşi sistem de îngrijire a sănătăţii, care guvernului nostru r uns în timp ce colectarea de milioane de dolari din smokers.We sunt toate o acum conştienţi f cât de periculoase şi cât de mult fumatul afectează pe toată lumea. Ce zici de loc de spen Ding milioane pe ambalaj nou, am cheltui bani pentru a ajuta fumătorii cu co STS de renunti.
Ivan H
Nu cred că imaginile mai mari nu va face fumător medie renunţe la fumat, trebuie să fi de până la persoana să renunţe la fumat, sigur că ar putea face cred despre asta, dar asta e doar ea, y gândiţi-vă apoi aprinde un altul, astfel încât în opinia mea, aceasta este doar anoth mod er guvernul este de cheltuieli bani pe care nu au la, tutunul este legal, la fel ca b EER este, u nu vezi companii de bere pune poze de accidente din cauza consumului de alcool în cazurile lor .
Susan Brown
În realitate, aceste anunţuri nu funcţionează. Din cauza acestor anunţuri am renuntat fumatului ING urmă cu câţiva ani şi nu am simţit mai bine în viaţa mea. Deci, pentru cei care sunt in faza de negare ... da-te ... fumatul ucide ... linia de jos! Ambele m mătuşa y şi mama mea a murit de cancer la plamani din cauza fumatului şi nu există absolut mai rău decât de oameni uitam mor de cancer pulmonar nimic. Este cel mai rău! Deci, între pas cântă de cei dragi şi aceste reclame .... Sunt fum liber şi mă simt minunat 
haide
Mă uit la ştiri în mod regulat, o II, dacă există un lucru care este un model dat cu guvernul este "BANI", în cazul în care vrut ca oamenii sa st Fumatul op Cred că e opri simplu să le vândă. Fumez dar dacă acestea nu au fost acolo pentru a cumpara, evident i woul dn't, ceea ce au făcut a fost dublu fata de costul, hmmmm ma intreb ce-l despre "bani". ia marijuna de exemplu, în cazul în care ar putea fi p rofitable, s-ar vinde probabil, dar ar fi greu să-l vândă din punct de vedere si nu lasa oamenii sa-l să crească, nu îmi pot imagina există o mulţime de cultivatorii de tutun acolo, ei co rnered piaţă, de ce? Este vorba despre "bani". a pus astfel pe etichete în cazul în care face ya simţi mai bine, dar în opinia mea, cateva Cum mi-am cred ca dolarul vechi puternic va fi în continuare prima prioritate, trebuie s-o iubire, dintr-un , Prin modul în care toate etichetele pentru stabilirea fast-food, hmmmmm doar o gândire.
Jonathan Coote
Sunt surprins şi întristat profund că Canada pune astfel enfaces mult pe fumatul şi etichete de avertizare adăugând complet în timp ce IGN ring incercari repetate de a afişa etichetele de avertizare pe alcool. M-am născut cu Fe tal Alcoolul Spectrum Disorder, o dizabilitate incurabile cauzate exclusiv de maternal băut în timpul sarcinii. Nu există nici un leac pentru daune alcool înainte să mă nasc . Deteriorarea sistemul meu nervos, creierul meu, sistemul meu imunitar, durere constantă, li st merge mai departe. Nici un leac, dar 100% nu pot fi prevenite prin băut în timpul sarcinii. I WAI t pentru alcoolul zi a etichete de avertizare.
mel
Mi-ar plăcea să ştiu dacă guvernează muncă este determinată atât de a face oamenii să renunţe la fumat, de ce nu se duc după COMPAN tutun e??? de ce avem nevoie să fie tratate ca facem ceva ilegal şi, de asemenea, , Cât de mulţi oameni, care lucrează pentru guvern, sunt fumator? vor chiar recunosc aceasta? sau nu linia de jos., opri pedepsirea consumatorului, tot ce facem este să mergeţi la un magazin şi purcha se un produs legal.
Sandra
OMG Ce va face guvernul, dacă toată lumea închide rege SMO, ei vor avea nici bani de la impozite. Nu cred ca aceste imagini vor m ake o diffence. Am renuntat la fumat, aşa că am putea avea un copil şi dacă nu a fost pentru Faptul că soţul meu nu-i place că aş reveni la fumat într-o clipă, imaginile dont ma deranjeaza orice.
De asemenea, de ce dont am pus poze de ficat cu c irrhosis pe sticle de bere şi liqour prea. Drink este prea rău.
Marlin
Fumatul este Sue nu are nici o relevanţă, la toate la cartelurile de droguri mexicane. Pentru a sugera astfel de ridi culous. Ar fi o abordare complet logic să se ia ţigări de pe piaţă şi le pun, la fumatorii actuali de cheie only.The reţetă aici este de a opri răspândirea fumatului şi fiecare pas până în prezent a fost ineficientă.
T revor
Guvernul doreşte ca oamenii să renunţe la fumat, dar ei lauda despre milioane de e din banii de impozit pe care le aduc în de la ţigări. Ar fi ca cineva owni ng un magazin de dulciuri şi le spun oamenilor că nu ar trebui să mănânce bomboane, pentru că este rău pentru dinţi, dar au stil Vreau să vă vină în şi cumpere bomboane, astfel încât acestea pot face bani. Pentru a face o lungă poveste scurta. Cine are Govenmet cred ca sunt prosti!
chris
Da, eu sunt un fumător. suggetion meu pentru guvern este de a oferi un "dispozitiv de fumat" la oameni pentru GRATUIT. n doar poate, unii ar fi dispuşi să renunţe şi pe termen lung, ar putea ajuta t o scădere de scurgere de pe sistemul medical.
Liza
Cred că guvernele sunt obţine Ting şi acţionând prost şi ridicol unii oameni sunt vor să fumeze şi că este libertatea lor j ust unii dintre voi nu ca de ce ar trebui ca cei care platesc pentru ţigări la toaleta k nu ceva plăcut Dacă Guvernul SUNT FOARTE GRIJA DE SĂNĂTATE POPORULUI le pot interzice ţigări, dar ştim cu toţii că este imposibil pentru că sunt banii de la Asa ca am spus destul Este de ajuns
şi pentru cele non fumătorii aveţi libertate, dar de asemenea a da fumători spaţiu
Tracy
Încă o dată g overnment nostru vrea să irosească banii noştri. Cred că va fi o pierdere. Oamenii devin ha rdened sau chiar fascinat la poze, după un timp. Ca multe alte comentarii au spus. De ce nu guvernul face mai mult cu băut şi de conducere? I t Hink că este o problemă mai mare, apoi câţiva oameni cu o ţigară.
Stef
Cum despre o etichetă cu "Aceasta este în cazul în care dvs. fiscale de dolari du-te atunci cand fumul" (G8 Summit-ul de fundal cu lac artificial) Laboratorul ELS nu fac nimic, educaţie, educaţie, educaţie ... .. incepe la domiciliu!
Nikki
Sara: Calmează-te ... Sunt doar o asistentă medicală, nu un "dumnezeu". Nu am facut nimic personal pentru a face althcare sistem, el asa de rau cum este ... sheesh.Sounds ca le-aţi luat propriile problemele voastre. Comentariul meu vine de la toate pacienţii care văd de zi cu zi mor din cauza fumatului.
vale
cred că s-ar putea de vânzări scădere cu 2%. imagini grafice au fost în jur de ceva timp. dar cel puţin ನ% din ţigările vândute sunt de contrabandă.
steve
Robert în Courtice.
Credeţi că oamenii Wh pentru a bea o intoxicaţie pe o bază regulatr ar trebui să fie interzis de la masina de sănătate e sistemul? Ai auzit de cancer la ficat şi cum nu ai? sunt pete imens asupra sistemului de sănătate, de asemenea, sau cum despre oameni de grăsime şi obeze care eşarfă jos mese, cum ar fi KFC dublu în jos şi ot alimente fast ei, ar trebui să le fie interzis din sistemul de sănătate atunci când acestea dezvolta di abetese? sau cum despre oameni care sunt de vină într-un accident şi răni themself s ar trebui să nu primesc ajutor medical, deoarece a fost de vina lor prost pentru a spune s peeding sau mesajele text trimise în timp ce conduceţi? I-am urmarit patru rude mor de cancer, nu unul dintre ei PU tulpina ta cu privire la tratamentul sistemului de sănătate a refuza, altele decât o durere IV de Kil ler ultima zi sau două din viata lor inca Am vazut oameni de evacuare a sistemului de mii de d allars face lucruri stupide inutile, cum ar fi internat skate jos un zbor de scări s si trauma suferinţă cap severe. el este încă draing sistem şi va pentru restul lui Viaţă! ar trebui să ne taie-l de pe prea?
