Wednesday, November 10, 2010

Corpses and coffins? FDA proposes graphic cigarette labels

The best thing I ever did for my health was quit smoking in 2000.

The feds are gung ho with their new initiative to reduce smoking

“The federal government hopes new larger, graphic warning labels for cigarettes that include images of corpses, cancer patients, and diseased lungs and teeth will help snuff out tobacco use.

The images are part of a new push announced by the Food and Drug Administration and the Department of Health and Human Services on Wednesday to reduce tobacco use, which is responsible for about 443,000 deaths per year.”

Read more here.

2 comments:

Jendocino said...

Congratulations on giving up cigarettes! They don't call them "coffin nails" for nothing. Happy Veterans Day, too! Thank you for your service to our country.

ImBlogCrazy said...

Thanks Jen!

Much appreciated.

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