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2013-02-27 10:35 8800938 Anonymous (cigboxes.jpg 563x450 43kB)
How are cigarette warnings portrayed in your country?

1 min later 8800975 Anonymous (dts_image_5664_fogfpfskar[1].jpg 600x401 18kB)
>>8800938 no pics, just a warning text

2 min later 8800995 Anonymous
>>8800975 this

3 min later 8801014 Anonymous
>Those eyes Does cigarrete smoking make me aryan master race?

4 min later 8801016 Anonymous (Marlboro.jpg 350x339 25kB)
>>8800975 Pretty much this.

5 min later 8801051 Anonymous (Untitled.jpg 408x194 34kB)
It's typically one of these 2. There is a third one about fertility, but I can't find it. We tried time and time again to get pictures of gore and shit, but we have a big tobacco lobby comprised of farmers, Indians and Big Tobacco trying to make sure that the labels stay the same.

5 min later 8801063 Anonymous
>>8800938 So by smoking enough cigarettes you can become a Brit? I no longer feel unique.

6 min later 8801070 Anonymous (image42.jpg 960x720 307kB)
Jizz

7 min later 8801099 Anonymous (rokok.jpg 320x240 26kB)


7 min later 8801107 Anonymous
>smoking ciggarettes >Canada

9 min later 8801152 Anonymous
>>8801099 What the fuck? They thought it would be a good idea to put dead babbys on a pack of cigarettes? What the fucking shit?

9 min later 8801168 Anonymous
>>8801099 That's hardcore Malaysia.

10 min later 8801173 Anonymous
They should put pictures of diabetics having their legs hacked off on packs of sugar too if tobacco companies have to do this

12 min later 8801227 Anonymous (Sweetnlow.png 479x272 38kB)
>>8801173 I really see no reason to go further then a small text warning. Pic is what we did when we thought sweet n low caused cancer. This lable was removed somewhere around the turn of the century..

15 min later 8801323 Anonymous
>>8801227 Dude. I saw that at the fire company I work for. Those decade-old sweet n low packets are still sitting in the kitchen of the fire house. I guess people prefer Equal.

18 min later 8801401 Anonymous (25092010284252522.jpg 640x821 50kB)
Like this

20 min later 8801429 Anonymous
>>8801168 The tax for cigarettes is pretty hardcore too >>8801173 Funny, I think this would be useful for us. People have been buying too much of it for daily intake and our country once ran out of sugar.

21 min later 8801461 Anonymous
Do we need warnings at this point? Is there really anyone in the developed world who doesn't know Cigarettes cause cancer?

21 min later 8801470 Anonymous (tabaco2.jpg 365x283 98kB)
Other one

23 min later 8801539 Anonymous (foto_no_exif(1).jpg 3552x2000 2326kB)
>>8801227 I just happen to have decade old sweet n low and filtered cigars on me.

24 min later 8801568 Anonymous (2011_09_22_0324_1316719490_original.jpg 864x576 91kB)
These and dead babies, green and rotten feet, penises with erectile dysfunction, etc.

25 min later 8801590 Anonymous
>>8801461 Oh, cigarette consumption has started to decrease... specialy since the tax increaced their price 350%

26 min later 8801619 Anonymous
>>8801568 Wait, an actual PENIS! God damn, that's hardcore as fuck. We just have basic text on ours, which is also sometimes colored to blend in with the package and be less noticeable.

26 min later 8801627 Anonymous (1632630.jpg 568x460 269kB)
>>8801568 I like the feet.

27 min later 8801658 Anonymous
Look at all these progressive countries with gore on their packs.

30 min later 8801733 Anonymous
>>8801658 It's because the USA grows tobacco. Where tobacco grows, there tends to be less regulations on labels. That's why Turkey, U.S., and China don't have much warnings. It would go against the intrusts of there people.

32 min later 8801787 Anonymous
>>8801733 No, it's because any idiot with half a brain knows smoking is bad for you. It doesn't require gore to teach one that.

34 min later 8801834 Anonymous (smoking powers.jpg 575x377 64kB)
>>8801470 fixed

35 min later 8801854 Anonymous
>>8801834 MY SIDES!

37 min later 8801884 Anonymous
>>8801834 10/10

38 min later 8801937 Anonymous (Plain-Packaging-Smoking.jpg 840x799 67kB)


38 min later 8801944 Anonymous (smoke3.jpg 600x426 84kB)
In Russia this year, all cigarette will be removed from display cases. Instead there will be lists of brands and prices.

40 min later 8801980 Anonymous
>>8801944 We have this system and it is pretty annoying.