Cindy
Din păcate, trăim într-o lume în care ople PE pur si simplu nu le pasă de ei înşişi sau de oamenii din jurul lor. Părinţii care s urecheat în jurul copiilor lor (prin urmare, face copilului un fumător mâna a doua şi incr facilitarea şansele de a avea ei încep să fumeze). Tineri adulti obtinerea ev stare de ebrietate ery weekend. Societatea mănâncă mai mult prost şi creşterea greutăţii lor ... oamenii nu sunt recunoscatori f. sau de a fi sănătos şi plin de viaţă astfel încât acestea să se distrugă. Prin urmare, toate comentariile de oamenii de pe această pagină spune că văd o imagine nu îi afectează. Ruşine pe tine. Da d limentare şi luând droguri şi peste mananca sunt, de asemenea, dependenta ... eu nu sunt de acord cu oricare dintre ele, un nd ca o femeie 27 de ani am făcut nici unul ... pentru că îmi place să fiu sănătos şi dragoste de viaţă t oo mult să mă rău. Acest add încearcă să se concentreze asupra fumat ... pentru că nu ar trebui să facă şi IT ucide. Dacă numai lumea ar putea pasa de valoare de o viata ... .. (Ps ... da, chiar şi o persoană sănătoasă ar putea muri de boală ... de ce nu. Încercaţi să reduceţi şansa ta?)
Anonm
Avertismentele nu fac nimic. Nu mai mult de spune cuiva că "fumatul te poate ucide" sau "fii atent ceea ce mananci, prea multă grăsime şi se va bloca venele dumneavoastră". Am renuntat la fumat de peste 4 luni în urmă, o nd a avut nimic de-a face cu etichete-lea. Mama mea a murit de cancer la 4 ani în urmă, o d că nu a oprit chiar mi-a. Eu am 3 copii mici si un sot care este o organizaţie non fumător, andthat nu ma opresc. Ceea ce ma oprit de la fumat? Dorinţa mea de a nu l onger fum. Nimic mai mult. Am fumat timp de 14 ani, nu pentru că am vrut să - dar pentru că am fost dependent. A fost numai 4 luni de scurtă, dar nu îmi pot imagina merge înapoi la fumat. Îmi place să fiu liber de fum.
În cazul în care Ottawa vrea de a împiedica oamenii de la fumat, iata o idee: să le facă ilegal! The governm ORL este atât de ipocrit "Dont de fum, dar! am ban obiceiul lor sau nimic, pentru că apoi se genereaza astfel mult bani pentru noi "... e dezgustator. Fie ca sunteti pentru sau contra. Nu în mijloc.
paul
Hmmmm, 37000 ppl mor în fiecare da R de la ciggy butts.And încă nu o singură persoană a murit de la fumat Canna BIS, Rong sumpthin cu acest EH poza! jus ce GW Harpers Gov face meci aceasta NADA! El vrea să construiască mai multe închisori, iarba a fost pus aici de o forţă mai mare, bautura şi om asprins făcut.
Eddy Ralph în New Brunswick
pentru numele lui Dumnezeu! este toată lumea nebun? JUST STOP să le vândă şi problema este PESTE! Dacă am câştiga vreodată loto-lea Imi voi petrece o mulţime de bani mei pe STOP vandut tigari CAMPANE.
Reece
@ Robert ... ... "Aceste avertismente explicite nu fac nimic să renunţe la fumat, e doar" se simt bine "fluff.Education este singura răspuns. Fiecare fumător ar trebui să fie interzis din sistemul de sănătate publică. "- Da, şi după ce că putem merge afte r persoanele care consuma prea multa bere, produse alimentare, şi care poluează drumurile cu masina e toată lumea face rău, şi desigur că ar lăsa doar TU pentru a beneficia de ben ifits de un program social pe care majoritatea oamenilor se califică pentru obiceiul şi, prin urmare, scutite Ed de la plata în care ar conduce în mod inevitabil la un colaps complet lăsând y ou să se descurce pentru tine.
Toro
Bine făcut. Acestea ar trebui să înceapă acum face acelaşi wi lea toate băuturile alcoolice
Hotar
Răspunsul la Nikki
Ne-am plătit impozitele noastre destul de bine pentru d eserve tratament mai bun din sistemul de sănătate. Am platit 2 dolari un pachet de 25 de ani în urmă acum vom plăti 12 dolari face matematica si-ti o favoare şi ieşi din asistenţei medicale vere domeniu mi-ar place sa m-ai ajuta cu o atitudine de genul asta. Du-te ajuta pe bătrâni în o casă sau ceva în cazul în care s-ar putea aprecia serviciile tale. Trist că sănătatea c sunt "profesionişti" poate critica pacienţii aşa. TSK TSK
Va
Timp pentru a involk the freedo 7 şi 8 MS: 7. Libertatea de a mintea ta propria afacere naibii. 8. libertatea de a merge în iad în felul tău propriu. Oamenii fac alegeri, unele sunt bune unele sunt rele. Aceasta este lor prerogativă. Oricine altcineva, să vadă de treaba lor. Şi NO Eu nu sunt un fumător.
BJ
Cu un # de decese accident recente cauzate de TTC înseamnă asta am Shou ldnt plimbare TTC mai. ? suna-l ca pentru mine.
Hotar
Raspuns; Comentariul lui Eu-Tu sunt absolut şi AR poştă la dreapta pe ceva. Să facem asta, fac publice a se vedea ce potabilă şi de conducere nu a organismelor de oameni care sunt ucişi în ele. Asta ar fi o deterrant mare pentru orice st person upid care decide să conduci băut, cel puţin ei înşişi fumători rău singur un nd nu întreaga comunitate în care trăiesc atunci când aprinde. punctul Mare! Love it Ma .... Mod de a merge Îmi place că unul. Sunt un fumător prea şi-au invatat copiii mei diferite, eu nu le-a pus în mod dăunează şi au un fum acasă gratuit şi maşină. Addiction este etichetat o boală acum, oamenii, ne nevoie de ajutor nu prelegeri sau "educaţie" din foto grotesc.
arta
Un alt conservator flip-flop.
Richard în New Brunswi ck
Am fumat de 35 de ani - un pic mai puţin de un pachet pe zi. La 50 de ani, costul a trecut de la o prostie la ridicol cu taxe suplimentare. Am decis să renunţ. Care a durat aproximativ 3 luni, o nd apoi m-am întors la el. Intr-o zi am calculat Aş petrecut preţul în numerar a unui brand nou Honda A ccord pe ţigări în timpul vieţii mele şi că a mers de la ridicol la doar PLA în stupid. Am decis să renunţ. De data aceasta, mai degrabă decât de curcan rece, fac o r câteva ules. Regula # 1 - nu fumat vreodată interior - birou sau acasă. Care reduce consumul meu în jumătate imediat. Şi jumătate eng f un pachet de o zi la nimic nu a fost uşor, dar a fost mult mai uşor decât de la un pachet complet de nimic. Aşa cum alţii au spus, o poti face ... dar le-aţi luat să vrei cu adevărat. În caz contrar forg et încearcă să renunţe. Cu aceste noi "de colectie" pachete, începe un club de carte de swap cu dvs. LIK moarte prieteni e-ai făcut cu carduri de baseball hochei / ... ar fi bine să te distrezi pe cale de ieşire.
Daniel FRO m Toronto
@ Mine, ok acum asta doar ridicol, acum doriţi imagini punerea scena Gorey sângeros de ceea ce oamenii cu picioare rupte? Cars înfăşurat în jurul polilor de telefon? Nu toate persoanele care beau alcool o beau pentru a obţine prost şi apoi să facă mai mult idio alegerea tic de conducere în stare de ebrietate. Acesta este doar un interval în hotărâre că ha mod ppens prea des. Fumatul ucide mai apoi Stupid Alcoolicii ar fi vreodată.
Jumbo Fumeaza
Ce o farsă. Doar fac ca ţigările mai mari şi mai grafice. So big they w on't fit in the average suicidal sucking smokers mouth. Maybe that would discourage smokers. M ake them so big, you need oral surgery to fit it in your mouth! Let's find out who really, rea lly wants to smoke 'em. Governments 'tinkering' with taxes, scary pictures. Next they'll be telling you that BB gun is going to shoot so meone’s eye out.
TG- Winnipeg
Although I support that anti-smoking idea being taken here, Im a lso with the others. This does nothing and means nothing for smokers. It wont ma ke them more likely to quit. The best course of action I think needs to be taken is keep jacking up the price more and more. I know people still buy them, but f or young people (such as teenagers) it makes it unaffordable for them, and there fore forces them to cut back, or cut the habit altogether before it becomes an a ddiction.
Zack in BC to to Robert
See the main problem with what you say is kick the people out of the health care system who pay for the system and a lot more by purchasing smokes. Do you not relise if you were to just ban smokes, they'll raise taxes ev erywhere else to pay for the health care system and whatever else goes into a de ficit. So before you go shooting your mouth off, how about doing some research.
Wrex
Dear Non-Smokers: While it's well and good for you to want to ban cigarettes, or refuse s mokers the free healthcare system of Canada, chew on this for a while – who do you think funds the most of it, by purchasing cigarettes? Cigarettes, as we all know, are taxed heavily – and the government loves those tax dollars. As others have said, I would like to se e some type of warning label on alcohol as well – what it does to one's liver if it's abused, horrible crashes resulting f rom drinking and driving, etc. (The warning labels on cigarettes by the way are completely ignored and a waste of time, btw) – but if you're going to target cigarettes, you better target a lcohol too – they're both addictive substances, and deserve equal attention.
