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2011-11-07 09:59:11 PM
Yep, just seeing one on the pack would have ended my smoking days instantly!

The FDA was going to save me, then this evil judge (obviously in the pay of Big Tobacco!!!!) blocked the images. Oh, the humanity!
 
2011-11-07 11:43:53 PM
Digging back to the Denis Leary of the 90's, Submitter?
 
2011-11-08 12:10:12 AM
Canada yawns in your general direction.
 
2011-11-08 12:13:34 AM
We need labels like that on some of the crap they're selling as "food" nowadays.
 
2011-11-08 12:19:32 AM
Somacandra: Digging back to the Denis Leary of the 90's, Submitter?

How many packs of Tumors do you get through in a day?
 
2011-11-08 12:24:22 AM
Those warning photos make me want to start smoking, just to be contrarian.
 
2011-11-08 12:26:43 AM
coco ebert: We need labels like that on some of the crap they're selling as "food" nowadays.

Hey, if the anti-smoking nazis had their way and tobacco was illegal, food would be the next thing they went after.
 
2011-11-08 12:28:00 AM
My brother smokes Mexican Marlboros that have an image of a dead baby lying on a bed of cigarette butts. He still smokes. So do I. It isn't helpful. Feel-good legislation and bullsh*t like this does not work. The FDA graphic warnings weren't an anti-smoking victory, it would do nothing, you won't guilt trip us, we already know it is bad. Stop treating us like lepers, we are addicted but also we are exercising our freedom. Stop making us want to blow smoke in your faces.
 
2011-11-08 12:33:59 AM
violentsalvation: My brother smokes Mexican Marlboros that have an image of a dead baby lying on a bed of cigarette butts. He still smokes. So do I. It isn't helpful. Feel-good legislation and bullsh*t like this does not work. The FDA graphic warnings weren't an anti-smoking victory, it would do nothing, you won't guilt trip us, we already know it is bad. Stop treating us like lepers, we are addicted but also we are exercising our freedom. Stop making us want to blow smoke in your faces.

They don't care about you, or your health, or whether you live or die.

They just care about how something they don't approve of is still allowed, and how much it pisses them off.
 
2011-11-08 12:37:42 AM
violentsalvation: My brother smokes Mexican Marlboros that have an image of a dead baby lying on a bed of cigarette butts. He still smokes. So do I. It isn't helpful. Feel-good legislation and bullsh*t like this does not work. The FDA graphic warnings weren't an anti-smoking victory, it would do nothing, you won't guilt trip us, we already know it is bad. Stop treating us like lepers, we are addicted but also we are exercising our freedom. Stop making us want to blow smoke in your faces.

Yeah, the ads in Turkey are quite graphic as well. I think smoking has gone down there mostly due to the government jacking up the tax rate on cigarettes, though.
 
2011-11-08 12:38:10 AM
FirstNationalBastard: violentsalvation: My brother smokes Mexican Marlboros that have an image of a dead baby lying on a bed of cigarette butts. He still smokes. So do I. It isn't helpful. Feel-good legislation and bullsh*t like this does not work. The FDA graphic warnings weren't an anti-smoking victory, it would do nothing, you won't guilt trip us, we already know it is bad. Stop treating us like lepers, we are addicted but also we are exercising our freedom. Stop making us want to blow smoke in your faces.

They don't care about you, or your health, or whether you live or die.

They just care about how something they don't approve of is still allowed, and how much it pisses them off.


Well I am happy to piss them off.
 
2011-11-08 12:43:59 AM
FirstNationalBastard: They don't care about you, or your health, or whether you live or die.

They just care about how something they don't approve of is still allowed, and how much it pisses them off.


coco ebert: Yeah, the ads in Turkey are quite graphic as well. I think smoking has gone down there mostly due to the government jacking up the tax rate on cigarettes, though.

And the worst are the people who say they don't mind us smoking but if we get sick we should have to foot our own medical bill.

Fine. I have good health insurance but OK, remove all the sin taxes and I'll start my own fund with the extra 6 bucks I save from every pack.
 
2011-11-08 12:50:25 AM
Well who could have seen THAT coming?
 
2011-11-08 01:21:10 AM
If tobacco companies were smart they would get congress to decriminalize marijuana and give it to them to grow and sell.
 
