Rodina dúfa, že smrteľnej posteli obrazu spôsobuje fajčiarom prestať fajčiť
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CTV.ca Novinky Zamestnanci
Rodine rakovinu obete, ktorá je vystupoval v novej sérii varovných etikiet na cigaretových škatuľkách dúfa, že fotografiu o f jej krehké telo na jej smrteľnom lôžku bude odradiť ľudí od rozsvietenie.
V p lán predstavila Štvrtok, Ottawa sa valí von väčšie a grafické varovania obnovené úsilie motivovať fajčiarov, aby zadok von a odrádzajú od non-fajčiari, es zvonku, najmä mládež, od nástupu do zvyk.
Tabakové spoločnosti budú nútené di SPLA štítok - tam are16 vo všetkých -, ktoré budú trvať až 75 percent každého balíčka. Súčasný požiadavka je 50 percent.
Kým štítkov bude obsahovať väčšie množstvo titulkov a fotky, jeden z najviac vytriezvenie je snímka vytvorený z 42-rok-starý Barb Tarbox ju st dní pred jej smrťou v roku 2003.
Tarbox, známy anti-tabak križiak fro m Edmonton, umrel na rakovinu po celý život fajčenia. Jej manžel Pat a daug hter Mackenzie za jej zaradenie do varovania pokračovanie jej Lega cy.
"(Nálepka má) dobrý šok faktor k tomu. Ak to šoky mi to bude šok na niekoľko ľudí, "povedal Pat Tarbox CTV. "Dúfajme, že to sh ocks je do odvykanie, a / alebo začína. "
Zatiaľ čo bojuje s rakovinou, Tarbox strávil posledné mo NTHS jej života povzbudzovať ľudí, aby používanie tabakových výrobkov, réžia veľa jej úsilie mladých ľudí.
Mackenzie Tarbox povedala, že je šťastný Photo o jej matka je poskytovanie takej dôležité posolstvo k Kanaďanom.
"Existujú nejaká hrdosť tam, že ju mes šalvia bude na tie fotky a to predsa nie je len zastaviť, keď zomrela, "povedala.
Tarbox fotka je sprevádzaný nasledujúci titulok: "To je to, čo umiera na rakovinu pľúc vyzerá. Barb Tarbox umrel na 42 l ung rakoviny spôsobené fajčením. "
Aby bola zabezpečená nová varovania, sú účinné, boli rewrit desať s jednoduchším jazykom a prezentované s farbami a grafikou určené na dr ive správu domovom ľudí.
"Kanadské a medzinárodné výskumy ukázali, že sa EFFEA časne, musí byť zdravotné varovania na obaloch tabakových výrobkov je zjavné a nezabudnuteľný. Y musí byť tiež uveriteľný a relevantné, "ministerka zdravotníctva Leona Aglukkaq povedal novinárom v Otta wa.
Aglukkaq povedal, že varovania sa objaví na balení cigariet, akonáhle pos sible a budú otáčať, aby fajčiari naladený na správy.
Kritici rgue súčasnej varovné štítky stratila svoju účinnosť, pretože neboli zmeny d v 10 rokoch. Kanada bola prvou krajinou, ktorá predložila grafické varovanie na cigaretových balenie, čo vedie v mnohých krajinách po oblek.
Garfield Mahood, exe troch po sebe idúcich riaditeľ Non-fajčiarov 'právach asociácie, povedal, že reklamy sú vysoko rentabilné a pracujú dobre.
"To nestojí daňových poplatníkov ani penny, priemysel absorbuje náklady na zmenu d esign, čo úprimne povedané nie je veľká, "povedal Mahood CTV News Channel.
Hovorca Imperial Tob ACCO uviedol skutočnosť, že vláda preberá kontrolu nad 75 percent Labello ing na jeho balenia je zneužívajúce.
Aglukkaq povedal, že vláda je odhodlaná HEL ping viac ako päť miliónov Kanaďanov prestať fajčiť, zvyk, ktorý zabije estima Ted 37.000 ľudí, v Kanade ročne.
Ottawa tiež chce, aby sa zabránilo mladým ľuďom od začínajú fajčiť.
Okrem novej varovné štítky, vláda aj s zavedenie telefónnej linky a internetovej stránky, že fajčiari môžu použiť na získanie informácií mácie o tom, ako prestať fajčiť.
So správou od Karen Owen CTV Calgary
Komentáre sú teraz uzavreté pre r tento príbeh
Bev
Aké plytvanie peniazmi .. Govt by mal pomôcť von fajčiarov g iving im nefajčiarske pomôcky, ktoré potrebujú znížením cien nicoderm pat oblúkov a robiť produkty, ako CHAMPIX lacnejšie .. je fajčiar sám picture es ľudí, ktorí umierajú alebo škaredá ústa zábery znovu nebude HELP.people prestať ... čo pomáha. . Dostať priľnavosť vám vláda pple. Zobúdzat hubu
SILNE DPH Fajčiari
Je to blázon ish a neprirodzené cicať toxického dymu do vášho tela. Nikto so zdravým rozumom kto sa pozrie na to v racionálnom zodpovedným spôsobom by niekedy zaberajú fajčenia. Musíme sa zbaviť našej spoločnosti tohto zla veci. Fajčiari by mali platiť cez nie o sebe, keď si kupujú tabak, pretože náklady na zdravotnú starostlivosť o ne postarať neskôr.
Concerned_Citizen
Uvedenie grafické obrázky na cigaretových škatuľkách bude pomáhať ľudia prestať s fajčením asi rovnako ako grafické fotografie na protestujúci na znamenie motivovať ľudí rozhodnúť sa, či nemajú potrat. To je absurdné! Ak vláda bola na všetkých týka sa zdravia fajčiarov, by zákaz výrobku. Oni si vybrať n ot zakázať výrobok ako oni robia milióny a milióny dolárov z sm okers. Ľudia, ktorí nie sú závislí na cigarety nemajú problém so systémom ich m ouths o zákaze fajčiarov od nášho systému zdravotnej starostlivosti. Rovnakú zdravotnú starostlivosť sy stonku, že fajčiari zaplatia. Rovnaký systém zdravotnej starostlivosti, že naša vláda r uns pri zhromažďovaní milióny dolárov z smokers.We sú teraz uvedomuje o f, ako nebezpečné a ako moc fajčenie ovplyvňuje každého. Ako sa o miesto spení ding milióny na nové obaly, sme utrácať peniaze majú pomôcť fajčiarom s čo sts odvykania.
Ivan H
Nemyslím si, že väčšie fotografie nebude mať priemerný fajčiar prestať fajčiť, musí byť až osoba, ktorá má prestať fajčiť, uistite sa, že by mohol robiť o tom premýšľať, ale to je práve to, že y premýšľať o tom, že potom sa rozsvieti ďalšie, tak podľa môjho názoru, je to len anoth er spôsobom vláda míňa peniaze, ktoré nemajú na, tabak je legálna, rovnako ako b EER je, u nevidíte pivovarníckych spoločností uvedenie fotografie z nehôd spôsobených alkoholom na ich prípady .
susan Brown
Skutočnosť je taká, tieto reklamy do práce. Pretože tieto reklamy končím Smoke ing pred niekoľkými rokmi, a nikdy som sa cítil lepšie v mojom živote. Takže pre tých, ktoré sú v popretie ... vzdať ... fajčenie zabíja ... Zrátané podčiarknuté! Obaja m y teta a moja mamička zomrela na rakovinu pľúc kvôli fajčenia a je úplne nič horšie, ako sledovať ľudia umierajú na rakovinu pľúc. Je to najhoršie! Takže, medzi pas spievať z mojich blízkych a tieto reklamy .... Som dymu a cítim sa skvele 
poď
Som sa pozerať na správy pravidelne, nd, ak je jedna vec, ktorá je pre určitý typ s vládou je "peniaze", keď chcel, aby ľudia st op fajčenie Myslím, že je to jednoduché prestať predávať je. Fajčím, ale keby tam neboli nakupovať, samozrejme aj woul dn't, čo urobil, bolo dvojnásobné náklady, hmmmm som zvedavý, čo to asi "peniaze". sa marijuna napríklad, ak to mohlo byť p rofitable, pravdepodobne by sa ho predať, ale bolo by ťažké ho predať legálne a nie nechať ľudí pestovať to, neviem si predstaviť, že je veľa pestovateľov tabaku tam, ale čo rnered na trhu, prečo? je to o "peniaze". tak dal popisky na tom, či to robí ťa cítiť lepšie, ale podľa môjho názoru, ako niektorí aj Domnievam sa, že starý mocný dolár bude stále hlavnou prioritou, musíš milovať to, z Mimochodom, kde sú všetky popisky pre rýchle občerstvenie zariadenia, hmmmmm len myslel.