BC in BC
Choose your poison. Mi ne is smoking. Other people will choose liquor, drugs or foods to curb their cra vings. I don't drink, do drugs and I watch my diet and exercise regularly. This is my choice. Some people will operate vehicles when their faculties are deminished because of their poisons. Other people will complain to the airline industry because their fat a$$es won't fit in the seat and forced to pay for the extra seat. Diabetes healthcare cos ts in Canada will top $6.6 B this year in Canada. Putting images on a pack wont make any difference. I dont see it anymore. But please be fair to all with warni ng labels/images on wine and beer bottles, chocolate bars, fast foods packaging.
old_dave
Is there no one besides myself that doesn't see the typical government mentality her e ?The cigarettes are hidden away from public view people !By the time you see t he new pictures, you've already bought the pack !I for one, will not show any of my non-smokin g friends and colleagues any of the new pictures, unless they buy a smoke from m e.It's my own personal rebellion.
KristyThibodeau
It's against the LAW To smoke in cars anyways and, To drin k and drive and, People are still doing it.May be the government should close do wn the tobacco company's and, Save money on something else, Like making new jail houses for pe ople who like drinking and driving !!
SLN
The problem with kicking smokers off t he health care system (as some posters are suggesting) is that it's a knee-jerk reaction that begs the question, where do we stop? We'll have to also kick out the drinkers, the drug addict s, those who eat too many hamburgers, too few vegetables, don't comply with doctor's orders, reckless driver s, skydivers, etc etc etc. Our health care system doesn't work that way, and if we want to sta rt picking and choosing who we cover we will soon look like the USA. No thanks!
Mark
As a smoker I can honestly tell you that any changes made to the packages w ill have little or no effect on me,or any other smoker,yeah I know its bad for m e,but I look at alot of ppl I know,who have quit smoking only to see them develo p asthma,or COPD,.Why doesn't the government spend the money on more useful things,like hea lth care,education,job training,no they'd rather waste it on mediocre bsI seriously get tick ed off at ppl who have never smoked a day in their lives,telling me to quit..min d your own business,I agree with 1 person on here..starting putting graphic pict ures on alcohol bottles of car wrecks,I see more and more ppl in this country dy ing from fatal accidents due to drinking and driving than someone smoking a ciga rette…your priorities are in the wrong place.
Peter R
LoLyeah right oh well the kids will now have new trading cards like the last time.If they are so worried why are they le gal.Remember the ad's about chemicals in smokes ? Am I the only one that thought “Why does the government al low those lethal chemicals be used in cigarettes in the first place !!!”they will never give u p though because the more they lose the higher the taxes will be cus they lose t oo much money every time they talk a smoker into a non smoker.Right now they mak e more money on cigarettes then the company's that make them in the name of healthcare which t hey are cutting every year.so where is that money going ???
Robert in Courtice
T he explicit warnings do NOTHING to stop smoking,it's just “feel good” fluff.Education is the only answer.Every smoker shou ld be banned from the public health system.Why should the rest of us pay for smo ker’s stupidity.Product liability is another area we need to investigate.It forced auto compan ies to comply with health and safety standards,why are tobacco compnaies any dif ferent? Oh,wait.Should the tobacco industry go broke,the government would loose too much tax revenue.Right,I get it,now.
Ian Ottawa
My mother smoked two packs a day of Kool or Craven A. She said she would quit when cigarettes reached a doll ar. Her five children went without milk or bread but not a day went by that she went without her addiction. The only way she quit was after she died.Emphyzema a nd tubes throughout the house weren'ta deterrent either. I doubt pictures would have helped.I've never and will never smoke and people that do, Just Don't Get It. And won't.Let them have our health care suffer becau se of it. As far as I see it, if You suffer from smoking illnesses then You pay for them in the end by yourself.
Me
Well……that's fine me. And I'ma smoker.But I would be very happy if pictures of deadly accidents cau sed by alcohol abuse would also be put on bottles.Each year about 15.000 people die from alcohol abuse related car accidentsThe weird thing is that any governme nt doesn't have any problems with receiving taxes from tobacco sales…….
Charles Regina
Keith is absolutely right! As an ex -smoker, i was only able to quit because of my will power. I tried patches, gum with no luck. I started tracking how and when my cravings occured, and began not icing how nicotine warped my decisions. I was able to quit, and after 3 months, and still to this day, i have not had a single craving. Tobacco used to be grown in rotation with hemp, because tobacco depletes the soils nutrients where as he mp would replenish them. After hemp was banned, new chemicals had to be developp ed to grow tobacco, and that is the problem. We're poisoning an already poisonous plant. FORCE ALL TOBACCO GROWERS TO USE ORGANIC INPUTS. Growing costs would go up because yi elds would go down.
Daniel From Toronto
It seems that most comments are coming f rom people who care about people smoking but way care way more about people eati ng. Not disagreeing or agreeing here but whatever people decide to do with thems elves is THERE CHOICE!. We have no right to decide for others besides our Childr en. Just for the political nut jobs out their. A) i dont smoke. B) im not obese or have diabietes, But I believe in free will. But honestly most smokers or smok ers to be will not look at these pictures and give a damn anyways.
Sara
Dear Nik ki:
If the healthcare workers, doctors and surgeons in this country were not cha rging such exorbitant rates for their services in the first place, the governmen t would not need to allocate over 50% of taxes this province pays to healthcare. 85 % of the total healthcare bill is on salaries alone. There is way to much ab use on the part of all of you that has created this financial disaster in health care. Healthcare is the author of it's own misfortune not the people using and paying for the sistem. You people just keep wanting more and more to do less and less. Until th e government deals with the real source of the problem it will never change but keep getting worse. You blame ciggerettes and obesity and everything else under the sun for high costs to take attention away from the real reasons behind it. T he problem is that alot more people on this earth are realizing you are not the gods you profess to be. More and more people are realizing you know far less abo ut the human body and how it functions than your so called scientists have been leading the masses to beleive in the past. The public is wising up – your grasping at anything you can now to maintain your over inflated salaries. Smokers are not the proble m – the incredible greed of the healthcare field is the sole problem.
Jat Illan
I beg to diffe r with those who say this form of packaging is useless.Yes, it might be useless for those who are already smokers, and are addicted to the nicotine.Yet, it may be a more effective tool, to that highschool kid who buys his first pack to feel cool. It might make him reconsider.Those who say oh what about all those fatty foods, what is the government going to do about that?Honestly, government is not your mom or dad. Cigarettes is a problem for everyone because of its second han d smoking, and its effects that people may not know it has on their body.A sensi ble human being with minimum common sense, will know that eating a hamburger twi ce the size of your face is no good. At least it doesn't directly harm those around you while you stuff your face
Redneck Vic
More people are killed and more families effec ted by drinking than smoking so what are we doing about the drink? NIMIC! I fi nd it rather ironic that we do not allow smoking in arenas or restaurants but we allow drinking of alcohol where kids are allowed! funny flash websites is it no t?
Sheila
When are they gonna get it … the warnings on the packages have zero effect … the whole package cou ld be a graphic picture and the only people repelled are already non-smokers.
Th is is tokenism in the extreme as it cost nothing for the government to force the makers of cigarettes to change their packaging … funding smoking cessation clinics would be f ar more productive and might show some results.
Doug in Alberta
You can put pict ures all you want across the packages but it will not help one bit. I am suppris ed they are not putting labels on liquor bottles and beer cases of car crashes d ue to drinking and driving but again if one thinks that will stop drinking and d riving you are wrong. The only way to stop cig. deaths is pull them from the she lves and stop selling them. If you want to stop drinking and driving, ban alcoho l and you all know that will never happen. Good luck, but pictures do not help
Mark
Eating a bacon-double-cheeseburger will kill you faster than smoking a cigar ette,so why no labels on a burger?
Go Barb Go
I applaud Barb Tarbox for all of h er efforts as I can't imagine what it would feel like to travel day in and day out to speak fe eling like you were dying inside. Her family is doing the right thing by fulfill ing her wishes.
The picture is not graphic at all. This is what reality looks lik e and it is what you see when you walk through a cancer ward. People that were o nce so vibrant reduced to shells of themselves. An accurate depiction of the tru th. The graphics are a great idea, the price of cigarettes should rise to make i t unaffordable(including on Indian Reserves) and insurance premiums should incre ase for people who choose not to look after themselves.
I agree that it has to b ea self motivated cessation, however, now more than ever, there are so many aid s, medications, organizations that can help stop any addiction known to man. În the past five years I have noted a significant decrease of smokers. Smoking and all addictions are a choice.
If people chose to look after themselves, healthcare would not have the depth of burdens that it has today.
Here's a better thought
@Here's a thought, nice to s ee the last horse has crossed the finish line. Actually the reality is that it i s more difficult and expensive for a smoker to get life insurance.
By that logic , Fat people should have to pay more, since they use more water, more air and mo re space than most of us… once this hot topic dies off, you do know you're next!?
Lou
Ce o risipă de bani. We smokers don't read the package inserts or look at the pictures. We like what is inside. Gu ess what, a lot of my friends with “perfect” lifestyles have died! Living causes death.Mind your own busines s.
Kayla in Kingston
I'ma smoker, and those images on the packages do nothing for me. I just take the cigarette out and put the pack back in my pocket.I'm very educated, know it's bad for me, but I jus t decide to quit smoking.They shouldn't waste any money on those labels, because I know from m yself and through friends that it will have absolutely no effect.