2011-11-08 01:49:47 AM
Hate to be the one to break it to you, Subette, but health risks aside, that shiat gets absorbed into pretty much every cell of your body, so not only does your mouth taste like an ashtray, but so does your pussy. Just in case you're wondering why every (nonsmoking) guy who gets near your nasty nicotine-infested stankhole suddenly has an expression on his face that looks like he just sniffed a cat turd.

But go ahead keeping sucking on your coffin nails, since you're such a "rebel" and all. We're all awestruck by your freedom-loving rebellious lifestyle.
 
2011-11-08 03:57:42 AM
Cyberluddite: Hate to be the one to break it to you, Subette, but health risks aside, that shiat gets absorbed into pretty much every cell of your body, so not only does your mouth taste like an ashtray, but so does your pussy. Just in case you're wondering why every (nonsmoking) guy who gets near your nasty nicotine-infested stankhole suddenly has an expression on his face that looks like he just sniffed a cat turd.

But go ahead keeping sucking on your coffin nails, since you're such a "rebel" and all. We're all awestruck by your freedom-loving rebellious lifestyle.


Wow, you are the one that sounds like a pussy.
 
2011-11-08 03:59:40 AM
Do people in 2011 really think people smoke because they want to be "rebels?"

Did you learn that in after-school special in the 1980s or something?

People smoke because it makes them feel good. Sheesh. It's like explaining why people drink. No, it's not peer pressure, dumbass.
 
2011-11-08 05:32:13 AM
violentsalvation: My brother smokes Mexican Marlboros that have an image of a dead baby lying on a bed of cigarette butts. He still smokes. So do I. It isn't helpful. Feel-good legislation and bullsh*t like this does not work. The FDA graphic warnings weren't an anti-smoking victory, it would do nothing, you won't guilt trip us, we already know it is bad. Stop treating us like lepers, we are addicted but also we are exercising our freedom. Stop making us want to blow smoke in your faces.

They might encourage people to smoke as an act of defiance. Remember, these were popular for a while:

3.bp.blogspot.com
 
2011-11-08 07:02:34 AM
They may be terrible for your health, but you really do look cool smoking cigarettes.
 
2011-11-08 07:07:03 AM
Cyberluddite: Hate to be the one to break it to you, Subette, but health risks aside, that shiat gets absorbed into pretty much every cell of your body, so not only does your mouth taste like an ashtray, but so does your pussy. Just in case you're wondering why every (nonsmoking) guy who gets near your nasty nicotine-infested stankhole suddenly has an expression on his face that looks like he just sniffed a cat turd.

But go ahead keeping sucking on your coffin nails, since you're such a "rebel" and all. We're all awestruck by your freedom-loving rebellious lifestyle.


I'd quit smoking if I didn't think I'd become one of you (courtesy B Hicks). Besides, I approve of nicoteen-infused pussy if it saves stopping for a smoke.
 
2011-11-08 07:09:17 AM
Cyberluddite: Hate to be the one to break it to you, Subette, but health risks aside, that shiat gets absorbed into pretty much every cell of your body, so not only does your mouth taste like an ashtray, but so does your pussy. Just in case you're wondering why every (nonsmoking) guy who gets near your nasty nicotine-infested stankhole suddenly has an expression on his face that looks like he just sniffed a cat turd.

But go ahead keeping sucking on your coffin nails, since you're such a "rebel" and all. We're all awestruck by your freedom-loving rebellious lifestyle.


i.imgur.com
 
2011-11-08 07:11:48 AM
Smokers are stupid.

That is all.
 
2011-11-08 07:11:52 AM
i584.photobucket.com
 
2011-11-08 07:11:57 AM
Subby would be smoking after I give her one.
 
2011-11-08 07:12:47 AM
Confabulat 2011-11-08 03:59:40 AM

Do people in 2011 really think people smoke because they want to be "rebels?"

Did you learn that in after-school special in the 1980s or something?

People smoke because it makes them feel good. Sheesh. It's like explaining why people drink. No, it's not peer pressure, dumbass.


I smoked 1 cig and thought i was goign to die it hurt so bad....how does it manage to make people feel good? Last time I checked, I dont get hard ons for cigs. People dont smoke because it makes them feel good, they start smoking because they become socially accepted by a group...which i guess makes them feel good. So i stand corrected, I guess you win.
 
2011-11-08 07:14:03 AM
Cyberluddite: Hate to be the one to break it to you, Subette, but health risks aside, that shiat gets absorbed into pretty much every cell of your body, so not only does your mouth taste like an ashtray, but so does your pussy. Just in case you're wondering why every (nonsmoking) guy who gets near your nasty nicotine-infested stankhole suddenly has an expression on his face that looks like he just sniffed a cat turd.

