Warnings On Cigarette Packs Not Effective
December 10, 2009
Filed under Weird Stuff
“Cigarette pack warnings that remind smokers of the fatal consequences of their habit may actually make them smoke more as a way to cope with the inevitability of death, according to researchers.
A small study by psychologists from the United States, Switzerland and Germany showed that warnings unrelated to death, such as ‘smoking makes you unattractive’ or ‘smoking brings you and the people around you severe damage,’ were more effective in changing smokers’ attitudes toward their habit.”
Reuters/Miral Fahmy
Everybody knows that smoking can have fatal consequences, and smokers don’t need to be reminded of that fact every time they pick up a pack of cigarettes. It’s no wonder that those frightening warnings stress out nicotine fiends so much that it makes them light up even more cancer sticks.
Why do only cigarettes carry health warnings? Why not print a warning on bags of Cheetos that reads: Eating Cheetos will make you fat, and too much fat in your diet can kill you?
I’m not advocating for health warnings on food products, I’m trying to point out the absurdity of a nanny state treating us like children.
Warning labels on products are the handiwork of lawyers and bureaucrats, and this world would be a better place with a lot less of them.
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