Marge
oh my go d people, my mother smoked for 30 some odd years of her life and she passed away from breast cancer! Life style choices and stress is what causes cancer. And wi th all the money that is given to cancer 'research' why isn't there a cure yet? because there is too much money to be lost if it's found that's the cold hard truth. People who smoke already know the dangers, the health risks, the cost, the consequences but what about the people who overeat? they are are putti ng themselves at risk too but noone says anything to them or makes them eat 50ft . from any entrance. There is better ways for money to be spent than to be putti ng pictures on cigarette packages, like putting criminals in jail and pedophiles to an electric chair! I pray for this generation and hope that the future bring s smarter people into power that can stop the truly evil things. Let the poor wo man who is on that cigarette pack rest in peace and don't splatter images like that, it's just sick.
Sincer D.
It amazes me how the goverment treats adults like children when it comes to sm oking…….and children like adults, in the sence that children can indulge in all the diabetic, artery cloggin g, sodium filled fast food they want! …..with absolutley no warnings or graphic pictures on th e fast food bags what so ever!
marca
As a medical professional, encouraging peopl e to quit smoking is a priority. The focus now is not to look at one, 5, or ten unsuccessful attempts at quitting as failures – they are NOT. Smoking is a chronic addiction a nd as such it might take 15 attempts before you finally kick the habit – but we encourage you to keep trying until you are successful. You CAN do it!
survivor,not the realit y show
I count my blessings for never being tempted to light up.From the 1st time as far back as I can remember(our station wagon with an 8 track player and the windows rolled up),the headaches,blurred vision and stinky clothing was enough c onvincing as a no brainer.
Sal
Smokers are “out on the street” so the rest of us don't have to breathe in cancer causing a ir!Smoking will never be banded as politicians smoke. Let's just minimize the effects on other s, and realize that is will always be with us. Stop using money that can go to t he homeless shelters, abused women shelters, child care etc. instead of making m ore graphic cigarette covers that does not deter anyone.
lola69
My mother has sm oked for close to 50 years, these warnings do absolutely nothing to deter her fr om smoking, she even comments on them while she's smoking. Her mother was diagnosed with lung cancer (survived it) and that didn't make her stop either. I've never smoked and never will. The stench is w hat turns me off of it, not the warnings.
MikefromQuebec
You can put these pictu res on the packages all you want and it won't stop people from smoking. I never looked at the package when I used to smoke. I quit because I thought it might help me feel bet ter. In actaul fact all I did was gain weight and get high blood pressure. Not s ure whether I'd rather die of cancer of a heart attack, although the heart attack would probab ly be quicker and less messy. If the government seriously wants the citizenry to quit, stop selling them, make them illegal. We all know they're harmful so only an idiot woul d disagree with a law banning cigarettes in this country. Idiots, we can put in institutions to keep them from harming themselves. Pretty simple solution don't you think.
Ke ith
Non Smokers that blame Smokers for all these problems, need to take a look at the big picture of the smoking issue and put the blame where it needs to be. I have believed for years that the chemicals that they add to tobbacco, is the rea son why it is so addictive. The addictiveness is the number one reason why peopl e can't quit. Back in the 1ᙶ′s to the 1970′s, the Government was heavly invovled in supplying grants to Tobbacco Farmers and possibly research for the tobbacco companies. The Government has started th is problem and they need to force the tobacco companies to remove all chemicals from tobacco products, if they are serious about helping people quit. I hope tha t your reseachers at ctv will help me prove this matter and we can get to the he art of the problem to start helping people quit smoking. These adds on the carto ns and packages do nothing to make anyone quit and they are a waste of tax payer s money.
Goldens
GREAT! Long over due! If it stops one person from becoming a ca ndidate for the cover of next cigarette package the graphics were well worth it. If smokers want to bury their head in the sand and ignore the adds that is thei r choice. It is the youth who may never start smoking because of this campaign t hat makes the graphics worth while.
Dave
What are you so affraid of 2012 is just around the corner now, remember the world is going to end anyway
God help me t o quit!
@Paul, sorry but Jesus isn't going to hold people out of heaven if they accept Him and want to be saved. As people draw close to Him they will want to quit smoking but to say they are destined to hell is “religious” and “legalistic” and that isn't Jesus's message. Christian compassion and mercy always triumphs over “religious” judgment.
MJ
And you want to k now where the money goes????
Teen Perspective
I think the root of the problem ar e the young teens in high school that pick up the smoking habit. I am a grade 12 student (never smoked) and each year the number of high school students I see s moking has increased. I think the government should focus on teens that smoke. T hey should tighten up rules and laws and make sure minors can't get their hands on cigarettes. These 14 and 15 year old teens who start to smoke don't fully understand the consequences tha t come with it. More effort should be put in preventing distribution of cigarett es to minors. That way when they are older and their brain is fully developed th en they can make the decision to smoke or not, rather than getting addicted to t hem at the age of 14.
Nikki
Dooley and others that think this is a “sin” tax…get real….The taxes you are paying are thankfully being put into the system which helps pay for the healthcare that all you smokers are usi ng up! And I know! I do surgery everyday. This includes surgery for smoking rela ted illnesses..but not to mention the complex care that we give to patients that cannot recover from everyday procedures because their lungs cannot handle the a nesthetic, or all the medication we give to vascular patients because of all the junk lining your arteries….You did it to yourselves…if you don't want the tax…perhaps we should make you all pay for your own health ca re bills.
Freed
“Smoke Suckers” …. think about that a while. How unnatural to suck smoke carrying 4000 toxins into your lu ngs and body then eventually die from it? Please quit people. You will be so gla d you did.
Been there done that.
Smokers cannot “TRY” to quit they must psyche themselves up then decide to become a “NON SMOKER”. I quit cold turkey in 1984 after smoking 11/2 packs a day for almost 18 years. It was the best decision I ever made and I am so glad I did. Smoking today is socially unacceptable and a serious health risk. I encourage any smoker who wants to qui t to decide to do it and then “JUST DO IT”.
Gail
You know if my mother put a picture of me like this out to the world, I would come back from the dead and smack her upside the head.
dsm
gi ve me a break people, alcohol does not kill, only if it is abused (like the drin king and driving etc)candy does not make obese people, moderation people moderat ion, but you smoke you smoke and nothing, even moderation isnt going to help you .
charlie
you can put whatever you want on the outside. It's the inside of the package smokers are going for. Try spending more money on quit programs, not advertising.
Inve rsity
Are these new laws applicable to all tobacco products sold anywhere in this ţară? What about tobacco products sold on aboriginal reserves? Will they be subject to the same rules (as far as warnings on packaging)? That has been a pro blem, as many aborigninal people feel like they are not subject to the laws of C anada, as their treaty rights give them the right to “self-government”, and that includes the right to sell tobacco products to anyone, at a price to be determined by the aboriginals, them selves, and in whatever packaging they determine. There is no mention in the art icle about this issue.
Sara
It's nice that your taking all these intiatives to make people liv e longer. The problem here – now that they are living longer they have no resources and health care programs in place to look after all these people. You live longer so you ca n be stuck in old age homes away from the rest of the world in poor conditions w ith poor health care. Oh Joy!! There is no quality of life left once you get to that point. I would rather die in my own home happy when I can no longer have a good quality of life than be kept alive for years staring at four walls day in a nd day out in a nursing home. Put the money where it is really needed. You can't look after th e elderly in this country properly now. God help them all in the next 20 years w hen that situation will be even worse – not just here but on a world wide scale.
MaryT
Sunt de acord completely with Mae in Ontario comments. The anti smoking campaigns and pressur es of the past 10 years about people smoking is like a witch hunt from the 16th century. I can't think of anyone who doesnt know that smoking is not good for you and its poss ible to die from it, the same asyou can die far more often from alcohol and drug problems. Yet the govt. do nothing about that because they make too much money. The govt. want you to know by their pressures about smoking that they are inter ested in your health. They are interested in looking good. They already have har ped on and on and on for years about smoking. Put the money on something that wi ll get more effect. Enough has been done about smoking. Do something about alcoh ol and drug addicts to save their lives and everybody affected by it where it wo uld do more good and help more people.
Chris – Moncton
OMG Smoking is Bad for Me!!!! I didn't know! Come on people the images on the packages do nothing but start conversations among smoke rs huddled together for warmth in the cold winter. I quit smoking a year ago and I did it so that I would live to watch my 2 year old grow up, not because the w arning labels scared me. Rather than increasing the amount of money spent on pac kaging, reduce it, make them soft packs rather than cardboard and use unbleached uncoloured paper with simply the Brand Name and “flavour”. So rather than a colourful pack it is simply a p lain brown wrapper around the cigarettes, that will reduce the environmental imp act of all the discarded packages and further make branding and promoting any pa Compania rticular că mult mai dificil.
Iată un gând
Iată un gând îi neagă orice fel de viaţă Insu Rance, companiile de asigurări nega copii cu cancer, autism sindromul Down subţire GS, care sunt complet din mâinile lor, dar un fumător poate ajunge acoperit nu probl em.
