Do Fag packets in Australia and the states have those harsh medical warnings?

[Herr Lipp]

out of interest.

[bags]

We have 6 warnings that cover 25% of the front of the packet.

SMOKING CAUSES LUNG CANCER
SMOKING IS ADDICTIVE
SMOKING KILLS
SMOKING CAUSES HEART DISEASE
SMOKING WHEN PREGNANT HARMS YOUR BABY
YOUR SMOKING CAN HARM OTHERS

From March 2006 there will be 14 different warnings with graphic images covering front (30%) and back (90%).

WHY DID I JUST LOOK THIS UP. CUBYE

[Herr Lipp]

90%!!!! thats a bit drastic, innit? Meh.

[Static Split Screen]

In America:

Quitting Smoking Now Greatly Reduces Serious Risks to Your Health.

Cigarette Smoke Contains Carbon Monoxide.

Smoking by Pregnant Women May Result in Fetal Injury, Premature Birth and Low Birth Weight.

Smoking Causes Lung Cancer, Heart Disease, Emphysema, and May Complicate Pregnancy.

[Static Split Screen]

I love how the UK packages say stuff like SMOKING KILLS and SMOKING REDUCES FERTILITY. How blunt.

[Herr Lipp]

Britain must be the only country to have this beauty:

Smoking damages sperm and can lead to impotency.

Cheers for that!

[Barbara]

Originally posted by Static Split Screen


Cigarette Smoke Contains Carbon Monoxide.

Smoking Causes Lung Cancer, Heart Disease, Emphysema, and May Complicate Pregnancy.



isn't it weird how much stuff one warning covers and the other one just lists a vaguely ominous ingredient that cigarettes contain?

[Narcissistic Nihilist]

You want to order those stickers on the net that match the font and size exactly and say stuff like "Who wants to die old anyway?" and "Smokers are less boring people"

[Narcissistic Nihilist]

http://www.fakefags.co.uk/stickers.asp

[Herr Lipp]

Yeah I saw those, pretty funny.

"Smoking makes you look cool"

[Narcissistic Nihilist]

"The best thing is, each packet has a different Surgeon General's warning. Mine say: "Warning! Smoking may cause fetal injury or premature birth". Fuck it, found my brand! Just dont get the ones that say lung cancer on ya know? Shop around! Yeah, give me a carton of low birth-weights. What the fuck do I care?"

[Herr Lipp]

dont recognise that quote.

have you got a job yet?

[Narcissistic Nihilist]

Originally posted by Walter Sopchak
dont recognise that quote.

have you got a job yet?
it was Bill Hicks.

and thankfully, no.

[Herr Lipp]

Originally posted by Narcissistic Nihilist
it was Bill Hicks.


crap, I love the Hickster. sadly ive only seen two shows and one documentary.

[vordabois]

For the past few years, Philip Morris has been required to do "public service" by spending a certain amount of their advertising budget on anti-smoking ads. Funny thing is, the crap they make for anti-smoking is so half-ass that it's almost comical. You watch one of those thetruth.com commercials and you pretty much put your head between your legs and kiss your ass goodbye, but those Philip Morris ones are just like "Mikey, don't smoke! It's baaaad for you!"

[Barbara]

who the hell funds "the truth" advertisements anyway? is it like a private organization bent on reducing cancer and saving lives by filling smokers with fear and doubt? And where would such an organization get their money? I mean shit, everything that makes money in the U.S. has to cause at least a little cancer and death, it's in our constitution or something.

[Kelly Kapowski]

Originally posted by Walter Sopchak
Britain must be the only country to have this beauty:

Smoking damages sperm and can lead to impotency.

Cheers for that!
once, i was with irish john and we saw my friend Nart who is this pretend squatter punk kid, and irish john ripped that warning off his bensons and gave it to Nart because Nart liked it, SIGH.


Kate and i bought a pack in Montreal a long time ago that had some dude with a respiratory mask on or something, and he was attempting to breathe and it was horrific and laughable all at the same time.

[vordabois]

Originally posted by Barbara
who the hell funds "the truth" advertisements anyway? is it like a private organization bent on reducing cancer and saving lives by filling smokers with fear and doubt? And where would such an organization get their money? I mean shit, everything that makes money in the U.S. has to cause at least a little cancer and death, it's in our constitution or something.

These people fund them:

http://www.americanlegacy.org/americanlegacy/skins/alf/home.aspx

"The American Legacy Foundation" was established in March 1999 as a result of the Master Settlement Agreement (MSA) between a coalition of attorneys general in 46 states and five U.S. territories and the tobacco industry, and is funded primarily by payments designated by the settlement."

What's the Master Settlement Agreement (MSA)?

