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EU anti-smoking campaign
By: SHL Date: July 29, 2019, 1:51 pm
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I don’t know if they do this in every EU country, but I know
Germany does.
Can you imagine labeling like this on a pack of US cigarettes?
Woah. The cigarette companies would be up in arms.
Glad I never smoked in my whole life. But still. My goodness.
The German packages have pictures of tongues with cancerous
tumors on them, and one has a photo of a healthy set of lungs
alongside one that looked like it got napalmed.
I think this is from a pack of cigarettes from the Czech
Republic, so Nikola can help with the translation. I’m not sure
what the package says, but it probably says something like „If
you smoke, I hope you’ve made your will out.“
Dang, this is intense!
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Re: EU anti-smoking campaign
By: Nikola Date: July 29, 2019, 2:01 pm
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It says "with your smoke, you're harming your children, family
and friends". As a smoker, I am familiar with these. Some
smokers are very cynical about these warnings and you might hear
them ask for a specific one at the shop. I've heard a lady say
"oh no, not the one with the tumour. Do you have one with
infertility, please?"
I think they're used across the EU but the amount of packaging
they cover may vary. I think I saw them almost entirely covered
in the UK (to the extent you're not sure which brand you're
buying).
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Re: EU anti-smoking campaign
By: SHL Date: July 29, 2019, 2:23 pm
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[quote author=Nikola link=topic=1285.msg18750#msg18750
date=1564426877]
It says "with your smoke, you're harming your children, family
and friends". As a smoker, I am familiar with these. Some
smokers are very cynical about these warnings and you might hear
them ask for a specific one at the shop. I've heard a lady say
"oh no, not the one with the tumour. Do you have one with
infertility, please?"
I think they're used across the EU but the amount of packaging
they cover may vary. I think I saw them almost entirely covered
in the UK (to the extent you're not sure which brand you're
buying).
[/quote]
Thanks for the translation, Nikola. I was wondering what it
said.
I went to a birthday party this week in Germany and this guy had
just gotten back from the Czech Republic and he had that lying
on the table and I thought, „Well that’s a new one.“ So, I took
a photo. But, the photo here is a bit of an exaggeration. That’s
a young guy in the picture and it usually takes years of smoking
to turn your lungs to toast. It’s not likely some guy in his 20s
is going to end up like that from smoking. At age 50+ sure,
you’re asking for trouble. But not at age 28.
Yeah there’s a variety of warnings on cigarette packages over
here, but everyone told me most people just ignore them. There‘s
one in Germany I’m pretty sure seen somewhere (not ever having
been a smoker I don’t have any experience with buying them, just
seeing them in the supermarkets). One has a warning that goes
like, „Smoking causes erectile dysfunction“ and has a picture of
a wet noodle on it. That should get the guys attention! :)
The US, I believe, started with wimpy warnings on cigarettes in
1964 like „The Surgeon General has determined that cigarette
smoking may be hazardous to your health.“ That was about it and
no one paid any attention to it at all. Like the „may be“
language.
Germany had no warnings at all as I recall back in 1980 on
cigarettes. Everyone around me smoked so I saw the packages and
I’m pretty sure there was nothing there. Now, in the States,
there are no pictures on cigarette packages, but somewhat
better warnings, like:
„Smoking causes cancer“, or things like that. Some packages say
„Smoking causes heath disease.“ (My younger sister still smokes
so I see her packages. It would be interesting to see what
people would say in the States with the European warnings.
And, back then, they didn‘t even put ingredient labels on food
products. Working in a supermarket back then, I‘ll never forget
being a little amazed by that, because we always had ingredients
put on packaged foods. I remember I bought a package of potatoes
chips back then and thought „Hum, let‘s see what’s in these“.
And nope. Nothing there.
Oh, and Nikola, does the language before the website say
something like, „If you want help stopping smoking contact this
or that website...?“
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Re: EU anti-smoking campaign
By: Nikola Date: July 29, 2019, 4:19 pm
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[quote author=SHL link=topic=1285.msg18751#msg18751
date=1564428204]
Oh, and Nikola, does the language before the website say
something like, „If you want help stopping smoking contact this
or that website...?“
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It just says "how to stop smoking".
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