But go ahead keeping sucking on your coffin nails, since you're such a "rebel" and all. We're all awestruck by your freedom-loving rebellious lifestyle.


Cigarettes are bad for me for me?? I must have missed that point when it was being yelled at me constantly through childhood.

People also didn't explain how awesome it can make you feel as well so I will give them a pass.

/sweet, sweet tobacco
//at least I know and recognize my weaknesses
 
2011-11-08 07:15:34 AM
I think we just need a campaign telling Real 'Mericans that shoothing themselves in the head is bad for them, and the libby lib libs insist that they don't do it.
 
2011-11-08 07:16:07 AM
Gdalescrboz: People dont smoke because it makes them feel good, they start smoking because they become socially accepted by a group...which i guess makes them feel good. So i stand corrected, I guess you win.

Actually I started smoking to deal with the stress of a horribly abusive household.
 
2011-11-08 07:16:07 AM
Gdalescrboz: Confabulat 2011-11-08 03:59:40 AM

Do people in 2011 really think people smoke because they want to be "rebels?"

Did you learn that in after-school special in the 1980s or something?

People smoke because it makes them feel good. Sheesh. It's like explaining why people drink. No, it's not peer pressure, dumbass.

I smoked 1 cig and thought i was goign to die it hurt so bad....how does it manage to make people feel good? Last time I checked, I dont get hard ons for cigs. People dont smoke because it makes them feel good, they start smoking because they become socially accepted by a group...which i guess makes them feel good. So i stand corrected, I guess you win.


Smoke a cigarette without coughing like a pansy and you get a rush like you will never feel ever again in your life
 
2011-11-08 07:17:40 AM
When a kid must be accompanied by an adult while walking past a section of cigarettes, or else the kid won't be allowed down the aisle... things have gone too far.
 
2011-11-08 07:18:03 AM
I just want to point out that this is only a temporary injunction on the labeling requirement while the suit is pending. The judge issued the injunction only because he thought there was a reasonable chance that the tobacco companies would prevail on their claims based based on the pleadings. The actual merits of the issue have not been decided.
 
2011-11-08 07:18:37 AM
To all you asses trying to defend these pics on cigarette packs: After we're done with that lets put all kinds of nasty images of livers with cancer and cirrhosis all over beer and wine to the point where we can't even enjoy a drink any more! After all the government knows what we should and shouldn't be able to enjoy amirite?

After that we can put the lacerated kidneys and gross sores of someone who died from diabetes on all things sugary and syruppy. What a wise and advanced utopia we'll all be living in then!
 
2011-11-08 07:19:12 AM
A Terrible Human: Cyberluddite: Hate to be the one to break it to you, Subette, but health risks aside, that shiat gets absorbed into pretty much every cell of your body, so not only does your mouth taste like an ashtray, but so does your pussy. Just in case you're wondering why every (nonsmoking) guy who gets near your nasty nicotine-infested stankhole suddenly has an expression on his face that looks like he just sniffed a cat turd.

But go ahead keeping sucking on your coffin nails, since you're such a "rebel" and all. We're all awestruck by your freedom-loving rebellious lifestyle.

[i.imgur.com image 251x189]


+1 to both of you magnificant bastards.
 
2011-11-08 07:22:57 AM
violentsalvation: My brother smokes Mexican Marlboros that have an image of a dead baby lying on a bed of cigarette butts. He still smokes. So do I. It isn't helpful. Feel-good legislation and bullsh*t like this does not work. The FDA graphic warnings weren't an anti-smoking victory, it would do nothing, you won't guilt trip us, we already know it is bad. Stop treating us like lepers, we are addicted but also we are exercising our freedom. Stop making us want to blow smoke in your faces.

I hate babies...I guess I should start smoking!
 
2011-11-08 07:23:41 AM
1. Get e-cig
2. Stop smoking tobacco
3. Put down e-cig too
4. Realise just how bad the office bathroom smells.

Step two took about a week. Three took about three months. Four just hit me one day. Almost tempted to start again to kill the sense of smell...
 
2011-11-08 07:23:56 AM
Shouldn't this be hit with the obvious tag? How much money do you think the judge collected from "Big Tobacco" to help make his decision?

I agree with you farkers that these so called "warning images" won't do a damn thing. Long term smokers will see it, quickly dispose of the top half of the package and move on.

