Look at the nine "graphic and startling" health warning labels.
Tobacco accounts for 30 percent of the nation's cancer deaths and tobacco use is responsible for 443,000 deaths and about $100 billion in health care costs annually, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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Tuesday, the Food and Drug Administration released nine health-warning labels that must be posted by September 2012 on every pack of cigarettes sold in the U.S. The nine labels that the FDA released were extremely graphic. “These kind of graphic warning labels strengthen the understanding of people about the health risks of smoking,” FDA Commissioner, Margaret Hamburg, said in an interview with The Associated Press. In my opinion, the photos are very eye opening. I believe that the photos will help keep children today from starting to smoke. However, I believe that people who have been smoking for years don’t care what the package looks like. KAIT 8 did an interview with a mother and a daughter. The mother was in very poor health due to her addiction to smoking. She said she wanted to quit, but “it is very hard to quit when you’ve been smoking for 50 years.”
ReplyDeleteThe new cigarette label system is meant primarily to dissuade potential new users and to make current users think about quitting.
ReplyDeleteThis is a system of government-ordered advertisement against a product. The FDA is effectively altering the free-market system and discouraging free trade.
Few would disagree with the FDA’s claim that cigarette use must decline, but a system which forces companies to advertise against their own product is a violation of the federal government’s social contract with its citizens.
The same health organization reports that heart disease is the cause of 785,000 deaths a year. It attributes these deaths to the prevalence of obesity, high cholesterol, and a general unhealthy diet.
If Philip Morris is responsible for tobacco-related deaths, Colonel Sanders and Ronald McDonald are responsible for deaths attributed to heart disease.
The FDA is altering the market to increase tobacco-risk awareness. It is a noble pursuit gone awry.
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ReplyDeleteAfter the FDA announced its 9 new designs for cigarette packs, it does leave me questioning whether they will get the response health officials are wanting.
ReplyDeleteThe 9 graphic pictures they have chosen are very visual as far what smoking can do to your health. For those who have been smoking for a number of years, I don’t think there will be much of a decrease, but I do believe that for their children and even the next generation of adolescents they will see just how life could be later down the road.
We learn through our experience and the examples of the world around us. Even though the resources and the warnings are being made available, it is our responsibility and our decision to choose. Through those decisions the old saying your reap what you sow. Pictures say a thousand words and will cause some form of action.
Health warning labels on cigarette packages are about to get bigger and more graphic says U.S Food and Drug Administration (http://www.fda.gov/default.htm). On June 21, Food and Drug Administration revealed new health warning labels which must be posted by September 2012 on half of front and back of every cigarette pack sold in the United States. Tobacco is responsible for 4, 43,000 deaths every year and cost about $100 billion in health care annually. Finally FDA has taken a crucial step towards reducing the death rate caused by tobacco use. But my question is why we can’t ban smoking instead bringing regulations. When the government has the authority to ban something not is good for the society then why is it asking to quit. People may feel scary by seeing the pictures initially but there is chance of getting use to it after few times they see? What do you say?
ReplyDeleteIf you don't know by now that lighting things and sticking them in your mouth is unhealthy, then the FDA is going to show you a picture and give you a number to call. Starting soon cigarette makers will have nine graphic images and a phone number listed on their packages. The images, ranging from a corpse to a cancer ridden lips and gums are designed to show smokers the effects of their habit. With it comes a number to call for information on how to quit. The pictures are already in use in a number of countries and have show themselves to be effective, with Canada showing a 6 percent drop in smoking the first year. The effort by the FDA is attempt to curb a multi-billion dollar year health habit that kills an estimated 443,00 Americans a year. What remains to be seen is whether a culture who is daily exposed to graphic images will be shocked enough in the long run to snub out their smokes and inhale a healthy breath for the rest of us.
ReplyDeleteAfter decades and decades of cigarettes causing 30 percent of nations deaths, The Food and Drug Administration is finally doing something about it. The Food and Drug Administration want to bring awareness to smokers. They will do so by placing pictures on cigarette packets of how cigarettes can harm and kill you. The idea is quite interesting and they hope they can reduce the cause of deaths to 12 percent by the year 2020. I like the fact that the pictures have a number on the box where they can call if smokers want to quit smoking. Since I’m against smoking I’m all for the idea. This is a very creative idea and may cause some smokers not to buy anymore. Although this is a great idea, I believe it will have more affect on the younger smokers than older. I hope The Food and Drug Administration reduces the percent.
ReplyDeleteWill new health warnings on cigarettes packs cut the cigarette smokers in the US in half? The Food and Drug administration believes so. Tobacco accounts for 30 percent of the nation's cancer deaths and tobacco use is responsible for 443,000 deaths and about $100 billion in health care costs annually, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. By September 2011, all cigarette packs will be required to have a health-warning label on half of the front and back. The labels are graphic. One of the labels has a man with stitches down his chest and words reading Smoking Can Kill You. While another one has a picture of a baby saying Tobacco Smoke Can Harm Your Children. There are nine labels in all, and all sending the same message. Along with the graphic labels there is a toll free number for those who want to quit (1-800-QUIT-NOW).
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