04-12-2012, 12:10 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Waterloo, Ontario
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New Labels for Cigarette and Cigar packs (Warning ugly pictures for queasy stomachs)
Last edited by photon; 04-13-2012 at 12:56 PM.
Reason: Extra spoilers wouldn't hurt..
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04-12-2012, 12:12 PM
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#2
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Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: Sylvan Lake
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Originally Posted by Cheese
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this totally reminds me of a girl I picked up in Winnipeg
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04-12-2012, 12:17 PM
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#3
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anyone else up for a trip to flavour country?
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04-12-2012, 01:10 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: Otnorot
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I don't think I'll ever eat blue cheese again.
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04-12-2012, 01:49 PM
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Lifetime Suspension
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Good thing i already finished my sandwich.... yeesh put some spoiler tags around that crap.
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04-12-2012, 10:51 PM
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Powerplay Quarterback
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: In the cut, in the cut
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Originally Posted by undercoverbrother
this totally reminds me of a girl I picked up in Winnipeg
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and undercoverbrother is on the left.
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04-12-2012, 11:09 PM
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#8
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Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: blow me
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I'm so glad I quit that disgusting habit. When the bars went non-smoking, in Calgary, that helped a ton!
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04-13-2012, 12:40 AM
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#1 Goaltender
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I don't see how these are supposed to turn off smokers. If you're already addicted you'll still buy them. The same philosophy could be applied to anything. How would you like to buy a Mars bar and see a picture of Rita McNeil on it?
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04-13-2012, 01:26 AM
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Lifetime Suspension
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: On my metal monster.
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I second the spoiler tags sentiment. Hot damn.
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04-13-2012, 01:58 AM
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Okotoks
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Originally Posted by saskflames96
I don't see how these are supposed to turn off smokers. If you're already addicted you'll still buy them. The same philosophy could be applied to anything. How would you like to buy a Mars bar and see a picture of Rita McNeil on it?
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Do you think it may deter people who havent started smoking yet? That gross picture may make some 16 year kid from Sask trying to fit in with his 'crew' think twice about smoking.
And to your horrible Mars bar analogy, in the States, kids Happy Meals from McD's have a disclaimer that eating the fries may cause cancer. Does that make you think twice about maybe not stuffing your obese mouth full of fries?
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04-13-2012, 05:18 AM
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First Line Centre
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I think the spoiler tag is pretty much implied by the title.
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04-13-2012, 12:07 PM
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#1 Goaltender
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Originally Posted by cKy
Do you think it may deter people who havent started smoking yet? That gross picture may make some 16 year kid from Sask trying to fit in with his 'crew' think twice about smoking.
And to your horrible Mars bar analogy, in the States, kids Happy Meals from McD's have a disclaimer that eating the fries may cause cancer. Does that make you think twice about maybe not stuffing your obese mouth full of fries?
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For the record bud, I don't smoke. It's disgusting. I have a couple of friends that do and they just ignore the warnings, which is why I don't see how these are supposed to turn away people who are already addicted.
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04-13-2012, 12:17 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2012
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When I worked in retail liquor in BC (where you gotta sell smokes), people would always request packs without certain of the pictures (the stillborn and the lung being the most requested to be avoided). So maybe if they put the most vile things on there possible maybe it could actually work.
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04-13-2012, 12:36 PM
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Originally Posted by Senator Clay Davis
When I worked in retail liquor in BC (where you gotta sell smokes), people would always request packs without certain of the pictures (the stillborn and the lung being the most requested to be avoided). So maybe if they put the most vile things on there possible maybe it could actually work.
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I guess so, but did you notice any actual decrease in people buying cigarettes due to the graphic images?
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04-13-2012, 12:41 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Vancouver
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Quote:
Originally Posted by saskflames96
I don't see how these are supposed to turn off smokers. If you're already addicted you'll still buy them. The same philosophy could be applied to anything. How would you like to buy a Mars bar and see a picture of Rita McNeil on it?
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I think the more shame you put on people, and the more inconvenient you make the habit, the more people there are that will kick the habit.
Addiction doesn't have to be the end of the line. People can quit (I'm an ex-smoker myself, and making smoking "uncool" was a motivating factor for quitting).
(The Rita McNeil thing is funny though, and it's a reasonable point. Maybe we should use the same tactics to fight obesity. It's a huge problem just like smoking).
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04-13-2012, 12:46 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: Maryland State House, Annapolis
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Originally Posted by saskflames96
I guess so, but did you notice any actual decrease in people buying cigarettes due to the graphic images?
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Oh definetely not. I just kinda found it funny. If people are so grossed out by the pack, why not tape another sticker over it?
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04-13-2012, 12:54 PM
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evil of fart
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Originally Posted by flamesaddiction
i think the more shame you put on people, and the more inconvenient you make the habit, the more people there are that will kick the habit.
Addiction doesn't have to be the end of the line. People can quit (i'm an ex-smoker myself, and making smoking "uncool" was a motivating factor for quitting).
(the eata bigmeal thing is funny though, and it's a reasonable point. Maybe we should use the same tactics to fight obesity. It's a huge problem just like smoking).
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04-13-2012, 12:57 PM
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The new goggles also do nothing.
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Calgary
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Extra spoiler tags for the images certainly won't hurt, added.
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04-13-2012, 02:17 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Waterloo, Ontario
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^^^boooooooooooooo...they wont have spoiler tags on them in the stores!
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