Tobacco Companies Sue Federal Government...

[snusgetter]

I'm not too bothered about the warnings on cigarettes - they are stupidly dangerous.
What bothers me intensely are the warnings on snus.

Actually, I'm more and more bothered by any government
pronouncements that cater to specific groups with their
political agendas of 'the truth be damned'. Stupidity is one
thing ... out-and-out lies should not be condoned. BUT, how
do we fight this when we keep electing inept decision makers?
The 2012 elections send spikes of ice up and down my spine!

[AP]

We have this kind of pictures in the cigs pack here in Brazil for more than 5 years , the pictures are worse than the ones you guys showed above, theres a number of a stop smoking hotline and any kind of advertisement is forbidden. Iam pretty sure alll this effort came to nothing

[Frosted]

I am quite bothered by it, if they are known to be that bad for you why not ban the sale of them completely instead of sticking stupid pictures all over the packets. Either let them sell them without caveats or ban them completely.

The government get lots of lovely tax out of it but to make them look 'moral' they stick up pictures of scabby lungs.
I don't give a shag what they do with cigarettes. The only thing that'll bother me ever, is if snus gets banned.

[snusgetter]

Here's a rational comment that should be drilled into the FDA mentality:

Smokeless tobacco on the table in test cities > Facts & Fears > ACSH
(American Council on Science and Health)

ACSH's Dr. Josh Bloom adds, “I don’t even know why we’re even having this conversation. The issue boils down to one thing — the delivery of sufficient nicotine to the bloodstream to curb the urge to smoke. The method of delivery is irrelevant,” he says, “since no other method is as harmful as smoking itself.

"Some critics say that use of alternative products is simply substituting one addiction for another. This argument is disingenuous. Even if everyone addicted to cigarettes became addicted to an alternative nicotine product — and this won’t happen — hundreds of thousands of lives would still be saved each year. This is the bottom line.”

[Frosted]

Here's a rational comment that should be drilled into the FDA mentality:

Smokeless tobacco on the table in test cities > Facts & Fears > ACSH
(American Council on Science and Health)

ACSH's Dr. Josh Bloom adds, “I don’t even know why we’re even having this conversation. The issue boils down to one thing — the delivery of sufficient nicotine to the bloodstream to curb the urge to smoke. The method of delivery is irrelevant,” he says, “since no other method is as harmful as smoking itself.

"Some critics say that use of alternative products is simply substituting one addiction for another. This argument is disingenuous. Even if everyone addicted to cigarettes became addicted to an alternative nicotine product — and this won’t happen — hundreds of thousands of lives would still be saved each year. This is the bottom line.”

The man is enlightened. +1