How do you guys feel about the new cigarette labels that the FDA has approved for packages.
I think they've gone too graphic with the labels, however I dont think anything is going to deter a smoker from smoking unless it's the individuals decision to stop.
Article here.
OOO Moe used the word "deter" that a lil hot...
ReplyDeleteThis is what I think.... so we spent money on these images. I understand the concept of it, preventative medicine. Start trying to seek attention to some sort of planned medical disease in hopes for the mass to stop the usage before it starts.
Here is the problem- social smokers aren't really the ones that will be affected with the future diseases. It's the people that are CHRONIC users that will end up like the images. I don't really see a 25 year old girl going to buy cigarettes for the night to say "You know I shouldn't buy this, because Ima have a whole in my trachea if I smoke one cigarette every Saturday night"
Personally, I wish the government put more attention on the medicine that helps chronic users to cease their addiction- like Chantix. A medication that helps patients with tobacco usage. The medication isn't covered by any insurance and it costs up to 300 dollars a month for the starter kit. Personally, I think that's way too much money.
Finally I might actually have to agree with Besh here. She hit it on point.
ReplyDeleteAlso, wouldn't it be great if tabacco companies invested money into lung cancer and heart disease research? or McDonalds invested into obesity research? I know that's obscured, but they need to be held accountable for these problems.
Let's talk marketing . . .
ReplyDeleteTobacco is a billion dollar industry that happens to kill its most loyal consumers. Marketing is how you secure new consumers. How does an industry that can not legally promote its product market to new consumers? Sponsor ads that tell the youth what not to do. What does the youth like to do? Whatever they're told not to do.
These ads are not aimed at scaring people away from tobacco. They are simply meant to keep the product on the tongues of potential consumers in a manner that satisfies the government and anti-smoking groups.
Anonymous nailed it on point. I was discussing this the other day with a friend and it's just another new tactic implemented by Tabacco companies.
ReplyDeleteSince you brought up the marketing issue, where else do Tabacco companies advertise their products in the media??
Smart person, your friend.
ReplyDeleteThe industry has been forced into two main marketing campaigns:
1. Sponsorship. Sneaky loophole, but technically they're not buying advertising space with media outlets, so they plaster their logo and name on every other NASCAR vehicle and suddenly millions of potential consumers have just hypnotized themselves into buying a pack.
2. Anti-smoking advertising, as I pointed out in my previous comment.
Follow the money!