Jonathan Coote
Som prekvapený a zármutok hlboko, že Kanada dáva tak veľa enfaces o fajčenie cigariet a pridávanie varovné štítky, kým úplne IGN oring opakované pokusy sa zobrazí varovné štítky na alkohole. Narodila som sa s Fe tal Alkohol spektrum porúch, postihnutí nevyliečiteľnou spôsobené len matky konzumácie alkoholu v tehotenstve. Nie je tam žiadny liek na alkohol škody než som sa narodil . Poškodenie môj nervový systém, mozog, môj imunitný systém, stále bolesti, Li ulice pokračuje. Žiadny liek, ale 100% predísť tým, že konzumácia alkoholu v tehotenstve. Aj wai t za deň alkohol má varovné štítky.
Mel
Rád by som vedieť, či sa riadia prostredie je natoľko odhodlaný dostať ľudí, aby prestali fajčiť, prečo idú po tabaku Compan IES?? Prečo musíme byť zaobchádzané ako robíme niečo nelegálneho a tiež , Koľko ľudí, ktorí pracujú pre vládu, sú fajčiara? budú dokonca priznať, že? alebo nie . Spodným riadku, zastavte potrestanie spotrebiteľov, všetko, čo urobiť, je ísť do obchodu a purcha o sebe legálne produkt.
Sandra
OMG Čo bude vláda robiť, keď všetci skončí SMO Kráľ, nebudú mať peniaze z daní. I dont think tieto obrázky budú m AKE diffence. Prestal som fajčiť, takže som mohol mať dieťa, a ak to nebolo pre Skutočnosť, že môj manžel nemá rád by som sa vrátiť na fajčenie v srdcový tep, Fotografie dont nevadí mi žiadne.
Tiež dôvod, prečo dont kladieme fotografie z pečene s c irrhosis na pivo a liqour fliaš príliš. Nápoj je príliš zlý.
Plachetník
Fajčenie je žalovať nemá žiadny význam vôbec mexickej drogové kartely. Ak chcete navrhnúť taká ich riadia culous. Bolo by úplne logický prístup, aby cigarety z trhu a ich sprístupnenie, na existujúce fajčiarov na predpis only.The kľúčových tu je zastaviť šírenie fajčenie a každý krok k dnešnému dňu bola neúčinná.
T revor
Vláda chce, aby ľudia prestali fajčiť, ale chváliť milión y peňazí z daní, ktoré sa privážajú z cigariet. Bolo by to ako niekto, kto owni ng obchodu s cukrovinkami a povedia ľudia, že by ste nemali jesť sladkosti, pretože je to zlé pre zuby, ale oni STIL Chcem, aby si prišiel a kúpiť cukríky, aby mohli zarobiť peniaze. Ak chcete dlhý príbeh krátky. Kto robí Govenmet myslia, že sú bláhový!
chris
Áno, aj ja som fajčiar. My suggetion pre vládu je poskytnúť "prestať fajčiť zariadenia" pre ľudí ZADARMO. n len možná, niektorí by boli ochotní prestať a v dlhodobom horizonte, by to mohlo pomôcť t o znížiť záťaž na zdravotný systém.
Liza
Myslím, že vlády sú si Ting a herectvo hlúpe a smiešne, niektorí ľudia sú sa bude fajčiť, a to je ich sloboda j ust niektorí z vás nebude páčiť, že prečo by tí, kto platí za cigarety na záchod k niečo, čo nie je príjemné ak vláda skutočne OBAVY zdravie ľudu môžu zakázať cigariet, ale všetci vieme, že je nemožné, pretože to sú peniaze z tak som si povedala DOSŤ je to dosť
a pre tých, ktorí nie sú fajčiari máte slobodu, ale aj dať nejaký priestor pre fajčiarov
Tracy
Opäť naša g návrhu ďalších zmien Vláda chce odpad naše peniaze. Myslím, že to bude odpad. Ľudia sa stávajú ha rdened alebo dokonca fascinovala na obrázky, po chvíli. Ako mnoho ďalších pripomienok povedal. Prečo sa vláda nezaoberá viac alkoholu za volantom? I t hink, že je väčší problém, potom pár ľudí s cigaretou.
Stef
Ako sa o štítok s "To je miesto, kde vaše doláre daňových poplatníkov ísť, keď fajčíte" (summitu G8 s umelým jazerom pozadia) laboratóriá els nič robiť, vzdelanie, výchova, vzdelávanie ... .. začína doma!
Nikki
Sara: Upokoj sa ... ja som len sestra nie je "boh". Neurobil som nič osobne, aby sa mu althcare systém tak zlý, ako to je ... sheesh.Sounds ako máš svoje vlastné problémy. Môj komentár je zo všetkých pacientov, ktoré vidím každý deň zomiera v dôsledku fajčenia.
rokliny
myslím, že by pokles tržieb o 2%. grafické obrázky boli asi nejaký čas. najmenej však ನ% z predaných cigariet sú pašovaný tovar.
steve
Robert v Courtice.
Myslíte si, že ľudia wh o nápoj intoxikácie na regulatr základe by mal byť zakázaný zo zdravotného autá e systém? Počul si o rakovinu pečene a podobne nie? sú obrovské škvrny na systém zdravotnej starostlivosti aj, alebo ako o obsah tuku a obéznych ľudí, ktorí sa šatkou jedlá, ako KFC zdvojnásobiť a ot jej rýchle občerstvenie, by mali byť zakázané zo zdravotného systému, keď oni sa vyvíjajú di abetese? alebo ako je to s ľuďmi, ktorí sú na vine pri nehode a zraneniu vlastného života Nemali by s dostať lekársku pomoc, pretože to bolo ich vlastné hlúpe chyby za to povedať, peeding alebo SMS pri riadení? Videl som 4 príbuzní zomrú na rakovinu, ani jeden z nich pu ta nároky na systém zdravotníctva odmieta liečbu, iné než IV bolesti Kil látor posledný deň či dva z ich životov napriek tomu som videl ľudí mozgov systém tisíc d allars robiť hlúpe zbytočné veci, ako je skateboarding sa ustanovujú rokov schodisko s a utrpel vážne poranenia hlavy. je stále draing systému a bude pre jeho odpočinok Život! Mali by sme ho prerušil taky?
Cindy
Bohužiaľ žijeme vo svete, kde pe Ople proste nestarajú o seba alebo ľudí okolo nich. Rodičia, že je Mokom okolo ich deti (od tejto doby robiť dieťa z druhej ruky fajčiar a incr uvoľnení šanca necháva začať fajčiť). Mladí dospelí opiť ev ery víkend. Spoločnosť jesť viac zle a zvýšenie ich hmotnosti .... Ľudia nie sú vďační f alebo byť zdravý a živý tak sa zničí sami. Preto všetky pripomienky ľudí na tejto stránke povedal, že vidí obraz nemá vplyv na ne. Hanbia sa. Áno d rinking a brať drogy a po jedle sa tiež závislosti ... nesúhlasím s niektorou z nich nd ako 27 rokov staré ženy som urobil ani jeden ..., pretože mám rád byť zdravý a milostný život t oo veľa ublížiť sám. Tento doplnok sa snaží zamerať na fajčenie ... pretože sme nemali robiť, a Zabíja. Len keby na svete mohol starať o hodnote života ... .. (Ps ... áno, dokonca aj zdravý človek by mohol zomrieť choroby .... Prečo sa snažiť znížiť svoju šancu?)