Okay so it will prevent first time smokers right? Well think back to the first cigarette you ever had. Did you actually purchase your first pack, or did friend lend you one and say 'hey try this'?

This sort of move would have worked wonders in the 40's or 50's, when many people didn't see the end results of a lifetime of smoking. Now every doctor with a smoker has to ask them if they want assistance stopping, maybe shows them those pictures of diseased lungs and how long they will live if they continue to smoke. The anti-smoking commercials that were constantly on years ago have shown us the dangers. We all know. And we really don't give a crap.

/needs a break
//smoke em if you got em
 
2011-11-08 07:25:41 AM
Pochas: To all you asses trying to defend these pics on cigarette packs: After we're done with that lets put all kinds of nasty images of livers with cancer and cirrhosis all over beer and wine to the point where we can't even enjoy a drink any more! After all the government knows what we should and shouldn't be able to enjoy amirite?

After that we can put the lacerated kidneys and gross sores of someone who died from diabetes on all things sugary and syruppy. What a wise and advanced utopia we'll all be living in then!


Settle down, drama queen. We Canadians have had these pictures all over packs of smokes for a few years now. None of us cries or freaks out about 'invasive governments' and other crap. We just deal with the gross pictures on the packs. It encourages some people to get over their expensive addiction and quit
 
2011-11-08 07:30:01 AM
Hobo Jr. 2011-11-08 07:16:07 AM

Gdalescrboz: Confabulat 2011-11-08 03:59:40 AM

Do people in 2011 really think people smoke because they want to be "rebels?"

Did you learn that in after-school special in the 1980s or something?

People smoke because it makes them feel good. Sheesh. It's like explaining why people drink. No, it's not peer pressure, dumbass.

I smoked 1 cig and thought i was goign to die it hurt so bad....how does it manage to make people feel good? Last time I checked, I dont get hard ons for cigs. People dont smoke because it makes them feel good, they start smoking because they become socially accepted by a group...which i guess makes them feel good. So i stand corrected, I guess you win.

Smoke a cigarette without coughing like a pansy and you get a rush like you will never feel ever again in your life


Smoking is the best rush you have ever had? Holy shiat, your life sucks ass. Ill take being a pansy over being a worthless goon with nothing to look forward to
 
2011-11-08 07:31:17 AM
DuudeStanky: Pochas: To all you asses trying to defend these pics on cigarette packs: After we're done with that lets put all kinds of nasty images of livers with cancer and cirrhosis all over beer and wine to the point where we can't even enjoy a drink any more! After all the government knows what we should and shouldn't be able to enjoy amirite?

After that we can put the lacerated kidneys and gross sores of someone who died from diabetes on all things sugary and syruppy. What a wise and advanced utopia we'll all be living in then!

Settle down, drama queen. We Canadians have had these pictures all over packs of smokes for a few years now. None of us cries or freaks out about 'invasive governments' and other crap. We just deal with the gross pictures on the packs. It encourages some people to get over their expensive addiction and quit


I'm sure lots of Brits think "Calm down, we Brits have had these cameras all over streets for a few years now, none of us cries or freaks out about 'invasive governments' or other crap"..
 
2011-11-08 07:32:13 AM
coco ebert: We need labels like that on some of the crap they're selling as "food" nowadays.

If only due to the fact that written warnings require the consumer to know how to read.
 
2011-11-08 07:32:21 AM
Pochas: To all you asses trying to defend these pics on cigarette packs: After we're done with that lets put all kinds of nasty images of livers with cancer and cirrhosis all over beer and wine to the point where we can't even enjoy a drink any more! After all the government knows what we should and shouldn't be able to enjoy amirite?

After that we can put the lacerated kidneys and gross sores of someone who died from diabetes on all things sugary and syruppy. What a wise and advanced utopia we'll all be living in then!


Sure why not? Pretending these things aren't damaging to your health doesn't make them less so.
 
2011-11-08 07:32:34 AM
I've never been a smoker. Never have, never will. I think it's a gross habit. BUT I view stuff like this as insanely stupid. So what if people smoke. It's their right to do so. If I don't want to inhale smoke, I have the personal freedom to get up and move away from them. It's not hard. If I'm stuck in a really small area and someone lights up a cigarette then I might mention something and generally most people are more than happy to hold off until I've left.

I'm just really tired of seeing smokers get kicked around in the name of being "health conscious". It's their right to do what they want to their bodies. Today it's the smokers who are getting berated, tomorrow it could be someone else's personal freedoms that are being infringed upon.
 
