Saturday, 24 October 2009
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Cigarettes: "I Want the One With the Baby"
That was basically what I heard, and it made me look. But before I proceed, let me start from the beginning...
I was at a store, to buy my daily dosage of candy. There I was, standing in line to pay, when I heard that line: I want the one with the baby. It grabbed my attention and made me lift my head to look.The guy in front of me, apparently speaking to the female cashier, was pointing to the overhead cigarette rack behind the counter.
"I want that one with the baby." What does that really mean? I didn't get it. But when the lady handed him the pack of cigarettes, I saw it, and I understand what the guy meant. He wanted the pack with the picture of the baby on it.
I took a closer look at the cigarette rack:
It seems that all the cigarette packs come with some picture of what the effects of smoking could be and what the effects that smoking can lead to. Now I'm not a smoker, and so I never bought a pack before, so I didn't realize they have this feature now.
It seems that the photo the guy was referring to was just as if it is simply another picture on the box to him. Logically, I believe that those pictures are being put on cigarette pack as a deterrent for people from smoking... but does it work? Based on what I witnessed that day, I don't think so.
The question is, why? Why doesn't it work? Logically this kind of pictures would 'scare' you from smoking, right? How could these kind of pictures have no effect?Do you think this is a good advertising technique to steer people away from smoking? By showing people possible outcomes of long-term smoking on their cigarette packs, shouldn't they be discouraged from buying cigarettes?
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It's not like anybody alive today thinks that smoking isn't bad for you. Everybody knows that it's deadly, but it's like putting a picture of detailed clogged arteries or an obese person on every single candy bar to fight obesity.
But I smoke, and I ain't having kids, so...nope.
maybe he thought that one would be ok for him, since he'd never be have a baby. haha
could you imagine if it would have been a pregnant woman buying that kind?
ugh, don't even get me started on pregnant women smoking.
do they do that on all cigarettes now?
It seems like a good idea, but I don't think it will change their minds.
People know the effects of smoking, so this really isn't going to work. People smoke because they want to, period. It doesn't matter what kind of picture you put on the pack.
Well, I've never seen that before.
I just bought a pack yesterday [and yes, i know its bad, blah blah]
Maybe its not in WI yet.
weird
maybe it was less threatening to him because he'd never have to carry a child? maybe it didn't seem as bad to him because the illness on there wasn't one he could suffer?
maybe he was just an idiot too..
I think the purpose of the baby on the cigarette packet was to steer pregnant woman away from smoking, since it could harm their baby. The guy probably chose that packet because it doesnt show any of the effects that cigarettes may have on HIM.
Either that, or maybe the guy's just referring to the brand of cigarettes that he wanted, and just found a really weird way of saying it?
I don't know, lol...
Just like with alcohol, EVERYONE knows the possible dangers involved in smoking or drinking, yet people still do it, always will. I honestly don't think anything will change that.
The pictures of babies where put on cigarette packs, from what I understand because so many women are smoking, lots while pregnant, and these woman who smoke while pregnant don't seem to care what that smoking does to the unborn baby.
I smoked for years, and while I personally don't care if your average person smokes, within reason and respects to others, I do have a big issue with pregnant woman smoking. So tobacco companies have started putting these pictures on packs in hopes that woman, especially those who are pregnant will NOT smoke anymore.
i don't think the marketing scheme works cause you get fools like that who think its cool to collect them. it's sick that the guy requested the box with the kid. just buy the pack and smoke it.
If it gets stupid pregnant bitches to stop smoking I am all for it.
In Australia all cigarettes have to have the pictures and warnings. I think when they first came out it was a little confronting, but somokers know what they're doing is bad for them.
It works better as a deterrant for people thinking of starting smoking than for current smokers (I think thats how it was designed anyway)
I think it's a good idea that they're doing this. Maybe, just maybe, it'll stop some kids from starting... but I don't think it'll get smokers who are already addicted to quit.
@FairyTalesAndWhiskey@xanga - Honestly, I think I would eat less candy bars if there was a picture of an obese person on the wrapper. lol.
@BlistersAndCoffee@xanga - I live in WI but I go to MN for my cigarettes. They're about $2 a pack cheaper! Anyway, I bought cigarettes in MN today and they didn't have those pictures on them either.
@live_for_love@xanga - LMAO! I never knew smoking was bad until I read this post!
Jesus fucking CHRIST! The author enjoys pissing his time away I guess.
By the way is Burger King french fries healthy? Will you guy's enlighten me about that too. lol
I think it's a cruel way to do it, and I don't think it works. You don't "scare" people into quitting. They do it for themselves. And besides, this kind of advertising is disgusting.
My mother smoked with me in the womb, and I was extremely premature. My twin sister almost died. That along with the various health problems we had and have due to her smoking was enough guilt. In the end we suffered, and she still smokes. But I know as an ex-smoker that after you go through something like that, every time you smoke a cigarette, you think about the consequences.
yeah... i saw them too... glossy gross pics on the ciggies packs.
funny thing is, horror flicks peeps did the same thing with their ads.
people are so used to see gory stuffs, they fail to get the message.
It not bothering one guy doesn't mean it hasn't worked. I think it's a good idea.
No, because people that smoke don't give a shit. I smoke, and I don't care. If I'm going to die one day anyway, and I get pleasure out of smoking a cigarette, then who cares?
Besides, I'm never having kids anyway.
first of all, guys don't HAVE babies. those pictures are to deter women from smoking during pregnancy. guys on the other hand, can smoke up a storm if they want to because their smoking doesn't affect the baby inside a woman's stomach - or so they think.
Woah, what the heck? It doesn't matter anyways because if they're already smoking, it takes too much to make them quit or even think about quiting.
Yes, it should stop people from smoking, but it doesn't. For some reason, that no one is sure on why. Maybe because the smokers think "Oh that'll never happen to me, it's rare. They're just trying to scare me." I don't really know. But, I really do hate smoking.
I live in Ohio, I have never seen any type of picture on cigarettes regarding what it can do to your body, someone else, or the baby that pregnant women that smoke are carrying, just the brand of them. I wouldn't personally think that this is the cigarette companies idea of marketing and advertising. They already have Surgeon General's Warning on each pack. Everyone knows what health effects they can cause, like another comment on here, you don't see them putting a picture of an obese person on a candy bar, nor a picture on the sandwich wrapper or box of fries at local fast food places. Why do they think, that they started putting nutrition labels ex: McDonalds on them so people know what they are eating, and no one can sue them again because "McDonalds made them fat." You don't see them putting a picture of someone's liver, or beer belly, someone who got alcohol poisoning, the effects of people that drink and drive, or what alcohol can do to a baby when the mother decides to drink. I think they should start finding terrorist and supper glue pictures of what they can do to people and their lives, start taking pictures of all the people that have died in a car accident and put them on every car. I think its a little rediculous. If they are going to do this with cigarettes they might as well do this kind of thing with the rest of the things in the world that can have an impact on someone's life.
@live_for_love@xanga - exactly!
Well you also have the kind of people who will start doing something even more when they realize people are trying to make them stop. Plus, they'll pretend to not care for the pictures because they simply don't want to care. They want to keep on smoking. Period. Telling them how bad it is for you, showing it to them, won't help. They'll see what they want to see. They'll hear what they want to hear.
Also, smoking damages the sperm. And it makes women 30% less fertile. If there would be one reason I'd never start smoking, it'd be having a kid. Thank god I don't smoke though.
I think it will still deter some people. At least, it might make certain people feel ashamed it buy it in public.
Ahahaha! I really expected this entry to piss me off... but oh god... that's too funny.