Patrick
Mă întreb atunci când acestea sunt de avertizare vor începe să apară pe contraba cigarettes.Over II 80% de tineri care fumează ţigări cumpara ilegal! În cazul în care este problema reală în această societate? În ceea ce priveşte costurile de îngrijire de sănătate asociate fumatului, guvernamentale noastre ts sunt rafturi în peste DOLARI 8BILLION un an cu tutun, astfel încât ne-fumatori sunt f ooting proiectul de lege. În ceea ce priveşte costurile asociate asistenţei medicale, la poluarea industriei auto, o mancatorii de ver, alimentele grase ... ... .... bine, nough spus. Oh, da, da fumez, si am bucura de ea!
Karen
Total deşeuri de bani. The Guvern. este orb şi prost pentru cheltuirea banilor pe etichete. Sunt complet orb si prost? Trebuie să fie. Oamenii se opresc atunci când doresc să se oprească. Ceea ce trebuie să faceţi este ceva despre toate probleme cu alcoolul au jurul nostru, care este mult mai severe decât SMO rege poate fi vreodată. Oameni îşi pierd locurile de muncă, familiile lor, sănătatea lor, de sine lor respect, şi cel mai rău sufletul lor. Desigur, Guvern. are motive să-l lăsa continuat UE. Ei fac de tone de bani pe alcool şi nu vreau să dau că până. Ei au nevoie pentru a face w începe campanii de i-lea asa cum o fac pentru fumat şi să renunţe la fumat cântăreţilor care cântau. I dont mp Oke sau băutură. Desigur, se poate muri de la multe alte lucruri.
kevcor05
De ce nu se pune aceşti bani pentru etichete grafice pe alcool. Este o dependenta legal care ucide prea. Cred că acest este o risipă de bani în considerare 50% din ambalaje deja avertizează, display exista mai este vizibil, copii etc pot obţine de alcool la fel ca ei a lua cigarrettes!
KC Bby
În 100 de ani de acum in fiecare fiinta umana de astăzi în viaţă şi postarea lor gânduri aici va fi mort. Cred că toată această discuţie despre moarte prematura dă unii oameni sensul nemurirea. nu conteaza daca jogging de zi cu zi sau mânca două heapings fulls lingura de ulei de ficat de cod aveti o dată de expirare. Există un copac în creştere în acest moment dreptul de pădure cu numele tău pe ea. Acesta va fi tăiat şi folosit pentru a construi dvs. de sicriu. Este de mare, încât unii dintre voi se vor bucura de un veri suplimentară de 2 sau chiar 20 mai mult decât fumători, dar pe un SCA universal le sale într-adevăr nesemnificativ. Timpul tau pe acest pământ va fi uitat.
Esteban
@ JohnInMtl ...
Da, informatiile găsite prin google & internet face tot ceea ce ai citit adevărat. Carry pe researc cu dvs. h, lăcustă.
conductor274
Aceste etichete nu vor face un lucru baraj pentru a preveni fumatul, deoarece Guvernul nu are nici o credibilitate pe tema consumului de droguri. Ei au minţit pentru o ver 30 ani despre efectele nocive ale marijuana la 3-4 generaţii de copii t Elling ei este un drog poarta de acces la medicamente mai grave cum ar fi heroina, cocaina, metode de cristal, etc În cazul în care copiii pot încerca majoritatea dintre ei nu încercaţi drogurile mai greu, dar t hei nu beau alcool şi ţigări de fum. Guvernele reglementeze, să vândă şi pr ofit din vânzarea de alcool şi tutun. Aceste două provoca cele mai multe daune la PE ople decât orice alt medicament pe piata neagra. Deci, dacă tutunul este atât de nociv de ce esn't guvernul că face ilegal? Răspunsul este acelasi motiv pentru care accepta nisipuri de gudroane i N Alberta. Cel Atotputernic dolar. Ipocriti. Toate acestea.
Marg MM
Eu nu sunt atât de sigur că de avertizare Etichetele se va opri fumători grele, dar cel puţin ei nu va costa contribuabilii bani. Cred că în cazul în care se opreşte unii, atunci este un lucru bun. Poate spune că fumătorii au miros prost, şi că vârsta şi rid mult mai rapid, ar face smecheria. Aceste THA apel t privind interzicerea ţigările sunt probabil aceiaşi oameni care ar văita şi com simplu că Guvernul este "dictitorial", ca de obicei urasc Harper constant face. Fumatul este un Fil obiceiul tău, pe care am dedat la o dată, dar a renuntat mulţi ani în urmă. Soţul meu o LSO a dat până acum multi ani, dar asta nu-l opresc de la cancer de vezica urinara obtinerea, care Dr. a spus a fost cauzată de fumat. Fortunatly tratamentele sale a lucrat.
FlairCornwall
wow mai multe poze pe pachete.
care de fapt, chiar se uită la aceste coperţi??
Nati noastre Am prieteni americani place să-şi vândă produsele ilegale de contrabandă to Canadiens prost şi nu există nici imaginile de pe pachetele acolo!
păstra pe peeple fumat şi aruncai g gunoi dvs. rămase pe stradă şi loturi de parcare ...
doar o chestiune de timp înainte de a se vedea Wii yo înmormântare ur merge în jos pe strada!
HAPPY fraieri Anul Nou ... ţine pe supt cu privire la acest lucru!
Pau l
Se pare că fumatul este peste tot acum, chiar în biserici şi nu ar trebui să fie. Pentru non-creştini nu veţi fi probabil interesat în a citi mai departe. În Bo ok din Apocalipsa 21:8 în Biblie suntem avertizaţi că nu vor intra în vrăjitor Regatul Cerului. Ei bine, cuvântul "vrăjitor" este, de fapt, ceea ce înseamnă Pharmakos dependent de droguri în original Gr traducere EEK dar nu a existat nici un cuvânt pentru dependent de droguri atunci când Biblia a fost origina lly tradus în limba engleză. Fumatorii sunt dependent de droguri nicotene. , Astfel încât oricine care se solicită un creştin şi fumeaza, cred că din nou, eşti un vrăjitor. G et departe de acest lucru. Nu vă atingeţi, nu gusta, nu mâner.
Dooley
Ceea ce mi se pare hy pocritical este că de fiecare dată, se anunta un alt 5% quit (nota 95% nu) anunţul guvernului ds încă o altă taxă SIN.
Nu doresc cu adevărat să ne să renunţe la ele în picioare sau sunt grand pentru fanaticii renunţe la fumat păstrând în acelaşi timp apuca de numerar?
Întreb cât de multe familiile cu venituri mici şi seniori folosi băncile alimentar, deoarece la impozitul bizare es plătim pe tutun?
Dick Chapman
Vă pot spune cine sunt fumatori, atunci când Rea d comentarii! Aceste anunţuri vor face adolescenti gandi serios, indiferent de ce-lea e dependent fumeaza spune!
Am renuntat la fumat peste 40 de ani în urmă şi este îndoielnic că am ar fi astăzi aici dacă nu am avut!
Sperăm că unii adolescenti ar putea fi influenţaţi de reclamele şi cuiva viata va fi salvat!
x-fumător
Am fost surprins în ultima vreme la statisticile care arată fumatului ERS "şi popoarele obezi" vieţile nu sunt scurtate prin fel de mult ca m-am gândit. Calitatea vieţii nu este la fel de bun, totuşi.
Toate astea fiind spuse, este parte din cultura popoarelor aborigene ", aşa că nu ar trebui să fie ilegală. Acelaşi lucru este valabil pentru marijuana. Diferenţei schimbare reală este că în mod tradiţional, autohtoni nu ar fuma niciodată echivalentul a 2 pachete pe da y. Acest comportament obsesiv este o tendinţă de viaţă modern. Ca VLTs. Este tot în căutare de evacuare Frome lumea corporatiilor care trăim
Elibera pe sclavi! (Asta e mai mulţi dintre noi BTW)
PMC NH49
Mone y ruleaza totul. Cât de multe milioane de dolari sunt colectate în fiecare an din impozite lea e ataşat la vânzările de ţigări? Guvernele au salarii. Guvernele Nee ds o mulţime de bani. Scutura dvs. fraieri Bic. Oamenii sunt uşor de indus în eroare. Întrebare ajunul riu singur lucru. Sale false până dovedit a fi adevărat. Înţelepciune şi disciplina sunt Wh la proşti simpla dispreţuiesc.
JohnInMtl
Care este ucigaşul numărul unu la nivel mondial? Trabuc ETTE de fum? Greşit! Abuzul de droguri? Greşit! SIDA? Greşit! Numărul unu mondial criminal-w ide este poluarea aerului şi contribuie esenţial la poluarea aerului este combustibili fosili vehicule. Dar auto-dependenti monede va încerca să dea vina pe oricine o d / sau orice altceva. Poluarea aerului provoacă tot felul de boli respiratorii şi m orice diferite tipuri de cancer, cum ar fi cancerul de piele, leucemie, etc Ce despre toate stăvilar vreme d din întreaga lume (cu siguranţă nu sunt cauzate de fumul de tigara). Că winte r smog vedem nu este cauzată de sobele cu lemne (50-60 de ani în urmă s-au c pierde pentru lemn 1 ዀ ori mai multe şi / sau sobe ardere cărbune), dar cu metroul şi / garaje sau interior de parcare. Unul dintre stat important de grupurile de lobby furnica-tutun nu vă va spune este whil e fumat a scăzut drastic în ultimul deceniu, cancerul este încă incre asing la o rată care depăşeşte declinul în fumat! autocolante de avertizare ar trebui să fie necesare pe toate vehiculele noi combustibili fosili şi benzină ar trebui să fie impozitate mai greu decât în prezent. Că ar trebui să ajute sa de automobile de la bord cu electrice sau s ome alte vehicule non-poluante. Trebuie să amintesc că a fost de automobile care originea sistemului de distribuţie a gazelor, împreună cu producătorii de petrol. Electrice c ars au fost în stil cu mult înainte de apoi. General Motors chiar a mers atât de departe încât să cumpere companii tramvai să le închidă şi să înlocuiţi tramvaie cu combustibili fosili autobuze. (Nu cred că-mi Google "Great American scandal tramvai"?.)
