Comments on: How plain packaging on cigarettes will work

By: Toby Price

Toby Price — Sat, 12 May 2012 06:21:40 +0000

@injunction_mp @AngelaHarbutt1 one of the comments on here is hilarious http://t.co/vqP13A0U

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On tobacco packaging, the answer is plain | Left Foot Forward — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 16:00:33 +0000

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By: Lchircop

Lchircop — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 00:31:00 +0000

Interesting findings. It seems that even avid smokers understand the dangers of cigarettes these days, and would urge others not to ever have that first dangerous puff. Addictive substances can only be phased out over time by dissuading young people from ever taking them in the first place. This legislation is a good step towards that.

http://theblogicalvoice.com/2012/04/27/cigarette-packaging-to-become-a-drab-olive-brown-as-tobacco-companies-lose-traction/

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 22 Apr 2012 17:57:00 +0000

In reply to davo. It is Clark without an 'e', twit. ;)

By: CornwallSupport

CornwallSupport — Sun, 22 Apr 2012 16:15:19 +0000

With all the talk of plain packaging on tobacco products,how will it actually work and why does it matter? http://t.co/R1z4G94l @ASH_LDN

By: TobaccoController

TobaccoController — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 14:56:00 +0000

From the consultation report itself (pages 7 and 8):

Overview of consultation submissions
In total, more than 96,000 responses were received. The majority of these were pre-written postcards or e-mail campaigns. These included the following:
Campaign/Organisation Submissions
Smokefree North West 49,507
Cancer Research UK 9,200
Dmyst 10,757
Smokefree Action 1,562
Smokefree North East 8,128
Tobacco Control Alliance Wales 118
FOREST 2,121
Independent Retail News (petition) 581
Most of the responses for each of these campaigns focus only on a few issues raised in the consultation, particularly on questions 7 (marketing tobacco accessories), 8 (displays), and 9 (vending machines). The phrasing was often generic, for example, “I support measures to protect our children from tobacco marketing.”

http://www.dh.gov.uk/prod_consum_dh/groups/dh_digitalassets/documents/digitalasset/dh_091384.pdf

A great PR job…..but genuine responses?

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 11:46:00 +0000

It doesn’t matter how they’re packed, if kids want them kids will buy them. Many, if not most, kids in Canada smoke contraband cigarettes packed in transparent plastic bags sold around their school for about $1.50 per 20 and could care less neither about how unattractive the packs are nor about the bugs, rodent feces or floor sweepings found in these cigarettes manufactured God only knows where and how. This is the result of extortionist taxation (similar to the UK’s) brought about by greedy alleged do-gooders and governments who pretend to care.

Since smoking prevalence has remained more or less stagnant mostly everywhere rabid anti-smokers took over tobacco control, perhaps the only way we can fix the problem is to wrap anti-smoker lobbyists in plain clothing with a mask over their head so they can no longer compete with each other for government or pharmaceutical grants. Only then might we go back to honest education that was working just fine in curbing the smoking prevalence up until anti-smokers became greedy and absurd.

By: Rebecca Devitt

Rebecca Devitt — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 11:13:26 +0000

How plain packaging on cigarettes will work: http://t.co/eUAgLqcj by Martin Dockrell of http://t.co/92UwMIcR

By: T.E.C.C

T.E.C.C — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 10:01:05 +0000

How plain packaging on cigarettes will work http://t.co/4jRg45YH

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 08:51:00 +0000

In reply to JC. Shall we ban smoking along with tax evasion, heroin, cocaine, speeding, the Conservative Party, UKIP, the BNP and we can all then have apple pie for tea.