"The Master Settlement Agreement (MSA) is an agreement signed in November 1998 by the attorneys general in 46 states and five U.S. territories and the tobacco industry. (It) resolved lawsuits filed by the attorneys general against the tobacco industry and provided funds to the states to compensate them for taxpayer money that was spent on patients and family members with tobacco-related diseases."

Every container of cigarettes and all cigarette publicity material carry warnings that it's hazardous to your health. Just about everyone knows that it's addictive. These are facts that TheTruth.com ads hammer into your skull, but while they wrap themselves in the holy and honorable carcasses of a million tarred up lungs, they represent the scary idea that people are too stupid for their own good.

[Barbara]

Originally posted by vordabois
These people fund them:

http://www.americanlegacy.org/americanlegacy/skins/alf/home.aspx

"These are facts that TheTruth.com ads hammer into your skull, but while they wrap themselves in the holy and honorable carcasses of a million tarred up lungs, they represent the scary idea that people are too stupid for their own good."

Right on, I've always felt the anti-smoking/drinking/drug stuff on TV kind of misses the point. I first learned when I was a small child, long before I ever took my first puff/sip/snort of anything; that tobacco, alcohol and drugs are bad for you. It wasn't that I was too stupid to retain that information and understand the meaning of it, it's just that I didn't expect to grow up and realize life sucks so bad that cancer and lung disease seem unimportant compared to curbing boredom and feeding addiction :cry:

[Kinbote]

Also, smoking really does make you look cooler.

[Kelly Kapowski]

i was addicted to cigarettes before i even tried one.

[Kinbote]

I planned to start smoking years before I actually did.

God! I remember all that bullshit in, like, fifth grade health class about how you have to TRY to become a smoker because when you start your lungs and your throat are so torn and battered when you begin that it's a monumental effort and it's your body sending you a message and all sorts of nonsense. Ha! My first cigarette was smooth and delicious and a pure joy.

[Kelly Kapowski]

Mine wasn't, but i still had a great time anyway.

[Kinbote]

Tobacco poser!

[Kelly Kapowski]

fuck you, i have asthma, and my lungs don't work so well! walk two moons in my moccasins, bitch, walk two moons.

[Kinbote]

I know someone with asthma AND chronic bronchitis and she still smokes more than I could ever dream to smoke! I challenge you to dream - dare to dream, damn you. Spread those smoke wings and soar to the nicotine-yellow horizon.

[Intern Kate]

you know how much a pack cost in Carolina? 2.97. two effing dollars, and 97 effing cents!

Bailey, will you at least smoke with me when we're at school? sometimes?

[NeonJesus]

Wow, mine cost around $10!

[Herr Lipp]

My Dad drives all the way to Belgium to get his baccy! (we live in England) He sells it though heh heh, a pretty decent little bootlegging scam, as each person who goes abroad can bring 3kg of rolling tobacco back with them. He doesnt smoke anymore, but dont tell HM Customs & Excise that.

This is why though: 50g of rolling tobacco costs £3.50 in Belgium, but £9.50 in England!!! What teh fuck that's ALL tax man. And they wonder why people bootleg, motherfuckers.

[Kris Klam]

I only smoke when I'm out drinking with friends. It's weird, I don't crave for cigarettes anymore. I can go days without them.

[Herr Lipp]

Yeah I think you either become "addicted" to fags or just are bored at certain occasions (waiting for teh bus, at the pub). I am teh latter, my average fag count is only....2 a day. sometimes less. I still end up buying about 20 fags a week though, for joint purposes.

[Kris Klam]

"ain't no nigga like me, fuck jay-z, he broke and i smoke daily"- 2pac

Yeah, cigarettes are too expensive for me to be addicted to these days.

[Herr Lipp]

word. but belgium is very good where taxes are concerned. must be an underhand deal with the government and funeral companies or something.

[Divine]

i smoke 2 packs a day and i smoke Djarum Cherry's and they are $5.92 a pack or $52 and some change a carton. They're clove cigarettes and quite lovely, I might add. The store doesn't always have them, cause I'm probably the only person who buys them. When they don't, I go for Camel Reds. $34 carton.

[Divine]

oh, and i do buy the occasional pack of virginia slim super slims for fun.

(i kept typing slum over and over. my typing is going to shit.)

[Herr Lipp]

what are clove fags?

we have menthol fags (nice in a joint) and herbal tobacco. one of them?

[Kris Klam]

They raised the price of Marbolo Lights to 4 euro here. When I first moved here they were 3.20!

Even more reason not to smoke.

