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Article: Plain package cigarettes
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All cigarettes sold in Australia will be in identical, plain packages from Saturday in a world first after the government overcame legal challenges from the tobacco industry.
Under new laws which come into effect on December 1, all tobacco products must be sold in drab, olive-brown packets with expanded graphic health warnings which feature images such as gangrenous feet and mouth cancer.
Under new laws which come into effect on December 1, all tobacco products must be sold in drab, olive-brown packets with expanded graphic health warnings which feature images such as gangrenous feet and mouth cancer.
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Before this article I never even knew smoking causes gangrene.
The_Ogre
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I know what gangrene is
I'm surprised at the extend they're pushing this to. If someone wants to smoke, they'll smoke even if there's decaying corpses on the pack!
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I know what gangrene is
I'm surprised at the extend they're pushing this to. If someone wants to smoke, they'll smoke even if there's decaying corpses on the pack!
True, but you will think twice before starting and it will motivates the people who wants to stop.
You know if it was me I would have kept all those old packets since I heard of this law coming into effect and everytime I bought a pack of smokes I would take all the cigarettes out, put them all in the old packet and throw the new one away. If it was me.
Grant
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imagine the fun they could have with booze
DrJohnZoidberg
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They may be doing the tobacco companies a favour. They spend millions redesigning their packaging every 6 months or so and it is also probably cheaper to produce these boxes.
True, it's not like you're going to stare at the packet all day long.
I remember the packets in Egypt had some pretty nasty pictures on them, but after seeing the same bad pictures everywhere (the people there smoke A LOT) you get desensitised and don't even notice the picture/warning anymore.
Notwithstanding the people (according to the article) that don't believe smoking is bad for you, I'm pretty sure most people know this and have kind of accepted it. At the end of the day it is a choice you make.
DrJohnZoidberg
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There is going to be a massive boom in the market for cigarette holders/cases in Australia. Anybody want to start a business?
I imagine car accidents with bodies and body parts lying around and FAS babies.
In Singapore they have some really gruesome pics on the boxes. I recall thinking "shame, that person must be a whole load of pain" while sucking on a Marlboro...
FlatspinZA
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How about pictures of fat people on your KFC/McDonalds burger box?
It's going to be a bit of a bugger telling whose smokes are on the table.
It's going to be a bit of a bugger telling whose smokes are on the table.
The_Ogre
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Maybe they'll put a different colour gangrene foot on each brandIt's going to be a bit of a bugger telling whose smokes are on the table.
There's obviously still going to be a barcode on it and most likely a name next to it.It's going to be a bit of a bugger telling whose smokes are on the table.