2011-11-08 07:32:46 AM
I took up smoking simply so I could go on 12 paid ten-minute smoke breaks a day at work too.

I was tired of sitting there, actualy doing productive work for those 2 hours a day, while other people got to skip out for free.

(And why is it okay to go out for a smoke break, but if you take those same ten minutes to check your personal email, look up some sports scores, or send a quick text message, you get in trouble?)
 
2011-11-08 07:32:57 AM
A Terrible Human 2011-11-08 07:16:07 AM

Gdalescrboz: People dont smoke because it makes them feel good, they start smoking because they become socially accepted by a group...which i guess makes them feel good. So i stand corrected, I guess you win.

Actually I started smoking to deal with the stress of a horribly abusive household.


You sound like a very small exception. Every person i talked to says they did it so they had people to talk to
 
2011-11-08 07:33:08 AM
One small step for freedom.DuudeStanky: Pochas: To all you asses trying to defend these pics on cigarette packs: After we're done with that lets put all kinds of nasty images of livers with cancer and cirrhosis all over beer and wine to the point where we can't even enjoy a drink any more! After all the government knows what we should and shouldn't be able to enjoy amirite?

After that we can put the lacerated kidneys and gross sores of someone who died from diabetes on all things sugary and syruppy. What a wise and advanced utopia we'll all be living in then!

Settle down, drama queen. We Canadians have had these pictures all over packs of smokes for a few years now. None of us cries or freaks out about 'invasive governments' and other crap. We just deal with the gross pictures on the packs. It encourages some people to get over their expensive addiction and quit


================================================

Just because you choose to be a subject unto your government doesn't mean that everyone else should do the same. Down here we chose to stop being subjects. Remember?
 
2011-11-08 07:36:10 AM
MythDragon: I took up smoking simply so I could go on 12 paid ten-minute smoke breaks a day at work too.

I was tired of sitting there, actualy doing productive work for those 2 hours a day, while other people got to skip out for free.

(And why is it okay to go out for a smoke break, but if you take those same ten minutes to check your personal email, look up some sports scores, or send a quick text message, you get in trouble?)


buy an electric cigarette go stand outside and check your mail on your phone. Problem solved. Or just go outside and don't smoke. Noone will say anything.
 
2011-11-08 07:36:13 AM
Gothnet: 1. Get e-cig
2. Stop smoking tobacco
3. Put down e-cig too
4. Realise just how bad the office bathroom smells.

Step two took about a week. Three took about three months. Four just hit me one day. Almost tempted to start again to kill the sense of smell...


You must have smoked some really malodorous cigs.

But your plan might could work for lots of people. I've stuck with my e-cig; wife and docs are okay with that, so, I continue.

/poop thread
 
2011-11-08 07:36:20 AM
Gdalescrboz: Hobo Jr. 2011-11-08 07:16:07 AM

Gdalescrboz: Confabulat 2011-11-08 03:59:40 AM

Do people in 2011 really think people smoke because they want to be "rebels?"

Did you learn that in after-school special in the 1980s or something?

People smoke because it makes them feel good. Sheesh. It's like explaining why people drink. No, it's not peer pressure, dumbass.

I smoked 1 cig and thought i was goign to die it hurt so bad....how does it manage to make people feel good? Last time I checked, I dont get hard ons for cigs. People dont smoke because it makes them feel good, they start smoking because they become socially accepted by a group...which i guess makes them feel good. So i stand corrected, I guess you win.

Smoke a cigarette without coughing like a pansy and you get a rush like you will never feel ever again in your life

Smoking is the best rush you have ever had? Holy shiat, your life sucks ass. Ill take being a pansy over being a worthless goon with nothing to look forward to


Did I say best? Nope.

I said a rush. I also get rushes from roller coasters, running 4 miles and jerking off.

The smoking rush is just a unique rush that can't be matched by those. But smoking a cigarette also doesn't feel like I just got off a roller coaster while jerking off
 
2011-11-08 07:37:13 AM
Barakku: I'm sure lots of Brits think "Calm down, we Brits have had these cameras all over streets for a few years now, none of us cries or freaks out about 'invasive governments' or other crap"..

Well.... errr..... yeah. In theory it sucks that you get recorded in public a lot, in practice it makes no difference to anything, anything at all.
 
2011-11-08 07:38:26 AM
You could put them in a black box with a skull and farkinbg crossbones on the front with the word Tumors on it and people would still buy them.
 
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