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sky | 08-27-2009 11:50 AM
This is for those who are thinking about quitting. 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Thousands of children working in � </cite> <!-- end #main-media --> <!-- end .primary-media --> <!-- end .related-media --> <cite class="vcard">By Jennifer Thomas HealthDay Reporter by Jennifer Thomas healthday Reporter </cite>� <abbr class="recenttimedate" title="2009-08-27T06:03:39-0700">2 hrs 40 mins ago</abbr> <!-- end .byline --> THURSDAY, Aug. 27 (HealthDay News) -- Would a gruesome picture of a cancer-ravaged mouth with rotting teeth make you think twice about buying a pack of cigarettes? That's the goal of new federal regulations expected to go into effect within three years. The rules will require tobacco companies to cover at least half of the front and back of packages with graphic -- and possibly gruesome -- images illustrating the dangers of smoking. If U.S. regulations are modeled after those already in place in Canada and other countries, the warnings will be shocking: blackened lungs, gangrenous feet, bleeding brains and people breathing through tracheotomies. Though hard to look at, the more graphic the image, the more effective in discouraging smoking, said Stanton Glantz, a professor of medicine at the University of California, San Francisco and director of the university's Center for Tobacco Control, Research and Education. "The graphic warnings really work," Glantz said. "They substantially increase the likelihood someone will quit smoking. They substantially decrease the chances a kid will smoke. And they really screw up the ability of the tobacco industry to use the packaging as a marketing tool." Over the last decade, countries as varied as Canada, Australia, Chile, Brazil, Iran and Singapore, among others, have adopted graphic warnings on tobacco products. Some are downright disturbing: in Brazil, cigarette packages come with pictures of dead babies and a gangrened foot with blackened toes. In the United States, the authority to force packaging changes was granted on June 22, when President Barack Obama, who has struggled with cigarette addiction since he was a teen, signed into law the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act. The landmark legislation gives the U.S. Food and Drug Administration broad new authority to regulate the marketing of tobacco products. Under the law, the FDA has two years to issue specifics about the new graphic warnings tobacco products will be required to carry. Tobacco companies then have 18 months to get them onto packages. Currently, the United States has some of the weakest requirements for cigarette package warnings in the world, said David Hammond, an assistant professor in the department of health studies at the University of Waterloo in Ontario, Canada. The text-only warnings on packages have changed little since 1984. "Consumers in many Third World countries are getting more and better information about the risks of cigarettes off their packs," Hammond said. With much at stake for tobacco companies, there will be much wrangling over the details, Glantz said. Yet research shows the FDA shouldn't compromise, Glantz said. The more frightening the image, the greater the anti-smoking effect, he said. Despite some research that has suggested images that are too stomach-turning may backfire because people eventually ignore them, new research is showing the most graphic images pack the most punch, said Jeremy Kees, an assistant professor of marketing at Villanova University. In a yet-to-be published study, Kees had 541 adult smokers in the United States and Canada view a mild image of a smoker's mouth with yellowed teeth; a moderately graphic image of a diseased mouth; and a third photo of a grotesque, disfigured mouth. The most disturbing photo evoked the most fear, prompting more smokers to say they intended to quit, Kees said. While the new regulations may also include no-nonsense, text warnings such as "Smoking Makes You Impotent" and "Smoking Kills," the images will have the broadest reach, Hammond said. Non-English speakers can understand the picture of a diseased mouth, as can people who are illiterate. Smokers tend to have lower literacy levels, Hammond noted. And kids will get the message too, potentially stopping them from ever lighting up. "You have 4-year-olds and 5-year-olds who can understand that picture," Hammond said. Elsewhere, graphic warnings seem to be helping to drive down smoking rates. In Canada, about 13 percent of the population smokes daily, a 5 percent drop since the graphic warnings were adopted in 2000, Hammond said. About 21 percent of the U.S. population smokes daily, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. While powerful, the gruesome warnings won't get everyone to quit. "Nicotine is highly addictive," Hammond said. "Health warnings are not a magic bullet, but they help move people closer to quitting and provide a constant reminder of why many people want to change." More information The Tobacco Labelling Resource Centre has images of cigarette packages from around the world.

luft97 | 08-27-2009 11:56 AM
Re: This is for those who are thinking about quitting. Quote:
"Consumers in many Third World countries are getting more and better information about the risks of cigarettes off their packs," Hammond said.
Maybe Hammond should move to one of those Third world countries so he can reap the benefits of having better information on his cigarette pack. Absolutely ridiculous, I have long thought that those half pack graphic warnings were a waste of time. Not to mention why should the government have the power to FORCE someone to put it there.

MNeagle | 08-27-2009 11:59 AM
Re: This is for those who are thinking about quitting. I'll be very surprised if the tobacco lobbyists let this fly.

BellevueBully | 08-27-2009 12:53 PM
Re: This is for those who are thinking about quitting. 1 Attachment(s) But they're so informative.

reviver | 08-30-2009 01:59 AM
Re: This is for those who are thinking about quitting. Sounds like they are ramping up for Obamacare... "Oh, you smoke a pack of cigarettes a day for 40 years, and your chest hurts. Please have a seat over here."

Toto | 08-30-2009 02:07 AM
Re: This is for those who are thinking about quitting. Quote:
Originally Posted by MNeagle (Post 1889297) I'll be very surprised if the tobacco lobbyists let this fly.
I bet they are the one pushing for it. Damn fine packaging. People would be up in arms if they did it without being "forced" to.

Apocalypto | 08-30-2009 02:23 AM
Re: This is for those who are thinking about quitting. I dunno. Of all the things I've done in my life, quitting smoking has to rank up there with the very best.

gbgunner | 08-30-2009 07:16 AM
Re: This is for those who are thinking about quitting. I'll say the pics worked for me. I picked up smoking again in early 2008. Started dating a Canadian woman in early 2009. After buying a few packs a smokes up there and seeing those pics I decided to quit again. I had wanted to shortly after I started again but just didn't. It took until summer and some nicotene gum but I'm done. Seeing those pics every time I went for a smoke had an effect on me even though it wasn't anything I didn't already know. Thanks Canada! ETA: Like I said, I already knew smoking was bad for me. But I really felt like a dumbass seeing one of those pics and then lighting up a smoke. Doubtful that tobacco companies in the US will let that happen here.

Twisted Avatar | 08-30-2009 07:53 AM
Re: This is for those who are thinking about quitting. I like smokes.............. Only for barter. T

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