tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2559260500579382213.post8135054520442734863..comments2024-03-23T13:18:17.693-05:00Comments on Anybody Want A Peanut?: What? Smoking is bad?cherenkovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15355986781478585611noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2559260500579382213.post-44157077240654573032011-01-06T16:55:11.842-06:002011-01-06T16:55:11.842-06:00We all get sick and die from something. Smokers j...We all get sick and die from something. Smokers just get it sooner.cherenkovhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15355986781478585611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2559260500579382213.post-67343701183762565952011-01-06T15:52:19.043-06:002011-01-06T15:52:19.043-06:00Get people to stop smoking?
Easy. Make them pay t...Get people to stop smoking?<br /><br />Easy. Make them pay the full cost of medicare for their inevitable lingering death.<br /><br />None of this sh!t about "my taxes pay for it all so I deserve to do whatever I want"...that's demonstrably false and psychologically weird, to boot.<br /><br />Why should I pay for someone else's poor choices?Colinhttp://www.reservedatalltimes.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2559260500579382213.post-39804145439527778792011-01-04T18:28:07.701-06:002011-01-04T18:28:07.701-06:00Oh god this really opens up the possibilities for ...Oh god this really opens up the possibilities for realistic (and totally funny) packaging. Do not tempt for it is winter time when an evil genius's mind is restless.DriveGoddesshttp://www.drivegoddess.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2559260500579382213.post-11319260848215672882011-01-04T12:09:16.894-06:002011-01-04T12:09:16.894-06:00Reed: good point about the burger wrappers. Booze...Reed: good point about the burger wrappers. Booze too: can you imagine a bottle of Jack with a giant picture of a guy's face crushed against a steering wheel on it? We have to draw a line somewhere!cherenkovhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15355986781478585611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2559260500579382213.post-18227770270427149572011-01-03T14:40:48.899-06:002011-01-03T14:40:48.899-06:00I think this is another example of the government ...I think this is another example of the government fulfilling it's need to appear to be useful and accomplishing something.<br /><br />What they should do is just buzz off and let people decide for themselves whether they would like to smoke or not.<br />Time to knock it off with the social engineering.Gustav Nelsonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2559260500579382213.post-6177382702366298412011-01-03T13:20:40.143-06:002011-01-03T13:20:40.143-06:00I have not allowed smoking in my home for many yea...I have not allowed smoking in my home for many years, mind you I have not been in Canada a great deal until this last couple of years....hahahaha. As to my smoking habits, I enjoy them when I am drinking and I do not drink every day....I exercise and do not have processed foods in my home. A pack will last me a week...I have no plans of quitting anytime soon so I see this tactic as being just another hypocritical exercise by big brother. Sure, make money off of cigarettes but then tell me that I should not occasionally indulge myself with one? Bwahahahahahaha - I blow smoke rings in Herr Harper's general direction.the Stiff Rodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12153354006982911125noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2559260500579382213.post-9704765473558661822011-01-03T01:45:01.185-06:002011-01-03T01:45:01.185-06:00I used to work at an establishment that sold cigs....I used to work at an establishment that sold cigs. I'd have people go "Not the heart" how about "dead baby"? Okay. Kind of surreal sometimes. But it does open up the aftermarket cigarette package cover industry to hide the image. At the same time, the packages aren't aimed primarily at you or me or people who already smoke (though if it does become a factor in someone quitting, even better), but instead to deter first time smokers and kids who might see a package of their parents lying around and think its cool. I have to assume that the amount of smokers in Canadian society has decreased substantially in the last decade and I see no problem with this. Now, if they start putting images of gastric bypasses on McDonalds hamburger wrappers, I might have to protest.reedsolomon.matr1x at gmail.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17833240911634788354noreply@blogger.com