Anon
Varovanie nič robiť. Nie viac ako povedať niekomu, že "fajčenie vás môže aj zabiť" alebo "dávať pozor, čo jete, príliš veľa tuku, a to bude upchávajú žily". Prestal som fajčiť viac ako 4 mesiacmi, nd to nemá nič spoločného s th štítky. Moja matka zomrela na rakovinu pred 4 roky, d, že ani ma zastaviť. Mám 3 malé deti a manžela, ktorý je tretí fajčiar, andthat nezastavil ma. Čo ma zastavil z fajčenia? Moja túžba nie je l onger dym. Nič viac. Fajčil som 14 rokov, nie preto, že som chcel - ale pretože som bol závislý. Je to len 4 krátke mesiacov, ale nedokážem si predstaviť návrat na fajčenie. Aj láska je dym zadarmo.
Ak Ottawa chce deterr ľudí od fajčenia, tu je nápad: aby boli nelegálne! Governo ent je tak pokrytecký "Dont dym!, ale my sme zvyknutý zakázať, alebo nič, pretože potom vytvárajú tak veľa peňazí, pre nás "... je to nechutné. Buď ste pre alebo proti. Nie v stredu.
paul
Hmmmm, 37.000 ppl zomiera každý áno r od ciggy butts.And ešte jedna osoba zomrela v dôsledku fajčenia CANNAT BIS, sumpthin Rong s obrázkami EH! ius čo GW Harpers guvernér robí to zápas NADA! Chce postaviť viac väzníc, bol burinu dal tu väčšiu silu, chlast a asprins človekom.
Ralph Eddy v New Brunswick
pre boha záujmu! sú všetci blázon? Len tak "zastaviť ich predaj, a problém je NAD! Ak som niekedy vyhrať čítaní Loto Budem tráviť veľa peňazí na môj prestať predávať cigarety CAMPANA.
Reece
@ Robert ... ... 'výslovné varovanie urobiť nič, aby prestali fajčiť, je to len "dobrý pocit" fluff.Education je iba odpoveď. Každý fajčiar by mal byť zakázaný z verejného zdravotného systému. "- Jo, a potom môžeme ísť afte r ľudia, ktorí konzumujú príliš veľa piva, jedla, a ktorí znečisťujú cesty s autom y robiť všetci chorí, a samozrejme, že by bolo možné len VY žať ben ifits sociálny program, ktorý väčšina ľudí zvyknutý nárok a sú preto vyňaté ed z platenia, do ktorej by nevyhnutne viedlo k úplnému zrúteniu odchode y ou starať sami.
Toro
Dobrá práca. Teraz by mali začať robiť rovnaké wi čítaní všetky alkoholické nápoje
Marge
Reakcia na Nikki
Zaplatili sme naše dane natoľko dobre, aby d eserve lepšie zaobchádzanie zo systému zdravotnej starostlivosti. Zaplatili sme 2 doláre za balenie po 25 rokov späť Teraz sme zaplatiť 12 dolárov si to spočítajte, a si láskavosť a dostať sa von z zdravotníctva poľa cuz Nerád by som, aby ste nám pomohli s postojom takhle. Prejsť pomoci starých ľudí v doma, alebo niečo, kde by mohli oceniť svoje služby. Smutné, že zdravotné c sú 'experti' môže kritizovať pacientov takhle. TSK TSK
Bude
Čas na involk 7. a 8. Freed ms: 7. Slobody na mysli svoje vlastné čertovsky podnikanie. 8. slobodu ísť do pekla svojím vlastným spôsobom. Sa ľudia rozhodujú, niektoré sú dobré niektoré sú zlé. To je ich výsadou. Všetci ostatní si myslia svoje vlastné podnikanie. A NO nie som fajčiar.
BJ
Vďaka # nedávne nehody úmrtí spôsobených TTC to znamená sme Shou ldnt jazdiť už TTC. ? Vyzerá to na mňa.
Marge
Re; Me to comment-Máte úplnú pravdu a ar e na niečo. Poďme to urobiť, aby sa verejnosť vidieť, čo alkohol za volantom sa na orgány ľudí, ktorí sú zabití v nich. To by bolo skvelé deterrant pre všetky st upid osoba, ktorá sa rozhodne riadiť opití, a to najmenej fajčiarov poškodiť seba samého nd nie celej komunite žijú, keď sa rozsvieti. Skvelé miesto! Láska je Ma .... Cesta milujem, že jeden. Som fajčiar a taky učili svoje deti rôzne, aj nedávajte im škodí spôsobom a dymu bez domova a auto. Závislosť je označený choroba ľudí, my Potrebujem pomoc nie je prednášok alebo "vzdelávanie" z grotesky fotiek.
umenie
Ďalší konzervatívny flip-flop.
Richard v New Brunswi ck
Fajčil som 35 rokov - o niečo menej ako krabičku denne. Vo veku 50, cena išla od hlúpe do absurdných s extra daňou. Rozhodol som sa skončiť. , Ktorá trvala asi 3 mesiace nd potom som sa vrátil na to. Jedného dňa som vypočíta som strávil v hotovosti cena zbrusu novej Honde ccord z cigariet počas môjho života, a že išiel z smiešne len CHKO v hlúpe. Rozhodol som sa skončiť. Tentoraz sa skôr ako absťák, urobím pár r ravidla. Pravidlo # 1 - žiadne fajčenie vôbec doma - doma alebo v kancelárii. Že znížiť spotrebu na polovicu mojej okamžite. A f rom pol balenia denne, aby nič nebolo jednoduché, ale to bolo oveľa jednoduchšie, než od plný balíček k ničomu. Ako už bolo povedané, môžete to urobiť ... ale musíš naozaj chcieť. Inak forge et sa snažia prestať fajčiť. S týmito novými "Zberateľské" balíky, štart karta swap klubu so svojimi priateľmi hynúce lik e ste s baseballom / hokej karty ... možno aj trochu zábavy na ceste von.
Daniel FRO m Toronto
@ Mňa, ok teraz to je len smiešne, teraz by ste radi obrázky uvedenie krvavé Gorey scény o tom, čo ľudia s zlomené nohy? Autá omotal okolo telegrafné stĺpy? Nie všetci ľudia, ktorí pijú alkohol piť to, aby si hlúpe a potom čo najviac idiot tic výber chvíle konania otrávila. Je to len chyba v úsudku, že ha ppens spôsob, ako často. Fajčenie zabíja viac ako hlúpy alkoholikov nikdy nepodarí.
Obrovský Fajčí
Co fraška. Stačí, aby boli cigarety väčšie a grafiky. Tak veľké, že w on't vojde do priemeru samovražedných fajčiarov ústa sania. Možno, že by odradiť fajčiarov. M ake je tak veľká, musíte ústnej chirurgie, aby sa zmestili do úst! Poďme zistiť, kto naozaj, rea Lly chce fajčiť 'em. 'Vŕtať' vlády s daňou, desivé obrázky. Ďalšia sa bude hovoriť, že BB zbraň bude strieľať tak meone oko von.
TG-Winnipeg
Hoci som, že podpora anti-fajčenie myšlienka bola prijatá tu, Im LSO s ostatnými. To však nič a nič neznamená pre fajčiarov. Je zvyknutý ma ku je viac pravdepodobný, že prestať fajčiť. Najlepší postup Myslím, že je potrebné prijať je udržať Zdvíhanie cenu viac a viac. Viem, že ľudia stále kúpiť, ale f alebo mladých ľudí (ako teenageri) to robí to pre nich finančne nedostupné, a tam preto ich núti obmedziť, alebo rezané zvyk úplne, než sa stane ddiction.
