If the government thinks some pictures of a corpses is going to scare a smoker from smoking, then they’re really naive. How old are these bureaucrats? Seven?If you’re a smoker you’re gonna light up regardless if a pack of cigarettes is covered with maggots. That’s the nature of addiction.
CBS News reports can the federal government scare cigarette smokers into stopping with a new campaign of horrific images to be placed on cigarette packages?
They're certainly going to try.
Images of corpses, cancer patients, and diseased lungs are just some of whats in store in graphic new warning labels.
The images are part of a new visual campaign announced by the Food and Drug Administration and the Department of Health and Human Services on Wednesday to reduce tobacco use, the Associated Press reports, which is responsible for about 443,000 deaths per year.
The new prevention plan is part of the law passed in June 2009 giving the FDA authority to regulate tobacco, including marketing and labeling guidelines, banning certain products and limiting nicotine. The law doesn't let the FDA ban nicotine or tobacco entirely.
"Today, FDA takes a crucial step toward reducing the tremendous toll of illness and death caused by tobacco use by proposing to dramatically change how cigarette packages and advertising look in this country," FDA Commissioner Margaret Hamburg said in a news release.
"The health consequences of smoking will be obvious every time someone picks up a pack of cigarettes."
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Question: If smoking is so terrible, why is it still legal?
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