Vântul schimbării
Ei bine, cel puţin ei nu sunt utilizaţi actori de această dată o rotund, ceea ce o gluma care a fost ... mai ales dupa ce a aflat despre Graficul vorbesc despre fumător decese s în Canada.
Când au de gând să pună etichete pe alcool arate ceea ce arata ca atunci când cineva este aruncat din masina lor si skiduri capul lor de-a lungul pavaj.
Dee
Acum, avem nevoie doar de poze oribil accident de masina pe etichete de bere, d abuz imagini omestic pe sticle de alcool, copil poze de grăsime de pe barele de bomboane, obezi n poze wome pe pungi de chipsuri de cartofi, atac de cord poze victima la saci de gogoaşă, pict suri de răni lovitură de cuţit pe seturi de cuţit de bucătărie, poze cu teren gigant umple site-urile pe sticle de apă, poze cu oameni cu acnee rău pe cutii de pizza şi Wi tot ll fi perfect.
Steve-O
Iată o idee roman ... în cazul în care guvernului au fost într-adevăr sincer despre oameni "out butting" de ce nu interdicţia de ţigări outri GHT, făcându-le ilegale? Cu toate acestea, la fel ca alte dependenţe, cum ar fi alcoolul un d loterie / jocuri de noroc, e prea mult de o vacă de numerar pentru ei. În afară de fumat poate fi o o formă bună control f mulţimii daca stii ce vreau sa spun.
Stewie
Oamenii ar trebui să li se permită să moară în demnitate, cred că imaginea cu persoana moare de cancer este o ruşine. Mea mama este in ultimele stadii de Alzheimer, ea nu arata cu mult diferită de imaginea persoanei în imaginea pe care moare de cancer. Cancerul pulmonar ucis pe tatăl meu la 49, ea nu a făcut nimic pentru a mă opresc din fumat pentru ultimii 35 de ani. Destul de dolari pierdem noastre fiscale & lăsa oamenii să moară în di gnity. Alcoolul ucide şi distruge vieţile oamenilor care trăiesc. De ce nu există avertismente cu privire la bautura?
Prof. Pye Chartt
Terminaţi. Absurditatea intelectual şi imaturitate logice de acest guvern condus "problema" rămâne extrem de patetic. Fumatul este un obicei potenţial letală, care este c ompletely JURIDICE. Oamenii au dreptul prostesc de a fuma, care se extinde numai la p oint la care fumul lor, influenţează în mod negativ sănătatea altora (care, în PRA cticum, înseamnă fumat acasă, în maşină de către ei înşişi sau cu alţi adulţi, un d / sau în public / spaţii private departe de clădirile). Prin urmare, guvernul HA S NU autoritatea morală pe această temă. Părăsiţi pretinde altfel.
Peter
Am fost după această poveste pentru un pic now.I pare rau pentru familia Tarbox de acolo lo st.But Sunt fericit pentru a vedea ceva bun ieşi din ea în acelaşi token.Congrats pentru împingând idea.I fantastica ta place foarte mult ideea? Eu cred că va împinge ajunul n mai multe persoane să renunţe la fumat.
Greg - semne şi minuni
În întregime grafica hardcore-Marlboro Man ....
Dawn
Ei s hould face acelaşi lucru la alcool. Eu personal cunosc de mai multe persoane care au murit sau îmbolnăvit de la băut, apoi fac de la fumat. Targul este corect .... Oamenii sunt de gând să faci în care nu ma Ce tter pe ambalaj.
Chris
Ghici ce oameni ... fumatul a fost făcut de milenii! Oooooo toţi suntem educaţi şi acum cunosc efecte secundare nesanatoase ale consumului de tutun ... ooooooo, şi-l ucide ... oooooo! Hei, un alt NE a fost flash pentru tine ... Obezitatea are o înlocuite consumul de tutun ca principala cauza de mortalitate evitabilă în America de Nord. Oh şi un alt ghici ce ... aceste etichete NU MUNCĂ! Astfel încât să puteţi şi se văita se plâng tot ce vrei, dar dacă inadaptati socialist obţine ceea ce vrei veţi opri NU acolo .. y ou va ciocan industria alcolol următoare. Veţi ciocan industria alimentară următoarea ... socialismul este urmatorul pas a totalitarismului .. şi totul începe cu anti-tutun!! Deci, s colibă sus deja şi respectăm dreptul oamenilor de a alege în mod legal la fumul de ... cuvânt cheie este în mod legal!
Stephe n D James
Sunt un x-smoker.I decis renuntat prea pe 31 iulie 2004. Fiind un wi camionagiu lea o mulţime de timp pe mâinile mele între livrări, am dezvoltat obiceiul meu în 4 şi 5 pachete pe zi. Asta e 100 la 125 de ţigări pe zi timp de cel puţin 20 din cele 26 de ani am fumatului ed.The lucru uimitor este faptul că soţia mea nu a putut purta de patch-uri ca le-a dat n ei ightmares aşa că atunci când am decis să renunţ am întrebat dacă aş putea să le folosesc şi a făcut acest lucru.
Când Am zburat peste prea Marea Britanie, prea trăiesc în I nu a fost niciodată fără un fum pentru mo re decât zbor hours.The 2 a fost 8 şi greu, dar am fost capabil să facă job.I a fost UD pro. Asa ca am facut încerca să reducă aportul meu, dar înainte de mult timp am dat seama am fost de cumpărare trei pa CKS încă o dată şi a stabilit cumpara prea mult. Am fost pierdut această bătălie cu fumează. T pălărie zile în luna iulie, am văzut împrumutat bani du-te pentru fumeaza si nu de hrană. Priorităţile mele au disparut si fumeaza au fost mai importante. Aşa că am întrebat soţia mea dacă aş putea folosi o patch-uri. La data de 31 iulie la 22:00 am aprins fum ultima mea. La 22:10 am butted afară şi-a dat corpul meu o perioadă de 20 minute de odihnă şi loc de patch-uri în faţa m-am dus la pat o. 1 august m-am trezit simt OK, am simtit ca am putea avea un fum, dar a fost ab le pentru a le controla. De trei zile am gasit patch-ul (meu treilea patch-uri) au căzut de pe o nd so I did not need them. Nowņ years 6 months later I still do not smoke. Make the labels bigger…It is worth it.I can do it..so can you.
Will
These lables do absolutely no good. You want to do something about youth smoking? Try education instead of stu pid photo scare tactics.
peter in BC
I've suggested in the past that they raise the minimum ag e for buying cigarettes by a year every year to help keep the youths off cigaret tes. But this idea has been met with anger by many readers. I'm curious this time around, if y ou click the “thumbs down” on my comment, please make a comment and let the readers know whether you are a s moker or not. Fact is, we can save billions in health care costs and save thousa nds of lives if we got rid of cigarettes. Each year, we can raise the minimum ag e making it harder and harder for our youths to get addicted to cigarettes. Şi if you elected to smoke, even knowing the risks, you would forfeit your health c are rights. This is no different than your insurance company denying you coverag e after you caused an accident because they realize that it was your fault and t herefore, they won't cover your costs for the repairs. You accept this mentality from your ins urance company, why can't we adopt it for the health care of those who choose to smoke? Feel f ree to “thumbs down” my comment, but please let us know if you are a smoker or not. Noroc!
Will SL
These n ew cigarette health warnings seems somewhat redundant–after all, we've all known for nearly half a century t hat smoking causes cancer. Instead of wasting money on new warning labels, perha ps the government should invest in tattooing every newborn child with the words: “Health Canada advises that living will kill you.”
Ian Shaw
Advertising is premised creating desire for an item by presenting it in an attractive fashion. It would make sense that present ing items in a repulsive manner would decrease our desire. Who would shop at af ruit store that sent out fliers showing rotten fruit swarming with maggots? Keep up the good work and encourage people to quit smoking. The graphics finally got to me and I quit 8 years ago after smoking for 37 years.
Syl
A good idea in tha t it MAY help to keep young people from ever starting to smoke but I doubt if it will help anyone quite. Smoking is one of the most powerful adictions you can h ave. I think we put too much effort in trying to get people to quit when all our effort should be to stop anyone from ever starting to smoke in the first place.
Rafael
to all who smoke cigarettes: I know you want to kill yourself but why yo u try to kill somebody else. People who not smoke and are close to smoke person get more poison then person who smoke.
So stop be a SELFISH!!!
I can say that to people who drive after drinking alcohol. Do not drive after any of amount of alc ohol – YOU DRINK YOU NOT DRIVE!!!
I am 29 years old man so please listen to me and be mature l ike I am!
