Talk:Tobacco packaging warning messages

To Do
To Do: things I'd love to see

1. History of warning signs-in Brazil dont they show pictures of swollen up arteries or something? 2. Translation for foreign ones - I have friends from all over Europe who smoke-I'll be adding some Russian, Czech, German, French and Brazilian ones in soon 3. No deletion of this. It starts out small, but it'll get bigger 4. Move somewhere else maybe, add some categories to it —Preceding unsigned comment added by Thewayforward (talk • contribs) 13:04, 2 December 2004 (UTC)


 * for some photos see http://www.xelca.nl/articles/foto_op_pakje_sigaretten.aspx —Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.51.209.230 (talk • contribs) 14:31, 18 December 2004 (UTC)


 * Personally, I'd love to see information on the effectiveness of the campaign, preferably by nation.Wzrd1 (talk) 21:35, 17 August 2011 (UTC)
 * so would I. I'd like to know how much the incidences of cancer, among smokers, are increasing or decreasing since the launch of the warning labels/photos. Has any research addressed the effects of how the human body may be affected by the power of suggestion, subliminal messaging, etc., in a negative manner-ie: visualization becoming realized.Ibelieveineverything (talk) 01:10, 2 May 2012 (UTC)

Sections
Currently it has sections called English French German etc, I added the Irish section as "Republic of Ireland" even though the messages are presented in English. It would probably be more accurate to point to the country or jurisdiction in which the messages appear rather than the language. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.202.138.134 (talk • contribs) 01:32, 4 December 2004 (UTC)

As a european, to be accurate, this article MUST put all E.U. countries in the same section because their warnings are exactly the same, the only difference are language subtleties. Laguna117 01:06, 25 January 2007 (UTC)Laguna 117

Spoofs
I've added information about spoof cigarette warnings but didn't want to link directly to the website that seels them. Should a link be given? It's www.fakefags.co.uk if so. Dafyddyoung 22:21, 30 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Canada
I don't smoke, so i really can't contribute. However, I live in Canada, and I know that on our cig cartons, there are big gruesome pictures taking up like half of the cover thing. I know that they have one of people with mouth cancer, black lungs, etc, but im not sure. someone else who reads this might know. SECProto 23:45, Feb 27, 2005 (UTC)


 * http://www.infotobacco.com is the Canadian site. Brazil and Thailand's Graphic Warnings can be viewed here, and the full list (with examples) of countries displaying graphic images are here. hth. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 195.134.6.202 (talk • contribs) 11:40, 14 January 2006 (UTC)


 * the picture for the canadian warning isn't very convincing, erections are annoying, australia has the most graphic pics i've ever seen —Preceding unsigned comment added by The Right Honourable (talk • contribs) 10:58, 24 March 2007 (UTC)

Canada has a new law where the anti-smoking graphic must be 75% of the packaging. Also they have banned "light" and "mild". The cigarette companies call them "smooth" and "balanced". — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.67.175.61 (talk) 15:51, 4 August 2012 (UTC)

Naming
I'd like to suggest moving this article to Tobacco packet warning signs or Tobacco packaging warning signs (I prefer the latter). The reasoning is that such warnings don't just appear on cigarette packets, but also on tobacco pouches. violet/riga (t) 20:18, 31 July 2005 (UTC)

Australia
Can someone update the Australia section with this - http://www.smoke-free.ca/warnings/Australia-warnings.htm - I've never edited a page and wouldn't know what to do —Preceding unsigned comment added by 211.27.221.8 (talk • contribs) 02:21, 12 February 2006 (UTC)

Spain
One particularly interesting warning on tobacco in Spain was "Fumar Te Matara" (Smoking will kill you). If anyone can compile a list, that would be great! --Trafficone 11:37, 25 July 2006 (UTC)

Actually in Spain it's "Fumar puede matar" Smoking can kill, and it's a exception to the E.U. standard playing on language subtleties Laguna117 01:09, 25 January 2007 (UTC) Laguna117

European Union
Warning signs in the countries of European Union are standartized by Union legislation. Therefore there is no sense to compile a separate list for every country of European Union - bacause all warnings are the same, in the official language of a respective country. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.246.200.110 (talk • contribs) 16:10, 11 October 2006 (UTC)


 * I second.* It all says the same and even introduces translation errors. Cut out all individial transaltions, eventually leave same examples. Elthe 10:54, 26 February 2007 (UTC)

I read in the newspaper when the laws where changed in Iceland regarding health warnings that they where adopted from the EU leguslations because of the European Economic Area agreement. I also took the liberty to add the bulk of Icelandic warning messages and put the translations into 's. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Agustsmari (talk • contribs) 14:13, 15 January 2007 (UTC)

Translate
Can somebody please Tanslate the Italy, and Lativa section? offtopic: Compared to the other warning labels, the US one looks inferior by tryin to use "bog" words in stead if falt out sayin it "THROUGH FIRE, JUSTICE IS SERVED!" 06:42, 22 October 2006 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Angelofdeath275 (talk • contribs)

Singapore
First,this is a member of wiki but im too lazy to log in anyway

The purpose of this post is that i wonder why Singapore is not featured here.Singapore is also a country that take a serious stance against smoking.Cig packs have graphic images and u can literally see anti-smoking(not no smoking) signs around downtown. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 218.186.9.5 (talk • contribs) 15:14, 21 December 2006 (UTC)

Pot Makes You Stoned
This is vandalism, right? --DonES 00:13, 4 February 2007 (UTC)

No it is quite true :P HarveyDanger 02:30, 6 February 2007 (UTC)

history
what about the history of the warnings? I heard somewhere that the first was volunterely put by lucky strike an increased the sales, does anyone knows if its true?130.192.70.4 16:27, 9 July 2007 (UTC)

it is so bad for you, don't to it, it might kill you!!!!! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.21.12.30 (talk) 01:18, 17 December 2007 (UTC)

South Africa
Can someone add South Africa because there are no african countries listed. South Afica has warning messages on tabacco packaging. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 196.209.60.57 (talk) 20:34, 7 August 2008 (UTC)

penumbral lunar eclipse?
Does the netherlands really warn that smoking 'could cause a penumbral lunar eclipse?' —Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.233.202.2 (talk) 13:53, 28 August 2008 (UTC)

No they don't. I never saw it before and can't find anything about it on the Internet either.94.211.19.30 (talk) 17:50, 2 June 2009 (UTC)

Length of Message
Does anybody know of any study looking at the length of the warning message? I always think that "Smoking kills" works better than a lenghthy medical text and thus in a smaller font. Similarly, are bi- or trilingual messages less effective than monolingual ones? 213.143.18.23 (talk) 08:42, 24 April 2009 (UTC)

smoking in new york
who gave the right to the mayor of nyc to raise prices on cigarrettes. was this because he need it to raise more money for the city or because he is reformed smoker like everybody else. and i thought that the goverment has to ask if they can implement the law instead of make it a rule. why dont you outlaw the vodka scotch and wine. and close down the bars and reastaurants that sell alchohol that cause liver cancer that just as dangerous as cigarettes and why they dont ban buses planes with monoxide. i dare anybody from this organization to debate with me anytime on their convenience and time if they dare — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.146.205.81 (talk) 03:27, 7 January 2015 (UTC)

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