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Canadian packages too. They required a rather graphic health warning over 50% of the surface area (showing a smokers lungs with explanation, etc) and also remov
by ggcdn 7y ago
Canadian packages too. They required a rather graphic health warning over 50% of the surface area (showing a smokers lungs with explanation, etc) and also removed branding. So it’s a giant health warning over the top half, and then a plain brown lower half with the name/type
- justaguyhere 7y agoCurious - do these packages work? Have they reduced smoking addiction?
- mantap 7y agoMaybe. What helps more is 1) indoor smoking bans, stopping people from smoking socially inside bars and restaurants, 2) heavy taxation, 3) vaping.
- dwild 7y agoI don't know if it apply to the whole country or only my province (Quebec) but since then we also added that they can't be marketed at all. That include not being visible in a convenience store. I don't know how effective the pictures were, but not being visible that must have affected the statistics too.
- ggcdn 7y ago(I don't smoke btw, but my father-in-law smokes like a chimney) Its hard to relate cause and effects, but I see a noticeable decline in smoking among younger people, and smoking has become very uncool. People will also make a big deal about second hand smoke, for instance if you're near a bus stop or busy sidewalk you may get called out. I don't know if anything besides medical intervention can stop a seasoned veteran smoker, though. Packaging certainly hasn't had any effect on my few family members that smoke.
- ApolloFortyNine 7y agoIn the U.S smoking has dramatically decreased, and we don't have totally insane packaging like Canada/some of the EU. [1] [1] https://www.cnbc.com/2018/11/08/cdc-says-smoking-rates-fall-to-record-low-in-us.html https://www.cnbc.com/2018/11/08/cdc-says-smoking-rates-fall-... Smoking has just generally fallen by the way side worldwide.