Lorne
I am a smoker and agree – smoking is no good for you.I quit for six months and gained 55 pounds – so I had my choice – get obese or quit smoking. Either way, I shortened my life.One solu tion – ban cigarettes in the country. Then raise the GST to cover the money shortfall from the hidden tax and make every Canadian pay their fair shaire of taxes, to cover all our social programs. Eliminate grants to all groups that lobby against smoking. These groups will not be needed. Use that monies towards other programs that he lp Canadians – reduction of harmful emissions, etc.We will then see how these people will reac t to higher taxes, etc.
CSD
Now the government needs to start making beer, wine, liquor producers to start putting warning labels on their products. Alcohol cos t more to the health care system than tobacco produces, plus the extra cost to t he justice system, the insurance companies(which affects use who drive).
Toront o
If smoking is wrong I dont want to be right.
Jim
So….where's the grossed out accident lables on booze bottl es or cases…((of course drinking has never hurt anyone))….Oh yes I almost forgot, politicians love to drink……
danR
Shock ads are shockin g only to upwardly mobile types who wind up in government bureaucracies and jour nalism desks.
Cigs will always appeal to a huge preponderance of teens who aren't going anywhe re socially or financially. I'm sorry to shock you, but it goes something like this:
Ahh! I'm gonna DIE! I'm gonna be Barb Tarbox!! Ajutor! Ajutor! Ha! ha!. Pass me another cigarette, Joe!
The bigger the ad , the funnier.
The way to shock them is to tell them they will wind up being unc ool: just like their PARENTS. But the college-educated flacks who engineer these 'shock' approaches don't understand the mentality of the non-upwardly mobile.
Sorry guys, you just don't get it.
Brian
We need huge bil lboards carrying these pictorials on the roadways that enter every community whe re tobacco sales are a significant draw.
Susan Fairbairn
It's like the taxes that have been pu t on tobacco products. It isn't going matter what is put on cigarette packaging. There are goi ng to be people who will choose to buy and smoke tobacco products, including chi ldren. Banning tobacco products isn't going do the trick either – some smokers are going to smoke no matter what. Neither has education.
Dan in Quebec
@LorraineH Quebec now pays for 3 VIF's because the people pushing for it (lobbying) were high profile friends of the prime minister of Quebec (Julie Schneider, Celine Dion and Pierre Karl Peladeau) . This provin ce will never get it right!
Gary
Why not take some of the taxes off gasoline and add them to cigarettes?
Dan in Quebec
Make sure “NATIVE” cigarettes are also included in this target campai gn!
Marg S
Cigarettes are taxed before sale to the public and then taxed again a t point of sale. The drugs purchased over the counter to assist in quiting are t axed. NOW, drugs are illegal, but both prescription and illegal drug users can g et rehab to quit their habit numerous times at the expense of the public taxpaye r, while no money is collected on these products, except for the pharmaceutical manufacturers and retailers for prescriptions. WHY are cigarettes legal and high ly taxed but the smokers unable to get into rehab to quit and get good counselli ng since staying at home and quitting on one's own is impossible. Children still suffer in sec ond hand smoke in the home and in the car as parents don't always smoke outside and in the car when the children are not in it. Medical marijuana can be smoked in rental unit s but not ordinary cigarettes, the fumes enter the hallways and other apartments where there are children and people with medical problems. When the marijuana u sers move the units do not get fumigated to the point of replacing the walls, ce ilings and floors that have absorbed the smoke. There is something dangerously w rong with government thinking, they want the money from taxes and can do so lega lly with the cigarette smoker but flatly refuse to assist them to quit and they are the cause of the problem by not making it illegal. Tobacco used in native ce remonies should be accounted for and not sold to the people for personal use. Th is is their culture and should be respected. Then all of the Canadian population would be equal.
dsm
you know to me any graphic packaging will not stop the smokers, they are addicted and looking at a picture on packages wont change their mind.smoking is the most digusting habit, if the smokers only knew how bad they smell, but i guess even that doesnt matter, probably have to die to th e point, oh then its too late. wake up smokers, why do you think its banned in a ll public places now.
bikerborz
I smoked for 20 years, and am now almost 5 years quit. During the time I was smoking, the gov't INTRODUCED these graphic warning packages. Noi smokers just tuned 'em out. It doesn't have any effect whatsoever. The gov't should save its money and just collect the ta xes. On the subject of how to get people to quit, a person has to WANT to quit, and no gov't is going to easily change a person's mind.
Gummiente
@DJKoop: Make cigarettes illegal and there by force people to quit…. uh, yeah. That'll work. Just like it did for marijuana and other drugs. Helloooooo o…?
Slewhigh Yendick
The government is in total control of this product.. They decide at any t ime to change the label ,, and yet they simoly CANNOT label our foods that conta inn genetically modified organisms !!!!..Has Obama quit smoking yet??
I Wonder
T his is just a waste of tax dollars, if this much effort was put into curing drug addicts that would be more commendable.Smokers have lost ALL their constitution al rights YET pot smokers can light up anywhere it seems.IF tobacco is as bad as the lobbyists try and tell us then get the manufacturers to remove the deadly c ontents of their product.Personally I don't believe any of the claims due to the fact that man y members of my family smoked for years and all died of old age with no signs of cancer or breathing issues!!!!!!!!!!Find something else to lobby about and leav e peoples personal life choices alone.Smoking doesn't kill BUT drugs sure do!!!
LorraineH
In Q uebec the government has found millions of dollars to help women get pregnant th rough IVF at $15,000 a try and will pay for 3 tries. This is for all Quebec wome n regardless of their financial status.
Why don't they find some money to set up free bilingua l smoke cessation clinics where smokers could get help with their addiction alon g with the tools necessary, ie Nicorettes, patches, etc. to help them stop.
Sm okers can be a drain on Medicare as are those who live unhealthy life-styles and suffer from, among other things, obesity, high blood pressure, diabetes, high c holesterol, heart problems, etc. but, with holier than thou attitudes, don't smoke so feel qui te righteous.
Additionally, cigarettes are a cash cow and continue to generate a lot of tax money which the Government is unwilling to give up.
As for banning s moking, prohibition didn't work so well in the US except for the money made by Canadian Whiske y Barons who continued, throughout Prohibition, to provide Americans with their drink of choice. This time the Americans would be the beneficiaries as cheaper c igarettes would follow the same route as illegal whiskey did and we would be gre atly helping their economy.
Our Government has no intention of banning smoking – they really w ant to continue increasing the price of legal cigarettes and stop the sale of il legal cigarettes. This would not be for the good of the smoker, but because they are not generating any tax money on illegal cigarettes.
Râu
Compare the addic tion to that of a dehydrated person with a glass of water just out of their reac h.
David Siemens
Fighting tobacco use is like trench warfare in WW1. Back and fo rth goes the battle with thousands dead after each attack. Cigarette smoking is lethal, deadly, toxic, destructive and those that smoke are continually impaired . The anti-smoking campaign is the greatest single achievment of our society in the past 50 years.What part of the tobacco industry do you want to protect, and why?
Anthony
An unending cigarette label soup opera, that has been going on for decades, using taxpayers money. If nothing else, it keeps politicians busy to ju stify their large salaries and even larger pensions. It would have been far easi er, had they made production and sale of cigarettes illegal in Canada, but do no t forget – collecting all those taxes must have put a grin on any seasoned bureaucrat's face.
Dixie from Alberta
This product kills. Plain & simple. Its a dirty disgusting habit so why is it still on shelves? Subsidize farmers to get out of producing tobacco and change to a more life friendly product.
KC Bby
It's your friends that will get you addicted to substanc es. The addiction rarely comes from some sleazy death merchant at a corner store . And speaking of sleaze, why does London Drugs peddle prescription medication o n one side of their store and on the other side they sell cigarettes?
Reece
@Rom z – - “What confuses me is why doesn't government just ban smoking altogether? If its so harmful and a leading cause of de ath. If the goal is to prevent smoking why not eliminate it all together?” – - – I reside in Vancouver and Mexico. Would y ou like to know what its like to live under the consequences of prohibition? Du-te visit Ciudad Juarez for just a day. The war on drugs is a complete failure and e verybody from the president on down to the freshly minted lawyer are all aware o f the complete destruction of law and order. Everybody pretends that there is a plausible belief that the war will come to an end and there will be a victory ce lebration down main street. We all realize that making anything illegal only cre ates wealth for the terrorists, cartels, lawyers, etc. Maybe you live on a white picket fenced suite and walk to work at the ice cream shop everyday. En route t o your shop you say hello to Andy, Opie and lets not forget Deputy Barney Fife….oh, what a cha racter he is aint he?? My question to you is simple: Why do you want armegeddon to come to your village? Didnt you enjoy the machine gun battles of Ciudad Juare z? Oh yeah, you dont get to experience that in Mayberry. So, to answer your ques tion, the reason that govts dont ban such a harmful product is because they dont want you to die from second hand bullets.