Zack v BC k Robertovi
Pozrite sa na hlavný problém s tým, čo hovoríte, je kop ľudia zo systému zdravotnej starostlivosti, ktorí platia za systém a mnoho ďalšieho nákupom fajčí. Nemyslíte si, relise ak ste sa práve zákaz fajčí, budú sa zvyšovať dane ev erywhere inde platiť za systém zdravotnej starostlivosti a všetko ostatné ide do de ficit. Takže predtým, než idete natáčanie vašich úst off, ako sa asi robí nejaký výskum.
Wrex
Vážení Non-Fajčiari: Aj keď je to dobre a pre vás dobré chcete zakázať cigarety, alebo odmietnuť s mokers zadarmo zdravotníctva Kanady, žuť na to na chvíľu - kto myslíte, že finančné prostriedky väčšinu z toho, kúpi cigarety? Cigarety, ako všetci vieme, sú zdanené ťažko - a vláda miluje tie doláre daňových poplatníkov. Ako už bolo povedané, rád by som o sebe e nejaký druh varovného štítku na alkohol rovnako - čo to robí na niečí pečeň, či je to zneužíva, hrozný pády vyplývajúce f rom riadenie pod vplyvom alkoholu, atď (štítky s upozornením na cigarety mimochodom, sú úplne ignoroval a strata času, btw) - ale ak budete cieľové cigarety, je lepšie cieľ lcohol taky - oni sú obaja návykových látok, a zaslúžia si rovnakú pozornosť.
Pr. Nl v BC
Vyberte si svoj jed. Mi nie, je fajčenie. Ostatní ľudia budú voliť alkohol, drogy alebo potraviny, obmedziť ich CRA vings. Nechcem piť, fetovať a ja som sledovať, ako moja diéta a cvičenie pravidelne. To je moja voľba. Niektorí ľudia budú pracovať vozidiel pri ich fakúlt deminished kvôli ich jedy. Ostatní ľudia si budú sťažovať na letecký priemysel, pretože ich tuku $ $ es sa nezmestia do sedadla a nútení platiť za extra sedadlo. Diabetes zdravotnej cos ts v Kanade bude top 6,6 dolárov B v tomto roku v Kanade. Uvádzanie snímok na balenie zvyknutý žiadny rozdiel. I dont vidieť, že už. Ale prosím, byť spravodlivý ku všetkým s warn ng etikety / obrazy na víno a fľaše od piva, čokolády, občerstvenie balenie.
old_dave
Je tam nikto okrem mňa, že nie je vidieť typické vládne mentality ju e? Cigarety sú skrytá pred zrakmi verejnosti, ľudia! V čase, keď vidíte t on nové fotky, ktoré ste už zakúpili balík! Ja za seba, nebude vykazovať žiadne z mojich non-nefajčia g priatelia a kolegovia niektorý z nových obrázkov, ak si kupujú dym z m e.It 'to moja osobná vzbura.
KristyThibodeau
Je to proti zákonu fajčiť v autách tak ako tak a do Drin k a riadiť, a ľudia sú stále robia it.May byť vláda by mala zavrieť do wn tabakové spoločnosti a, Uložiť peniaze na niečo iné, rovnako ako nadväzovanie nových domov väzenia za pe Ople, ktorí majú radi alkohol za volantom!
SLN
Problém s kopaním fajčiarov vypnutia t mu systému zdravotnej starostlivosti (ako niektorí navrhujú, plagáty), je, že je koleno-škubnout reakcia, ktorá Ponúka sa otázka, kde sa môžeme zastaviť? Budeme musieť tiež kopať von pijani, že narkoman s, tých, ktorí jedia príliš veľa hamburgerov, príliš málo zeleniny, nie sú v súlade s lekárom rozkazy, bezohľadné vodiča s, parašutisti, atď atď atď Náš systém zdravotnej starostlivosti nefunguje to tak, a ak chceme sta rt zber a výber, ktorý sme pokryli sme čoskoro vyzerať ako v USA. Nie, vďaka!
Známka
Ako fajčiar môžem úprimne povedať, že akékoľvek zmeny vykonané v balení w chorí majú malý alebo žiadny vplyv na mňa, alebo akékoľvek iné potreby pre fajčiarov, jo ja viem svoje zlé pre m e, ale pozerám na veľa PPL Ja viem, kto majú prestať fajčiť len vidieť je roz p astma alebo CHOCHP. Prečo sa vláda míňať peniaze na užitočnejšie veci, ako je hea LTH starostlivosti, vzdelávania, školenia práce, už radšej odpadu je na priemernej BSI vážne dostať kliešťa ed vystúpiť na ppl, ktorí nikdy nefajčili deň v živote, mi hovoril, aby som prestal .. min d vlastného podnikania, súhlasím s 1 osobou tu .. od uvedenia grafické pict renie na alkohole fliaš autovrakov, vidím viac a viac PPL v tejto krajine dy ing zo smrteľných nehôd kvôli alkoholu za volantom, ako niekto, fajčenie Ciga 'Rette ... Vaše priority sú na zlom mieste.
Petr R
LoLyeah právo oh aj deti budú teraz majú nové karty obchodovanie ako posledný time.If sú tak obavy, prečo sa le gal.Remember reklamy o chemických látkach vo fajčí? Som jediný, ktorý si myslel, "Prečo sa vláda al nízke tieto smrtiacej chemickej látky používať v cigaretách v prvom rade! ", ktoré sa nikdy vzdať u p hoci pretože tým viac strácajú vyššie dane bude cus prídu t oo veľa peňazí zakaždým, keď hovorí fajčiar do tretej smoker.Right teraz mak e viac peňazí na cigarety, potom firmy, ktoré ich v mene zdravotnej starostlivosti, ktoré sú t hej rezanie každý year.so, kde sa tie peniaze ide? ?
Robert v Courtice
T on výslovného upozornenia urobiť nič, aby prestali fajčiť, je to len "dobrý pocit" fluff.Education je jediný fajčiar answer.Every Shou ld byť zakázaný z verejného zdravotného system.Why by zvyšok z nás platí za SMO ker je stupidity.Product zodpovednosť je ďalšia oblasť, musíme investigate.It nútený auto Compan IES dodržiavať zdravotné a bezpečnostné normy, prečo sú tabakové compnaies žiadne rôz né? Oh, wait.Should tabakový priemysel na mizinu, vláda by voľné príliš veľa dane revenue.Right, som si to, teraz.
Ian Ottawa
Moja matka fajčil dve krabičky deň alebo Kool Craven A. Povedala, že by opustil, keď cigarety dosiahla bábiku 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.
Mňa
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 systém. 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 differ 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, gover nment is not your mom or dad. Cigarettes is a problem for everyone because of it s second hand smoking, and its effects that people may not know it has on their body.A sensible human being with minimum common sense, will know that eating ah amburger twice the size of your face is no good. At least it doesn't directly harm those aroun d you while you stuff your face
Redneck Vic
More people are killed and more fa milies effected by drinking than smoking so what are we doing about the drink? N OTHING! I find it rather ironic that we do not allow smoking in arenas or restau rants but we allow drinking of alcohol where kids are allowed! funny flash websi tes is it not?
Sheila
When are they gonna get it … the warnings on the packages have zero effe ct … the whole package could be a graphic picture and the only people repelled are already non -smokers.
This 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 clinic s would be far more productive and might show some results.
Doug in Alberta
Nachádzate can put pictures all you want across the packages but it will not help one bit. I am supprised they are not putting labels on liquor bottles and beer cases of c ar crashes due to drinking and driving but again if one thinks that will stop dr inking and driving you are wrong. The only way to stop cig. deaths is pull them from the shelves and stop selling them. If you want to stop drinking and driving , ban alcohol and you all know that will never happen. Good luck, but pictures d o not help
Známka
Eating a bacon-double-cheeseburger will kill you faster than smo king a cigarette,so why no labels on a burger?
Go Barb Go
I applaud Barb Tarbox for all of her efforts as I can't imagine what it would feel like to travel day in and day out to speak feeling like you were dying inside. Her family is doing the right thin g by fulfilling her wishes.