41 min later 8802009 Anonymous
>>8801980 >>8801944 We've had that system for ages and now we have plain packaging, step it up

42 min later 8802022 Anonymous (cad9wuuw1zelw3mf783viajws.jpg 652x408 81kB)
The erectile dysfunction one is my favorite. lel

42 min later 8802024 Anonymous
>>8802009 Yeah, the UK is planning to do the same thing. The news often cites Australia for starting this trend.

42 min later 8802039 Anonymous
>>8802009 I haven't seen a printed list anywhere, it seems like people have to ask for the brand they want without anything to refer to

43 min later 8802041 Anonymous
>>8801152 Do you want to smoke now? Well, do you? You baby killer?

43 min later 8802046 Anonymous
>>8802024 So progressive.

43 min later 8802069 Anonymous
>>8802022 dat perigo

44 min later 8802090 Anonymous
>>8800975 I cut out those warning labels and keep them in my wallet. Is this Aspergers?

45 min later 8802093 Anonymous
>>8802009 >plain packaging But you guys are so close to China. Aren't you worried that you are going to end up smoking tobacco infused with tree leaves and rat shit from China? If the packaging is the same, there is no point of trying to imitate anything anymore. Enjoy your rat shit, Australia!

46 min later 8802123 Anonymous
>>8802022 It made me huehuehue.

46 min later 8802129 Anonymous
>>8802093 Well, there's still brand name on the package, and on the fags themselves, innit?

47 min later 8802132 Anonymous
I just found this looking for the images: SMOKING KILLED MY GRANDFATHER AND RAPED MY BROTHER SHORTLY AFTER PISSING IN THE EYE OF MY BABY!!! SMOKING IS BAD, MKAY!

47 min later 8802136 Anonymous (check_assburgers.png 350x472 194kB)
>>8802090 Yep.

47 min later 8802139 Anonymous
>>8801016 >your pharmacist can help you stop smoking >CONSUME, CONSUME, CONSUME

48 min later 8802150 Anonymous
>>8802129 Yes, as the picture clearly shows the Winfield brand, but I don't smoke and have asthma so I am happy by any measure that limits smoking, like how they banned smoking near shopping centres and outside cafes

48 min later 8802154 Anonymous
>>8802129 But it would still be easy to fake. Not to mention that branding is a manufacturer's right.

49 min later 8802170 Anonymous
>>8802093 >implying that smokers cannot tell the difference

51 min later 8802215 Anonymous
>>8802150 >banning smoking outside cafes I-is there anything you don't ban?

51 min later 8802223 Anonymous
>>8802170 There is literally no justifying it. It's just stupid and infringes on the tobacco company's rights to a free market.

52 min later 8802235 Anonymous
>>8802154 Not when your product kills people! You think people should be able to say whatever they want, even if it hurts other people's feelings!

52 min later 8802243 Anonymous
>>8802170 Don't even start. My friend once had some ukrainian or russian smuggled fags. When I bummed one off him, the horrible taste and unnatural strength almost made me cough out my lungs. Still, it was free, so it was a shame to not finish it.

53 min later 8802263 Anonymous
>>8802215 Democratic elections, unlike Malaysia

53 min later 8802275 Anonymous
>>8802223 >muh poor multi-billion-dollar tobacco companies might not make as much money in australia suck it up, not too hard of course, don't want to aggravate that nasty cough

55 min later 8802296 Anonymous
>>8802263 Snap

55 min later 8802301 Anonymous
>>8802223 Tobacco should be illegal, it's more harmful than drugs that are already banned in Australia and the excuse of personal liberties falls apart due to second hand smoke affecting people

57 min later 8802357 Anonymous
>>8802301 Banning doesn't do a damn thing. Cocaine is illegal where I live, but I could still buy some anyways. Plus, when you light up, most of the money goes to American corporations. So light up, Australia!

58 min later 8802370 Anonymous
>>8802301 Where does it end? Should alcohol be illegal too because drunk driving and chronic alcoholism affects people?

58 min later 8802373 Anonymous
>>8802263 >your compatriots elect nannies that ban everything >yay we are so free

58 min later 8802378 Anonymous
>>8801944 >>8801980 >>8802009 Most places don't even display prices or names, you just know what you want and you ask for it here.

58 min later 8802380 Anonymous
>>8802357 Most of the money goes to our government actually.

59 min later 8802391 Anonymous
>>8802370 Yes.

1 hours later 8802419 Anonymous
>>8802370 No.

