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Britons who want a smoke will have to look at this first
Associated Press
Published August 30, 2007
LONDON - Cigarette packs will be required next year to display such graphic images as diseased organs in a bid to scare smokers into snuffing out their butts, the government announced Wednesday. Britain will be the first member of the European Union to require such warnings, Health Secretary Alan Johnson said. "We have already made a lot of progress with stark written warnings on cigarette packs," Johnson said. The images include an unhealthy lung, a chest cut open for heart surgery and a large tumor on a man's neck. In all, Britain chose 15 images from a selection developed by the European Commission. Smoking has been banned in public places in Britain, and the legal age for buying tobacco will be raised from 16 to 18 next year. The new warnings will be required on cigarette packs in the second half of 2008, the department said.
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by Mike
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08/30/07 10:06 PM
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Most of us are too stupid to realize that smoking is bad for us. In fact, I had to pay a guy to write this comment for me because I am so stoopid. I shudder to think what they will put on condom wrappers. Ugh. Hope it's not someone I know.
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by JT
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08/30/07 03:26 PM
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More EU influenced Big Brother malarkey. I said the UK joining the EU was idiotic-and here is YET ANOTHER example.
Nick, Shhhhhhh! Don't give Big Brother any ideas-BUT THEN AGAIN-I'm sure they've already have thought about that-but still SHHHHHH!!
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by Nick
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08/30/07 12:42 PM
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This is ridiculous. What next?: bloodied corpses on motorcycles, blobs of fatty tissue on twinky boxes, rotted livers on booze? It's silly.
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by Don
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08/30/07 11:14 AM
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These graphics have been on cigarette packs in Canada for the last few years, but some people still do not get the message.
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by Jason
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08/30/07 09:15 AM
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thats awesome, I wish we could something like that without some group crying about it and saying its wrong
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