The picture is not graphic at all. This is what reali ty looks like and it is what you see when you walk through a cancer ward. Ľudia that were once so vibrant reduced to shells of themselves. An accurate depictio n of the truth. The graphics are a great idea, the price of cigarettes should ri se to make it unaffordable(including on Indian Reserves) and insurance premiums should increase for people who choose not to look after themselves.
I agree that it has to be a self motivated cessation, however, now more than ever, there are so many aids, medications, organizations that can help stop any addiction known to man. In 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
@H ere's a thought, nice to see the last horse has crossed the finish line. Actually the reality is that it is more difficult and expensive for a smoker to get life insurance.
B y that logic, Fat people should have to pay more, since they use more water, mor e air and more space than most of us… once this hot topic dies off, you do know you're next!?
Lou
What a was te of money. We smokers don't read the package inserts or look at the pictures. We like what i s inside. Guess what, a lot of my friends with “perfect” lifestyles have died! Living causes death.Mind your own business.
Kayla in Kingston
I'ma smoker, and those images on the packages do nothing for ma. 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 just decide to quit smoking.They shouldn't waste any money on those labels, because I know from myself and through friends that it will have absolutely no effect.
M arge
oh my god 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 ca ncer. And with all the money that is given to cancer 'research' why isn't there a cure yet? because there is too much mone y 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 a re are putting themselves at risk too but noone says anything to them or makes t hem eat 50ft. from any entrance. There is better ways for money to be spent than to be putting pictures on cigarette packages, like putting criminals in jail an d pedophiles to an electric chair! I pray for this generation and hope that the future brings smarter people into power that can stop the truly evil things. Nechať the poor woman who is on that cigarette pack rest in peace and don't splatter images like tha t, it's just sick.
Frank D.
It amazes me how the goverment treats adults like children when it comes to smoking…….and children like adults, in the sence that children can indulge in all the diabetic, ar tery clogging, sodium filled fast food they want! …..with absolutley no warnings or graphic pi ctures on the fast food bags what so ever!
mark
As a medical professional, encou raging people to quit smoking is a priority. The focus now is not to look at one ,Ņ, or ten unsuccessful attempts at quitting as failures – they are NOT. Smoking is a chronic addiction and as such it might take 15 attempts before you finally kick the hab it – but we encourage you to keep trying until you are successful. You CAN do it!
survivor,no t the reality 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 pla yer and the windows rolled up),the headaches,blurred vision and stinky clothing was enough convincing as a no brainer.
Sal
Smokers are “out on the street” so the rest of us don't have to breathe in canc er causing air!Smoking will never be banded as politicians smoke. Let's just minimize the effe cts on others, and realize that is will always be with us. Stop using money that can go to the homeless shelters, abused women shelters, child care etc. instead of making more graphic cigarette covers that does not deter anyone.
lola69
My m other has smoked for close to 50 years, these warnings do absolutely nothing to deter her from smoking, she even comments on them while she's smoking. Her mother was diagnose d with lung cancer (survived it) and that didn't make her stop either. I've never smoked and never will. stench is what turns me off of it, not the warnings.
MikefromQuebec
You can put these pictures on the packages all you want and it won't stop people from smoking. I never lo oked at the package when I used to smoke. I quit because I thought it might help me feel better. In actaul fact all I did was gain weight and get high blood pre ssure. Not sure whether I'd rather die of cancer of a heart attack, although the heart attack would probably 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 a n idiot would disagree with a law banning cigarettes in this country. Idiots, we can put in institutions to keep them from harming themselves. Pretty simple sol ution don't you think.
Keith
Non Smokers that blame Smokers for all these problems, need to ta ke a look at the big picture of the smoking issue and put the blame where it nee ds to be. I have believed for years that the chemicals that they add to tobbacco , is the reason why it is so addictive. The addictiveness is the number one reas on why people can't quit. Back in the 1950′s to the 1970′s, the Government was heavly invovled in supplying grants to Tobb acco Farmers and possibly research for the tobbacco companies. The Government ha s started this problem and they need to force the tobacco companies to remove al l chemicals from tobacco products, if they are serious about helping people quit . I hope that your reseachers at ctv will help me prove this matter and we can g et to the heart of the problem to start helping people quit smoking. These adds on the cartons and packages do nothing to make anyone quit and they are a waste of tax payers money.
Goldens
GREAT! Long over due! If it stops one person from b ecoming a candidate for the cover of next cigarette package the graphics were we ll worth it. If smokers want to bury their head in the sand and ignore the adds that is their choice. It is the youth who may never start smoking because of thi s campaign that 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
G od help me to quit!
@Paul, sorry but Jesus isn't going to hold people out of heaven if they acc ept 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 y ou want to know where the money goes????
Teen Perspective
I think the root of th e problem are the young teens in high school that pick up the smoking habit. I a m a grade 12 student (never smoked) and each year the number of high school stud ents I see smoking has increased. I think the government should focus on teens t hat smoke. They 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 cons equences that come with it. More effort should be put in preventing distribution of cigarettes to minors. That way when they are older and their brain is fully developed then they can make the decision to smoke or not, rather than getting a ddicted to them at the age of 14.
Nikki
Dooley and others that think this is a “sin” tax…get real….The taxes you are paying are thankful ly being put into the system which helps pay for the healthcare that all you smo kers are using up! And I know! I do surgery everyday. This includes surgery for smoking related illnesses..but not to mention the complex care that we give to p atients that cannot recover from everyday procedures because their lungs cannot handle the anesthetic, or all the medication we give to vascular patients becaus e 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 o wn health care bills.
Freed
“Smoke Suckers” …. think about that a while. How unnatural to suck smoke carrying 4000 toxins into your lungs and body then eventually die from it? Please quit people. You wi ll be so glad you did.
Been there done that.
Smokers cannot “TRY” to quit they must psyche themselves up the n decide to become a “NON SMOKER”. I quit cold turkey in 1984 after smoking 11/2 packs a day for almost Dz y ears. 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 quit 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
give me a break people, alcohol does not kill, only if it is abused (l ike the drinking and driving etc)candy does not make obese people, moderation pe ople moderation, 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 pac kage smokers are going for. Try spending more money on quit programs, not advert ising.
Inversity
Are these new laws applicable to all tobacco products sold anyw here in this country? What about tobacco products sold on aboriginal reserves? W ill they be subject to the same rules (as far as warnings on packaging)? That ha s been a problem, as many aborigninal people feel like they are not subject to t he laws of Canada, as their treaty rights give them the right to “self-government”, and that includes the ri ght to sell tobacco products to anyone, at a price to be determined by the abori ginals, themselves, and in whatever packaging they determine. There is no mentio n in the article about this issue.
Sara
It's nice that your taking all these intiatives to mak e people live longer. The problem here – now that they are living longer they have no resource s and healthcare programs in place to look after all these people. You live long er so you can be stuck in old age homes away from the rest of the world in poor conditions with 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 lo nger have a good quality of life than be kept alive for years staring at four wa lls day in and day out in a nursing home. Put the money where it is really neede d. You can't look after the elderly in this country properly now. God help them all in the nex t 20 years when that situation will be even worse – not just here but on a world wide scale.
MaryT
I agree completely with Mae in Ontario comments. The anti smoking campaigns and pressures of the past 10 years about people smoking is like a witch hunt fr om the 16th century. I can't think of anyone who doesnt know that smoking is not good for you and its possible to die from it, the same asyou can die far more often from alco hol 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 th ey are interested in your health. They are interested in looking good. They alre ady have harped on and on and on for years about smoking. Put the money on somet hing that will get more effect. Enough has been done about smoking. Do something about alcohol and drug addicts to save their lives and everybody affected by it where it would 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 smokers 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 b ecause the warning labels scared me. Rather than increasing the amount of money spent on packaging, reduce it, make them soft packs rather than cardboard and us e unbleached uncoloured paper with simply the Brand Name and “flavour”. So rather than a colourful pack it i s simply a plain brown wrapper around the cigarettes, that will reduce the envir onmental impact of all the discarded packages and further make branding and prom oting any particular company that much more difficult.