1 hours later 8802420 Anonymous
>>8802301 Fuck off and die, you are expelled from the commonwealth, sent to a Penal colony (oh wait), executed, hanged, quatered, drenched in boiling oil and shot. tl;dr: >Guaranteed replies because I'm an australian shitposter with an extreme opinion

1 hours later 8802446 Anonymous
>>8802301 Oh no, we have enough shit with americans consuming coaine and weed, no thanks.

1 hours later 8802456 Anonymous
>>8802301 >ban anything that hurts people Haha man what a faggot

1 hours later 8802463 Anonymous
>>8802357 Not for banning them, just not in favour of smoking being allowed in public places due to known health risks caused by second hand smoking, that impacts on my life >>8802370 Of course not, just like we encourage responsible drinking we should encourage responsible smoking, smoke in your house or when no one is near you, not on the street or park around 20 other people

1 hours later 8802491 Anonymous
>>8802263 I think the opposition will win this year, Malaysian politics are party based which is weird shit yo. The FRU can be quite brutal though, sorry for that incident.

1 hours later 8802516 Anonymous
>>8802446 Relax, more mexicans will die smuggling fags to the USA. Less competition in the job market.

1 hours later 8802537 Anonymous
>>8802463 >spending government money telling people how to live their lives People actually think this is good?

1 hours later 8802539 Anonymous
>banning anything

1 hours later 8802540 Anonymous (PIIS0140673604176319.fx2.lrg.jpg 678x372 173kB)
>>8802357 You're too soft on crime. A large portion of china was addicted to opium and you know how they got rid of it? pic related Don't want your head blown off? Don't smoke.

1 hours later 8802564 Anonymous
>>8802463 Also since you people like to compare smoking and alcohol, in Australia as I am sure it is the same in the U.S. and UK, drinking in public is illegal, why shouldn't that apply for smoking as well

1 hours later 8802567 Anonymous
>>8802463 Eh, this could be, but I'm satisfied with how it is over here; can smoke anywhere except inside closed (public, of course) buildings.

1 hours later 8802605 Anonymous
>>8802540 >America >soft on drug crime >thinks smokers should be executed Australia #1 shitposter :D

1 hours later 8802629 Anonymous
>>8802567 inside buildings *

1 hours later 8802630 Anonymous
>>8802537 They already do this, government makes a fortune from taxes from alcohol and smoking and already ban it in clubs, pubs, cafes, shopping centres, inside and out, near bus stops, on train platforms, on beaches, drinking in public is a crime, drinking driving is a crime, list goes on

1 hours later 8802642 Anonymous
>>8802605 I'm completely serious. Forced labour and expedient executions are the answer to crime.

1 hours later 8802660 Anonymous
>>8802605 Don't mind him, his great grandpa was probably sent there for murdering somebody because he smoked near him. Hate runs in the family.

1 hours later 8802671 Anonymous
What about the TV ads?, meaty cigarettes are a common theme here. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AIyq cST29wQ

1 hours later 8802681 Anonymous
>>8802564 Banning public smoking is fine, but that guy said they should ban tobacco, which is different. see >>8802301

1 hours later 8802697 Anonymous
>>8802671 Banned, not allowed to advertise smoking on television

1 hours later 8802715 Anonymous
>>8802681 It was me, I slipped up, I meant smoking in public

1 hours later 8802720 Anonymous
>>8802681 >Banning public smoking is fine No it's not. I can understand saying you can't smoke within so many feet of a building, but outright banning it in public is stupid.

1 hours later 8802724 Anonymous
>>8802642 Whoa being that edgy is illegal in Australia, kiddo.

1 hours later 8802739 Anonymous
>>8802671 Tobacco companies actually like that TV ads are banned because the TV ad situation is a prisoner's dilemma where they end up wasting money trying to nullify the competitor's advantage.

1 hours later 8802746 Anonymous (photo_1861987_resize.jpg 600x319 56kB)
New cigarette warnings, there are many more than just these

1 hours later 8802768 Anonymous
>>8802720 Isn't it already the case for alcohol in the U.S.? Isn't public drunkenness a crime there? Isn't drink driving a crime there also? Are they not using taxpayer money to tell you how to live your life with these two examples

1 hours later 8802774 Anonymous
>>8802739 Exactly. Smokers choose brands by word of mouth, so companies don't need to spend lion share of income on advertisements.

1 hours later 8802780 Anonymous (1353559047822.jpg 256x352 17kB)
>>8802724 >lol so edgy rite guise Nice rebuttal clapper. >being a soft on crime lolbertarian >calling others children

1 hours later 8802816 Anonymous
>>8802768 isn't public drunkenness a crime anywhere?

