FDA issues graphic cigarette labels

Associated Press ^ | Jun 21, 2011 8:14 AM (ET) | MICHAEL FELBERBAUM

[DJ MacWoW]

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - In the most significant change to U.S. cigarette packs in 25 years, the Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday released nine new warning labels that depict in graphic detail the negative health effects of tobacco use.

Among the images to appear on cigarette packs are rotting and diseased teeth and gums and a man with a tracheotomy smoking.

Also included among the labels are: the corpse of a smoker, diseased lungs, and a mother holding her baby with smoke swirling around them. They include phrases like "Smoking can kill you" and "Cigarettes cause cancer" and feature graphic images to convey the dangers of tobacco, which is responsible for about 443,000 deaths in the U.S. a year.

[DJ MacWoW]

At least cigarette smokers should get to see the Osama Bin Laden pictures, since we now have a government mandate to view graphic images.

Oh can't do THAT! "Mommy" is worried about her "children' seeing such things. It might give them too much info....uh, I mean it might hurt their little psych's.

[rarestia]

Ruptured herpes fistules are my favorite!

[LibWhacker]

[DJ MacWoW]

LOL!!!

[Reeses]

It is RACIST to imply that the Detroit social justice experiment was a failure.

The goal of leftism is to reduce painful feelings of envy of neighbors. It's a success every time.

[ml/nj]

If I knew how to do it, I would market nice reusable cigarette packages that people could transfer their cigarettes into whenever they open a new pack and so be done with the depressing government labels.

ML/NJ

[DJ MacWoW]

They used to have cigarette cases. Bet the government would have a hiss. :-)

[Ol' Dan Tucker]

In the most significant change to U.S. cigarette packs in 25 years, the Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday released nine new warning labels that depict in graphic detail the negative health effects of tobacco use.

If the government really cared about the negative health effects of tobacco use, they could simply ban the sale and possession, then arrest, jail and prosecute anyone they caught.

It worked really well with alcohol and it's working great with other illicit drugs. </sarcasm>

[Buckeye McFrog]

I can’t wait to see what pictures they put on condom packages.

Congratulations! You’ve just won the “FR Comment That Made Me Spew Coffee All Over My Keyboard” Award of the Day.

[Alice in Wonderland]

Like these?

[CJ Wolf]

Smoking can lead to being the worst president EVER!

[SteelCurtain_SSN720]

With a nod to Denis Leary

Oh, crap!!!! You mean that these things are bad for you? I thought they were good for ya. I thought they had Vitamin C in 'em and stuff!

[DJ MacWoW]

And nutritional too. ;-)

[Sgt_Schultze]

Democrats hate being confronted with this truth (too graphic)

[aruanan]

In a world where grotesque stuff is a national holiday and where Mexicans eat candy skulls and bones on the Day of the Dead, these images aren’t going to dissuade anyone from smoking.

[DJ MacWoW]

Liberals are all about feeling good about themselves. This let’s them do that without having any affect on anything. Which is what usually happens when liberals have “a good idea”.

[utford]

And what prevents the cigarette manufacturers from telling the FDA to pound sand? It’s a privately manufactured product sold to willing individuals - none of the government’s business.

[DJ MacWoW]

The government has been eroding freedom and choices for a very long time.

"Government is not reason; it is not eloquence. It is force. And force, like fire, is a dangerous servant and a fearful master." George Washington

[utford]

They have, and will continue to do so as long as we let them.

[HectorOne]

Hey kids, if you think cigarettes make you look cool. You’re going to be ultra-cool with your brand new cigarette case and matching lighter. The next hot trend!

(I love it when attempts to stifle liberty backfire)