Here's a thought
Here's a thought deny them any sort of life insurance , insurance companies deny children with cancer, Autism down s yndrome things that are completely out of their hands, but a smoker can get cove red no problem.
Patrick
I wonder when these warning are going to start appearing on contraband cigarettes.Over 80% of YOUTHS who smoke buy illegal cigarettes!!! Where's the real problem in this society?As for the health care cost associated to smoking, o ur governments are racking in over 8BILLION DOLLARS A YEAR with tobacco, so us s mokers are footing the bill. As for healthcare costs associated to car/industry pollution, over eaters, fat foods……….well, nough said. Oh yeah, yes I smoke, and I ENJOY it!
Karen
Total waste of money. T he govt. is blind and stupid for spending money on labels. ARe they totally blin d and stupid? Must be. People stop when they want to stop. What they need to do is something about all the alcohol problems have around us which is far more sev ere than smoking can ever be. People lose their jobs,their families,their health , their self respect, and worst their soul. Of course, the govt. has reason to l et it continue. They make tons of money on alcohol and don't want to give that up. They need t o do start with campaigns like they do for smoking and give up harping on smokin g. I dont smoke or drink. Of course you can die from many other things.
kevcor0 5
Why not put this money to graphic labels on alcohol. It's a legal addiction that kills too. I think this is a waste of money considering Ȓ% of packaging already warns, disp lays are no longer visible, etc. Kids can get alcohol the same as they get cigar rettes!
KC Bby
In 100 years from now every single human being alive today and po sting their thoughts here will be dead. I think all this talk about dying premat urely gives some people the sense of imortality. it doesnt matter if you jog eve ryday or eat two heapings spoon fulls of cod liver oil you have an expiration da te. There is a tree growing in the forest right this moment with your name on it . It will be cut down and used to build your coffin. It is great that some of yo u will enjoy an additional 2 or even 20 more summers than the smokers but on au niversal scale its really insignificant. Your time on this earth will be forgott en.
Esteban
@JohnInMtl…
Yes, info found via google & the internet make everything you read true. Carry on with your research, grasshopper.
conductor274
These labels won't do a dam thing to prevent smoking because the government has no credibility on the subject of drug abuse. They hav e lied for over 30 years about the harmful effects of marijuana to 3-4 generatio ns of kids telling them it's a gateway drug to the most serious drugs like heroin, cocaine, cr ystal meth, etc. When the kids try pot the majority of them never try the harder drugs but they do drink alcohol and smoke cigarettes. The governments regulate, sell and profit from the sale of alcohol and tobacco. Those two cause the most damage to people than any other drug on the black market. So if tobacco is so ha rmful why doesn't the government make that illegal? Answer is the same reason they condone the tar sands in Alberta. The almighty dollar. Hypocrites. Všetky z nich.
MARG MM
I'm not so sure t hat warning labels will stop heavy smokers, but at least they won't cost the taxpayers any mon ey. I guess if it stops some, then it is a good thing. Maybe telling smokers tha t they stink badly, and that they age and wrinkle much faster, would do the tric k. Those that call on banning cigarettes are likely the same people that would w hine and complain that the Government is being “dictitorial”, as the usual Harper haters constantly do. Smok ing is a filthy habit, which I once indulged in, but gave it up many years ago. My husband also gave it up many years ago, but that didn't stop him from getting bladder cance r, which the Dr said was caused by smoking. Fortunatly his treatments worked.
FlairCornwall
wow more pictures on packages.
who actually even looks at those covers ??
our native American friends love to sell illegal contraband prod ucts to stupid canadiens and there is no pictures on there packages !!
keep on sm oking peeple and throwing your leftover garbage on the street and parking lots…
only a matter o f time before wii see your funeral going down the street!
HAPPY New Year suckers …keep on sucki ng on that thing !!
Paul
It seems smoking is everywhere now, even in churches an d it should not be. For non-christians you will probably not be interested in fu rther reading. In the book of Revelation 21:8 in the Bible we are warned that no sorcerer will enter the Kingdom of Heaven. Well the word “sorcerer” is actually Pharmakos which mean drug a ddict in the original Greek translation but there was no word for drug addict wh en the Bible was originally traslated into English. Smokers are addicted to the drug nicotene. So anyone who calls themselves a Christian and smokes, think agai n, you are a sorcerer. Get away from that thing. Touch not, taste not, handle no t.
Dooley
What I find hypocritical is that every time they announce another 5% q uit (note 95% didn't)the government adds yet another SIN tax.
Do they REALLY want us to quit or are they grand standing for the quit smoking zealots while maintaining their ca sh grab?
Wonder how many low income families and seniors use the food banks becau se to the outlandish taxes we pay on tobacco?
Dick Chapman
You can tell who the smokers are when you read the comments! These ads will make teenagers think seri ously, no matter what the addicted smokes say!
I quit smoking over 40 years ago a nd it is doubtful that I would be here today if I hadn't!
Hopefully some teens might be swayed by the ads and someones life will be saved!
x-smoker
I was surprised lately at s Štatistické ú daje, ktoré ukazujú fajčiari 'a obéznych ľudí' životy nie sú skrátiť o toľko, ako som si myslel. Kvalita života nie je tak dobrá, hoci.
Všetky že bolo povedané, je to súčasť kultúry domorodých národov ', takže by nemal byť nezákonné. To isté platí for marijuana. The difference is that traditionally the aboriginals wouldn't ever smoke the eq uivalent of 2 packs a day. This obsessive behaviour is a trend of modern life. L ike VLTs. It's all in search of escape frome the CORPORATE WORLD we live in.
FREE THE SLAVES!!! (That's most of us BTW)
PMC N᱑
Money runs everything. How many millions of dollars are coll ected every year from the taxes attached to cigarettes sales? Governments have p ayrolls. Governments needs lots of cash. Flick your Bic suckers. People are easi ly mislead. Question every single thing. Its false until proven to be true. Wisd om and discipline are what mere fools despise.
JohnInMtl
What is the number one killer world-wide? Cigarette smoke? ZLE! Drug Abuse? ZLE! AIDS? ZLE! The n umber one killer world-wide is air pollution and the prime contributor to air po llution is fossil-fueled vehicles. But the automobile-addicted deniers will try to blame it on anyone and/or anything else. Air pollution causes all sorts of re spiratory diseases and many different cancers such as skin cancer,leukemia, etc. What about all the weird weather around the world (certainly not caused by ciga rette smoke). That winter smog we see is not caused by wood-burning stoves (50-6 0 years ago there were close to 1000 times more wood and/or coal burning stoves) but by underground and/or indoor parking garages. One important stat the ant-to bacco lobbyists won't tell you is while smoking has declined drastically during the past decad e, cancer is still increasing at a rate that exceeds the decline in smoking! Vojny ning stickers should be required on all new fossil-fueled vehicles and gasoline should be taxed heavier than at present. That should help get the automakers on- board with electric or some other non-polluting vehicles. You have to remember i t was the automakers who originated the gas distribution system along with the o il producers. Electric cars were in style long before then. General Motors even went as far as to buy up tramway companies to shut them down and replace the tra mways with fossil-fueled buses. (Don't believe me? Google “Great American tramway scandal”.)
Winds of Change
Well, at leas t they aren't using actors this time around, what a joke that was… especially after finding out about the gr aph talking about smokers deaths in Canada.
When are they going to put labels on alcohol showing what it looks like when someone is thrown from their car and th eir head skids along the pavement.
Dee
Now we just need horrific car accident pi ctures on beer labels, domestic abuse pictures on liquor bottles, fat kid pics o n candy bars, obese women pictures on bags of potato chips, heart attack victim pics on donut bags, pictures of stab wounds on kitchen knife sets, pictures of g iant land fill sites on water bottles, pictures of people with bad acne on pizza boxes and everything will be perfect.