1 hours later 8802817 Anonymous
>>8802780 >Being a totalist nanny state pseudo marxist faggot >Over 16 Grow up kiddo.

1 hours later 8802825 Anonymous
>>8802681 Fuck that shit. I'm switching to pipe tobacco.

1 hours later 8802826 Anonymous
>>8802540 Based China. Would be a good way to reduce health care costs.

1 hours later 8802837 Anonymous
>>8802816 Not in your house, just like where smoking should be done

1 hours later 8802853 Anonymous
>>8802837 why? what will I do when I'm out with people who I don't want to be with?

1 hours later 8802861 Anonymous
>>8802817 >a brit calling anyone that Your powers of perception and your hypocrisy never cease to amaze me.

1 hours later 8802877 Anonymous (surgeon-general-warning.gif 400x82 5kB)
Are we the only country left with basic text warnings?

1 hours later 8802886 Anonymous
>>8802780 >thinking drug users should be put do death >not edgy as fuck >clapper xDD le meme keep it coming

1 hours later 8802892 Anonymous
>>8802877 I kind of want the pictures though, weren't we supposed to get them?

1 hours later 8802909 Anonymous
>>8802877 That looks reasonable as fuck. No fore penises and dead babbys, just a little warning.

1 hours later 8802927 Anonymous
We should put pictures of disgusting fat people and open heart surgery on bags of chips. Pictures of people ground to pulp in car accidents on car hoods and doors. This is brilliant guys, we just fixed all the world's problems.

1 hours later 8802936 Anonymous
>>8802886 >look i said it again XD

1 hours later 8802978 Anonymous
>>8802892 Tobacco lobby stooped it. There really is no point of going above and beyond. I think that smokers have a right to kill themselves if they like. Text warnings are sufficient enough.

1 hours later 8803002 Anonymous
>>8802936 >expecting logic from a drug addled american child

1 hours later 8803022 Anonymous
>>8802936 Shouldn't you be in school?

1 hours later 8803075 Anonymous (images.jpg 199x254 13kB)
>this thread

1 hours later 8803077 Anonymous
>>8802681 Bit extreme though don't you think. I would not obey that law. I would not smoke two meters away from a crowd of people and force everyone to inhale my habit but I would not tolerate anyone forcing me to only smoke in my own home.

1 hours later 8803250 Anonymous
>>8803077 They already went too far when they banned it in bars and restaurants. That should be a decision by the owner, not the government.

1 hours later 8803360 Anonymous
>>8803250 Even in muh based Texas, fag Houston ruins everything for me ;~;

1 hours later 8803390 Anonymous
>>8803250 >They already went too far when they banned it in bars and restaurants. That should be a decision by the owner, not the government. I agree though i think it should be banned on public property. Infringing the rights of others in order to satiate your need for self-harm is not ok.

1 hours later 8803446 Anonymous
>>8803390 Only assholes would smoke around people in public. >it should be against the law to be an asshole It's not even enforceable. Fucking pointless.

1 hours later 8803564 Anonymous
>>8803446 Plenty of assholes in the world. It certainly should be against the law to infringe on the rights of others. Whether it's enforceable or not(it is to some degree) doesn't matter but resignation and defeatism certainly doesn't help.

2 hours later 8804627 Anonymous
In the U.S., we have small, hard to read text on our packs. I like it like that. The only thing I would like to add is it to show how much tar, nicotine, and carbon monoxide is in each cigarette. I'd really like to know.

2 hours later 8804799 Anonymous
I traveled to Germony before, and I thought the giant "don't smoke" thing was a bit crazy. I think everybody knows how bad they are from just a small text warning. Also, smoking doesn't make you go blind. What are these assholes talking about?

2 hours later 8804882 Anonymous
>>8804799 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/4 217010.stm

2 hours later 8804889 Anonymous
>>8800938 >smokeing makes you look like a britbong I'M SO FUCKING DONE!

2 hours later 8805004 Anonymous (cigarette.jpg 500x549 83kB)
Recently a law passed so that 75% of the package is now the warning.

3 hours later 8805089 Anonymous
>>8805004 But Canada! If you guys do that, our tobacco farmers make less monies! But then again, your government is paying the medical bill and wants to spend less.

3 hours later 8805411 Anonymous
>>8805089 Actually, a big tobacco lobby proved that high smoking rates cause less medical spending, due to their dying younger. I think this is when they were doing some consulting in Slovakia. Slovakia rejected their suggestions as monstrous.

4 hours later 8806697 Anonymous
>>8805411 So why would they want to discouraging it so much? Do they not like free markets?

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