B. Kelley, Ontario
I'm not a smoker so I think that I'm reasonably objective when I say that the Anti-smoking groups are really “anti-smoker”. People who smoke have been mar ginalized, isolated, condemned, banned to the street, legislated, taxed and puni shed under the banner of protecting health. In Ontario, they're not even allowed to have a roo f over their heads when they go outside to smoke. Allowing them a little creatur e comfort apparently might encourage their disgusting habit. Smokers are not cri minals, they are victims of an insidious industry that managed to get them hooke d on a poisonous product. If we treated drug addicts, alcoholics or people with AIDS in the same manner then the human rights advocates would justifiably be scr eaming bloody murder. Nicotine addiction is not a character flaw. It is a physic al and mental addiction every bit as real as an addiction to heroin and just as difficult to overcome. Instead of printing stupid pictures on packages and punis hing smokers with crippling taxes, our governments should be offering real help to quit by providing proven effective smoking cessation products and extensive s upport programs at no cost. The punitive approach is not only ineffective, it is inhumane. There seems to be plenty of money to bail out tobacco farmers who hav e been complicit in supplying their poison to the market so how about a few doll ars and a little compassion to provide real help to their victims?
Amir
maybe th e federal governement should stop being hypocrite and ban sale of socially accep table drugs like tobacco,alcohol,pain killers,prosac etc
Norm Winnipeg
Maybe the government should introduce “Cigarette Registration”. They kill more people than guns. (just takes longer) All users must be registered and show a photo I.D. card to obtain a pack. Based on an annual physical, Smoker's Permits could be revoked. It is a federal offense for me to ha nd my gun to a non licensed person. Apply the same to smokers! Or just ban them completely.
Intelligent Liberal
Kids laugh at the warnings and think they are co ol. Worst thing is the government plans to put the picture of a deceased anti-sm oking advocate. How would she feel about having her face on packs of smokes all over the country? What a terrible idea, kids will make fun of her. The governmen t is clueless on this negative-advertising issue, they should stick to what they are good at, bashing the opposition leader.
Wojtek
e-cigarettes are the answer here folks. I successfully quit smoking using those things, and stopped using e- cis as well. 1yr on Jan 4th. The gov could of looked into getting resale rights for ecigs and making their own e-liquid. They collect the tax on it, you use ap roduct that you can trust more then china-branded liquids, and you stop smoking those cancer sticks. Everyone wins.
Franco
Anything that helps to stop people fr om smoking is a good idea. Anyone defending the right to smoke is just nuts. Poate be the Gov should just ban it since most people do not smoke anyway and would st op any new smokers.
Simon Blastock
First of all, I am a smoker and in agreement with others, a bigger warning is not going to change my choice to smoke or not, really I have read the so-called effects of smoking and have them memorized by n ow. There are people dying of cancer everywhere and the government says smoking is to blame. However that is only part of it…How many automobiles are on the road, roughly 10 million in Canada? Do people not think that all the toxins a gasoline/diesel eng ine spews out has something to do with this? Wake up people and start thinking.
jane22
i think everyone is just wasteing there time the goverment is never going to make cigarette's illegal they make way to much money besides whats the point its not going to stop people from smoking . weeds illegal but that doesnt stop people from sm okeing that now does it .. so i think they should make new lables because if the y cant stop people from doing it they might aswell make everyone aware of the Co nsequences that you risk by smokeing .
RK in MB
Did no one in the government think that all this publicity both positive and negative might push smokers to buy contraband smokes because they're cheaper? If the government wanted to spend wisel y they would study the ecigarette and approve it so us smokers could get our fix but be healthier. Of course that would mean reduced tax money which obviously c an't be tolerated. What do you call someone who acts like they are looking out for you but rea lly aren't? Snake oil salesman, schister? I'm not sure but as long as the government keeps allowing cigarett es to be sold the anti-smokers should be complaining ABOUT the government, not t o them! Smoking and complaining and smoking is just big business. Tobacco compan ies make huge profits and the extra tax dollars I pay for my smokes goes to the anti-smoking groups as grants among other groups. Maybe the government can come up with $300 million dollars for smokers to stimulate the economy. It should wor k just as well as some of the other ideas to come out of Ottawa.
romz
What confu ses me is ….why doesn't government just ban smoking all together? If its so harmful and a leading cause of death ….If the goal is to prevent smoking why n ot eliminate it all together? Instead of putting bigger and better pictures on c igarette packs- it's like saying- buy these smokes but remember you can die fr om it BUT we will sell it to you because it helps us make MONEY… am I the only one, but this j ust doesn't seem to make any sense.
Mike Macdonald – Winnipeg
The new warnings will do nothi ng to stop young people from starting. Kids in the 12 – 16 age group are invincible (remember when you were that age?) and will probably get a kick out of the new packs. vast majority of 'older' smokers, like myself, enjoy it. Yes, I admit it! I enjoy it! As to those who advoca te a ban on tobacco products, can you say 'prohibition'? I knew you could. A ridiculous plan. What should be done, is to take all the money the government is putting into these new warning s, and fund educational programs in our schools, targeting pre-teens.
Mike
Când are they going to put labels on the side of cars and warn people about the harmf ul fumes from car exhaust, or one on every bottle of alcohol, with an impaired d riving accident scene or someones liver after years of alcohol abuse, or a pictu re of the ring around the sky from a coal burning hydro plant that we all use? I t's because the majority that jump on smoking, abuse all those. Stop picking on the minority, and let's label and harp about all of them !!!
Keith Fisher
My question: Is there any proof th at these graphic warnings have any effect on smokers' addiction rates? I would think that, bey ond the initial shock value, it would be “tuned out” by the purchaser anyway. What's next, are they going to post photos o f cirrhotic livers and fatal car crashes on all alcohol containers (liquor, wine & beer)? The gov'ts make too much money on all of these products to do something positively constructive abou t it.
Bill Sixty
@DJKoop
The Gov`t doesn`t want you to stop smoking.They just wan t to control when you start,where you smoke and what you smoke. Can`t have you s moking those illegal cigarettes because they won`t collect taxes to pay for thes e hypocritical messages on cigarette packages.
Mae in ontario
It makes me laugh when they give how many deaths were caused by smoking. Just how do they know tha t smoking was the cause?Case in point.My husband has had allergies all his life. I'm sure he has had asthma too but didn't know it. He quit smoking 20 years ago. My son has asthma too–maybe you can say from second hand smoke, but how do you explain that my grandson who has never be en exposed to smoke has it too. I'll bet if either my son or husband died they would count the m as smoking deaths.My neighbour dies from a massive heart attack. He had been a smoker but quit. His son died from a massive heart attack too at 39. An autopsy said it was a genetic disorder. I'll bet these were classed as smoking deaths too.The truth i s that while smoking is bad for you and may be a contributing cause in some deat hs, they do not know the exact cause of smokers deaths. It is also true that if you have smoked it is classed as a smoking death. Would my neighbor or his son h ave lived longer if my neighbour never smoked. I don't think so
kenn
Have the government show some gonads and stop selling 'em for the tax money. sheesh are we that stupid?
Jacques Vervil le
I see that the Alberta Government is suing big tobacco companies right now for 10 million. They've passed laws against tobacco advertising, enacted indoor smoking bans, and affixed health warning labels to cigarette packages and the government has cons istently hiked taxes on tobacco. I'ma smoker and a nurse, my wife quit five years ago. she's a nurse as wel l and comes home at least three times a month telling me of another smoker that died under 40years of age. I would be in full support if the government would ju st ban it entirely. How do you provide it to smokers, charge them more and then sue the companies that make them because of health care cost. It's killing us people!
sandra
I am getting so tired of the government putting the onus on the customer……they spend more money on awarness b ut very little on prevention. The government will make laws with chemicals or tr ans fat but for some reason they won't make a law for cigarettes…..cigaretts causes lung cancer as well as t he above mentioned….knowing this the government refuses to shut down the manufactures as they will lose revenue…..how hypocritical is that!!!!You pu those pictures on packages…your only going to drive t hem to buy from the reserve.Instead of spending 7 million on packagaing, why won't you spend t he money on serisouly helping people to quit……..I SAY SHUT THE MANUFACTURERS DOWN AND BE DONE WITH…..stop blaming the cons umer…. PS I am a smoker
Ann W.
Ce o pierdere de timp şi bani. Smokes are hiding from view s o you can't even see the warnings until you purchase them. Are they also going to make cigaret te cases illegal?
Jon in London ON
Electric cigarettes – at about 1/3 the cost of regular ciga rettes – offer the look and feeling of a normal Cigarette, excluding any dangerous cancer indu cing substances. Electronic Tobacco Users breathe in clean H2O evaporation combi ned with nicotine without smoke, tar or ash. Still banned in Canada, our health officials think a bigger picture on the box is a good use of taxpayer dollars.
DON
It does not matter what's on the package people are still going to smoke.So please stop whi ning about it.
DJKoop
Being a smoker myself I have one question, if they want pe ople to quit smoking that bad why don't they just make it an illegal product in Canada and for ce everyone to quit?
RGBrook
It seems the government realized that Canadians wer en't about to accept them wasting almost 4 million dollars of taxpayers money by scrapping thi s smoking cessation and world recognized incentive. This barely scratches the su rface of our government's responsibility to put an end to smoking. Now let's hope that the problem with cont raband cigarettes being sold to non-natives by reservations is soon brought to a n end. Fine the sellers AND the buyers of these illegal smokes for tax evasion. And no more flip-flops on your policies Harper please. You personally might be a ble to afford it, but Canadians can't.
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