Steve-O
Here's a novel idea…if the government were really sincere abo ut people “butting out” why not ban cigarettes outright, making them illegal? However, just like other addic tions such as alcohol and lottery/gambling, it's too much of a cash cow for them. Besides smok ing can be a good form of crowd control if you know what I mean.
Stewie
People s hould be allowed to die in dignity, I think the picture of the person dying of c ancer is a disgrace. My mother is in the later stages of Alzheimer's, she doesn't look much different than t he picture of the person in the picture that's dying of cancer. Lung cancer killed my father a t 49, it did nothing to stop me from smoking for the past 35 years. Quite wastin g our tax dollars & let people die in dignity. Alcohol kills & destroys the lives of living people. Why are ther e no warnings on booze?
Prof. Pye Chartt
Knock it off. The intellectual absurdit y and logical immaturity of this government-driven “issue” remains utterly pathetic. Smoking is a potentiall y lethal habit that is completely LEGAL. People have a foolish right to smoke th at extends only to the point at which their smoke negatively impacts the health of others (which, in practicum, means smoking at home, in the car by themselves or with other adults, and/or in public/private spaces away from buildings). THER EFORE, THE GOVERNMENT HAS NO MORAL AUTHORITY ON THIS ISSUE. Quit pretending othe rwise.
Peter
I have been following this story for a bit now.I am sorry for the T arbox family for ther lost.But I am happy to see some good come out of it in the same token.Congrats for pushing your fantastic idea.I really like the idea? I d o think it will push even more people to quit smoking .
Greg – Signs and Wonders
Wholly hardco re graphics Marlboro-Man….
Dawn
They should do the same to alcohol. I personally know of more people who have died or become ill from drinking then i do from smoking. Fair is fair….People are going to do it no matter whats on the pack.
Chris
Guess what people… smoking has been done for millenia!!! Oooooo we're all educated now and know the unhealthy side effects of tobacco use… ooooooo, and it kills… oooooo!!!Hey, another news flash for ya… OBESITY has superceded tobacco use as the leading cau se of preventable death in North America. Oh and another guess what… those labels DO NOT WORK! ! So you can whine and complain all you want, but if you socialist misfits get what you want YOU WON'T stop there.. you will hammer the alcolol industry next. You will hamme r the food industry next… socialism is the next step to totalitarianism.. and it all starts wi th ANTI-TOBACCO!!!! So shut up already and respect people's right to lawfully CHOOSE to smoke… key word ther e is lawfully!!!
Stephen D James
I am an x-smoker.I decided too quit on July 31 Roku 2004. Being a trucker with lots of time on my hands between deliveries, I had de veloped my habit into 4 and 5 packs a day. That's 100 to 125 cigarettes per day for at least 2 0 of the 26 years I smoked.The amazing thing is that my wife could not wear the patches as it gave her nightmares so when I decided to quit I asked if I could u se them and did so.
When I flew over too the UK too live in 2002 I had never bee n without a smoke for more than 2 hours.The flight was 8 and hard but I was able to do the job.I was proud. So I did try to lower my intake but before long I re alized I was buying 3 packs once again and set too buy more. I was losing this b attle with the smokes. That day in July, I saw borrowed money go for smokes and not food. My priorities were gone and smokes were more important. So I asked my wife if I could use her patches. On July 31ST at 10:00 pm I lit my last smoke. t 10:10 pm I butted out and gave my body a 20 minute rest period and place the p atch on before I went too bed. August 1ST I awoke feeling OK, I felt I could hav ea smoke, but it was able to control it. By day three I found the patch (my 3rd patch) had fallen off and so I did not need them. Now 6 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
Tieto lables do absolutely no good. You want to do something about youth smoking? Vyskúšajte education instead of stupid photo scare tactics.
peter in BC
I've suggested in the past that t hey raise the minimum age for buying cigarettes by a year every year to help kee p the youths off cigarettes. But this idea has been met with anger by many reade rs. I'm curious this time around, if you click the “thumbs down” on my comment, please make a comment and let the readers know whether you are a smoker or not. Fact is, we can save billions in health ca re costs and save thousands of lives if we got rid of cigarettes. Each year, we can raise the minimum age making it harder and harder for our youths to get addi cted to cigarettes. And if you elected to smoke, even knowing the risks, you wou ld forfeit your health care rights. This is no different than your insurance com pany denying you coverage after you caused an accident because they realize that it was your fault and therefore, they won't cover your costs for the repairs. You accept this mentality from your insurance company, why can't we adopt it for the health care of those who choose to smoke? Feel free to “thumbs down” my comment, but please let us know if you are a smoker or not. Na zdravie!
Will SL
These new cigarette health warnings seems somewhat redundant–after all, we've all known for nearly half a century that smoking causes cancer. Instead of wasting money on n ew warning labels, perhaps the government should invest in tattooing every newbo rn 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. Bolo by make sense that presenting items in a repulsive manner would decrease our desir e. Who would shop at a fruit store that sent out fliers showing rotten fruit swa rming 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 that 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 powe rful adictions you can have. I think we put too much effort in trying to get peo ple to quit when all our effort should be to stop anyone from ever starting to s moke in the first place.
Rafael
to all who smoke cigarettes: I know you want to kill yourself but why you try to kill somebody else. People who not smoke and ar e close to smoke person get more poison then person who smoke.
So stop be a SELFI SH!!!
I can say that to people who drive after drinking alcohol. Do not drive af ter any of amount of alcohol – YOU DRINK YOU NOT DRIVE!!!
I am 29 years old man so please list en to me and be mature like 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 sh ortened my life.One solution – 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 shair e of taxes, to cover all our social programs. Eliminate grants to all groups tha t lobby against smoking. These groups will not be needed. Use that monies toward s other programs that help Canadians – reduction of harmful emissions, etc.We will then see ho w these people will react to higher taxes, etc.
CSD
Now the government needs to start making beer, wine, liquor producers to start putting warning labels on the ir products. Alcohol cost more to the health care system than tobacco produces, plus the extra cost to the justice system, the insurance companies(which affects use who drive).
Toronto
If smoking is wrong I dont want to be right.
Jim
So….where's the grossed out accide nt lables on booze bottles or cases…((of course drinking has never hurt anyone))….Oh yes I almost forgot, po liticians love to drink……
danR
Shock ads are shocking only to upwardly mobile types who wind up in governmen t bureaucracies and journalism desks.
Cigs will always appeal to a huge preponderance of teens who aren't going anywhere 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!! Pomoc! Pomoc! Ha! ha!. Pass me anoth er cigarette, Joe!
The bigger the ad, the funnier.
The way to shock them is to t ell them they will wind up being uncool: just like their PARENTS. But the colleg e-educated flacks who engineer these 'shock' approaches don't understand the mentality of the non-upwardly mobile.
Sorry g uys, you just don't get it.
Brian
We need huge billboards carrying these pictorials on the roa dways that enter every community where tobacco sales are a significant draw.
Su san Fairbairn
It's like the taxes that have been put on tobacco products. It isn't going matter what is put o n cigarette packaging. There are going to be people who will choose to buy and s moke tobacco products, including children. Banning tobacco products isn't going do the trick e ither – 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 p rofile friends of the prime minister of Quebec (Julie Schneider, Celine Dion and Pierre Karl Peladeau) . This province will never get it right!
Gary
Why not tak e some of the taxes off gasoline and add them to cigarettes?
Dan in Quebec
Urobiť sure “NATIVE” cigarettes are also included in this target campaign!