[Kelly Kapowski]

Originally posted by UncleLester
I know someone with asthma AND chronic bronchitis and she still smokes more than I could ever dream to smoke! I challenge you to dream - dare to dream, damn you. Spread those smoke wings and soar to the nicotine-yellow horizon.
i was talking about the first cigarette i ever had! did you ask her HER experience with her first cigarette?? DID YOU??????????????\


KATE, i'll try my hardest to smoke more, i promise!

[Dovecoat]

Bumping this one coz it's actually interesting (and Vampiro Erotico is nowhere to be found).

[Kris Klam]

I think it's interesting that alcohol and cigarette companies are the only types of industries (to my knowledge) that have to fund efforts to get people to stop buying their products. How many people are buying these things these days with the thought that it's going to be beneficial or not have any effect on them at all? I personally think it's stupid. If you're going to do this, then you might as well stick similar stickers on fatty foods and things of that nature.

[kirstylee]

This is why though: 50g of rolling tobacco costs £3.50 in Belgium, but £9.50 in England!!! What teh fuck that's ALL tax man. And they wonder why people bootleg, motherfuckers.

indeed!

my Nana made me do that with fags and vodka when I came back from Bulgaria lol good times.

[Dovecoat]

How many people are buying these things these days with the thought that it's going to be beneficial or not have any effect on them at all? I personally think it's stupid. If you're going to do this, then you might as well stick similar stickers on fatty foods and things of that nature.

Yeah, I've never really understood it. You mean inhaling smoke with god knows what chemicals is *bad* for me? You don't say, oh wise public service announcement! :rolleyes:

I don't think anyone starts using cigarettes, alcohol, or any drug (sans maybe a few crazy pot smokers) thinking it's gonna be the best thing ever for their health. But eating shit food isn't good for your health either, nor is using most hair products, or sitting in front of a computer. Especially shit food... it causes, collectively, more health problems than cigarettes, I'd imagine.

Also, does anyone remember the Truth commercial a couple years back where they decided to get the point across of how dangerous cigarettes are by putting a caged dog in the middle of a public square and having people beat the cage with a pole to piss the dog off? Yeah... that was the moment I started HATING them, and all their commercials (even when cruelty isn't involved) are gimmicky bullshit.

And cigarettes do really make people look cooler.

[rogaine]

i used to think cigarettes made people look cooler (until i was like 19, even!) but i don't AT ALL anymore. i think they look stupid. DO YOU HEAR ME?

[milpool]

i think YOU look stupid );

i'm currently half assedly trying to quit. mostly to save money and stop coughing like a bastard on nights when i've smoked too much that day. but damn, i love smoking.

[rogaine]

:( i think you're cool, god

[milpool]

i dont really think you look stupid, beeb.

[rogaine]

whew, let's never fight again!

[milpool]

ok! :loveing:

[PLEASE DON'T STEP ON ME]

haha wow. We were actually talking about this the other day, a friend came back from holidaying in the States, and his cigarette packet had some warning about 'Smoking may cause impotence' with a droopy cigarette picture, and it was hilarious.

They're very full on with the anti-smoking crap here these days. We have these graphic ads of people getting cut open and showing the insides of their lungs and stuff.

http://lloydi.com/travel-writing/round-the-world-trip/country/10-singapore/images/cigarette-warnings.jpg

It's fucked up, you go to watch a movie or something, and you get bombarded with this disgusting ad showing some dudes brain getting sliced open or something similar. WTF, I don't smoke anyway, I don't want to see that shit.

[Niall<3]

I didn't know you smoked, Megan. You're so much cooler to me now!
My grandmother let us have drags of her cigarette starting at age 10 or so. My grandfather and her started smoking at a ridiculously young age. I remembered loving it, but not digging the menthol taste. I didn't start smoking regularly till 13.

ps can i just say that i love the term "fag packet".

[Jackal]

Young and smoking looks cool and sexy,
old and smoking looks sick and stupid.

[tender branson]

SURGEON GENERAL'S WARNING: Smoking By Pregnant Woman May Result In Fetal Injury, Premature Birth, And Low Birth Weight.

[Liam-M]

i was smoking on saturday night... in a social smoker, but only have been since moving to france, as its a good way to socialise =(

i smoked menthol ones on saturday, they were longer than superking sized ones but rather thin.

[milpool]

yeah i switch between reg smokes and menthol 100s. its weird when you dont smoke menthols for a while and then when you do, its like smokin' a halls. deeeelicious.

i just cant commit to quitting right now );

[Herr Lipp]

ps can i just say that i love the term "fag packet".

ha

[Sandra]

You want to order those stickers on the net that match the font and size exactly and say stuff like "Who wants to die old anyway?" and "Smokers are less boring people"

Donatella Versace has these custom-made stickers with her logo on them that she has her staff put over the warning on her packs of cigarettes before they reach her hands.