Marg S
Cigarettes are taxed before sale to the public and then taxed again at point of sale. The drugs purchased over th e counter to assist in quiting are taxed. NOW, drugs are illegal, but both presc ription and illegal drug users can get rehab to quit their habit numerous times at the expense of the public taxpayer, while no money is collected on these prod ucts, except for the pharmaceutical manufacturers and retailers for prescription s. WHY are cigarettes legal and highly taxed but the smokers unable to get into rehab to quit and get good counselling since staying at home and quitting on one's own is impo ssible. Children still suffer in second 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 ma rijuana can be smoked in rental units but not ordinary cigarettes, the fumes ent er the hallways and other apartments where there are children and people with me dical problems. When the marijuana users move the units do not get fumigated to the point of replacing the walls, ceilings and floors that have absorbed the smo ke. There is something dangerously wrong with government thinking, they want the money from taxes and can do so legally with the cigarette smoker but flatly ref use to assist them to quit and they are the cause of the problem by not making i t illegal. Tobacco used in native ceremonies should be accounted for and not sol d to the people for personal use. This is their culture and should be respected. Then all of the Canadian population would be equal.
dsm
you know to me any grap hic packaging will not stop the smokers, they are addicted and looking at a pict ure on packages wont change their mind.smoking is the most digusting habit, if t he smokers only knew how bad they smell, but i guess even that doesnt matter, pr obably have to die to the point, oh then its too late. wake up smokers, why do y ou think its banned in all public places now.
bikerborz
I smoked for 20 years, a nd am now almost 5 years quit. During the time I was smoking, the gov't INTRODUCED these graph ic warning packages. We smokers just tuned 'em out. It doesn't have any effect whatsoever. The gov't should save its money and just collect the taxes. On the subject of how to get people to quit, a pers on has to WANT to quit, and no gov't is going to easily change a person's mind.
Gummiente
@DJKoop: Make ciga rettes illegal and thereby force people to quit…. uh, yeah. That'll work. Just like it did for marijuana and other drugs. Hellooooooo…?
Slewhigh Yendick
The government is in total control of this produc t.. They decide at any time to change the label ,, and yet they simoly CANNOT la bel our foods that containn genetically modified organisms !!!!..Has Obama quit smoking yet??
I Wonder
This is just a waste of tax dollars, if this much effort was put into curing drug addicts that would be more commendable.Smokers have los t ALL their constitutional 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 manufacturer s to remove the deadly contents of their product.Personally I don't believe any of the claims due to the fact that many 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 leave peoples personal life choices alone.Smoking doesn't kill BUT drugs s ure do!!!
LorraineH
In Quebec the government has found millions of dollars to he lp women get pregnant through IVF at $15,000 a try and will pay for 3 tries. Thi s is for all Quebec women regardless of their financial status.
Why don't they find some money to set up free bilingual smoke cessation clinics where smokers could get help w ith their addiction along with the tools necessary, ie Nicorettes, patches, et c. to help them stop.
Smokers can be a drain on Medicare as are those who live u nhealthy life-styles and suffer from, among other things, obesity, high blood pr essure, diabetes, high cholesterol, heart problems, etc. but, with holier than t hou attitudes, don't smoke so feel quite righteous.
Additionally, cigarettes are a cash cow an d continue to generate a lot of tax money which the Government is unwilling to g ive up.
As for banning smoking, prohibition didn't work so well in the US except for the money made by Canadian Whiskey Barons who continued, throughout Prohibition, to provi de Americans with their drink of choice. This time the Americans would be the be neficiaries as cheaper cigarettes would follow the same route as illegal whiskey did and we would be greatly helping their economy.
Our Government has no intent ion of banning smoking – they really want to continue increasing the price of legal cigarettes and stop the sale of illegal cigarettes. This would not be for the good of the smoker, but because they are not generating any tax money on illegal cigarettes.
River
Compare the addiction to that of a dehydrated person with a glass of wate r just out of their reach.
David Siemens
Fighting tobacco use is like trench war fare in WW1. Back and forth goes the battle with thousands dead after each attac k. Cigarette smoking is lethal, deadly, toxic, destructive and those that smoke are continually impaired. The anti-smoking campaign is the greatest single achie vment of our society in the past 50 years.What part of the tobacco industry do y ou want to protect, and why?
Anthony
An unending cigarette label soup opera, tha t has been going on for decades, using taxpayers money. If nothing else, it keep s politicians busy to justify their large salaries and even larger pensions. Je would have been far easier, had they made production and sale of cigarettes ille gal in Canada, but do not forget – collecting all those taxes must have put a grin on any seas oned 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 a nd change to a more life friendly product.
KC Bby
It's your friends that will get you addicted to substances. The addiction rarely comes from some sleazy death merchant at a corner store. And speaking of sleaze, why does London Drugs peddle prescription medication on one side of their store and on the other side they sell cigarettes ?
Reece
@Romz – - “What confuses me is why doesn't government just ban smoking altogether? If its so harmful and a leading cause of death. If the goal is to prevent smoking why not eliminate it all toge ther?” – - – I reside in Vancouver and Mexico. Would you like to know what its like to live under the consequences of proh ibition? Go visit Ciudad Juarez for just a day. The war on drugs is a complete f ailure and everybody from the president on down to the freshly minted lawyer are all aware of 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 celebration down main street. We all realize that making anything ille gal only creates wealth for the terrorists, cartels, lawyers, etc. Maybe you liv e on a white picket fenced suite and walk to work at the ice cream shop everyday . En route to your shop you say hello to Andy, Opie and lets not forget Deputy B arney Fife….oh, what a character 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 Juarez? Oh yeah, you dont get to experience that in Mayberry. So, to answ er your question, the reason that govts dont ban such a harmful product is becau se 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 h ave been marginalized, isolated, condemned, banned to the street, legislated, ta xed and punished under the banner of protecting health. In Ontario, they're not even allowed t o have a roof over their heads when they go outside to smoke. Allowing them a li ttle creature comfort apparently might encourage their disgusting habit. Smokers are not criminals, they are victims of an insidious industry that managed to ge t them hooked on a poisonous product. If we treated drug addicts, alcoholics or people with AIDS in the same manner then the human rights advocates would justif iably be screaming bloody murder. Nicotine addiction is not a character flaw. Je is a physical and mental addiction every bit as real as an addiction to heroin and just as difficult to overcome. Instead of printing stupid pictures on packag es and punishing smokers with crippling taxes, our governments should be offerin g real help to quit by providing proven effective smoking cessation products and extensive support programs at no cost. The punitive approach is not only ineffe ctive, it is inhumane. There seems to be plenty of money to bail out tobacco far mers who have been complicit in supplying their poison to the market so how abou t a few dollars and a little compassion to provide real help to their victims?
Amir
maybe the federal governement should stop being hypocrite and ban sale of so cially acceptable drugs like tobacco,alcohol,pain killers,prosac etc
Norm Winni peg
Maybe the government should introduce “Cigarette Registration”. They kill more people than guns. (just ta kes longer) All users must be registered and show a photo ID card to obtain a pack. Based on an annual physical, Smoker's Permits could be revoked. It is a federal offense for me to hand my gun to a non licensed person. Apply the same to smokers! Or ju st ban them completely.
Intelligent Liberal
Kids laugh at the warnings and think they are cool. Worst thing is the government plans to put the picture of a dece ased anti-smoking 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. T he government 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 stop ped using e-cis as well. 1yr on Jan 4th. The gov could of looked into getting re sale rights for ecigs and making their own e-liquid. They collect the tax on it, you use a product that you can trust more then china-branded liquids, and you s top smoking those cancer sticks. Everyone wins.
Franco
Anything that helps to st op people from smoking is a good idea. Anyone defending the right to smoke is ju st nuts. Maybe the Gov should just ban it since most people do not smoke anyway and would stop any new smokers.
Simon Blastock
First of all, I am a smoker and i n agreement with others, a bigger warning is not going to change my choice to sm oke or not, really I have read the so-called effects of smoking and have them me morized by now. There are people dying of cancer everywhere and the government s ays 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 gasolin e/diesel engine spews out has something to do with this? Wake up people and star t 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 i ts not going to stop people from smoking . weeds illegal but that doesnt stop pe ople from smokeing that now does it .. so i think they should make new lables be cause if they cant stop people from doing it they might aswell make everyone awa re of the Consequences that you risk by smokeing .
RK in MB
Did no one in the go vernment think that all this publicity both positive and negative might push smo kers 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.
Mikrofón
When 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.
What a waste of time and money. 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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