Effective health warnings

The World Health Organization (WHO) has called on governments to use graphic pictures on tobacco products to show the frightening physical results of smoking. Effective health warnings, especially those that include pictures, have been proven to motivate users to quit and to reduce the appeal of tobacco for those who are not yet addicted.
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posted on Thu, Jun 18, 2009 05:59 PM
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Photos are okay . . . byAlphaBeagle June 18, 2009 (0 votes) (report abuse) (reply)
but there is nothing quite as ghastly as seeing someone up close who has lost his jaw to cancer. I know - I've seen it.
a byBikeRyder June 18, 2009 (2 votes) (report abuse) (reply)
Is this considered to be spamming ? I mean a new one of these every other day.
RE: a bygixa June 18, 2009 (1 votes) (report abuse)
I would consider it so because, as far as I have observed — with the exception of a couple of brief comments in his “Faith United Against Tobacco” thread — the poster never participates in the discussion on anything he posts.

At any rate, I'm hitting the “report abuse” button on this one because it has crossed the line. (What's next ... graphic photos of aborted fetuses on pro life discussions?) This is not the place to post a photo like this. This makes me angry.

PS— I'm also going to email bozemantalks@dailychronicle.com to see if they will do anything. This poster is using bozemantalks as his personal soapbox.
Spaming... byrickgale June 19, 2009 (0 votes) (report abuse)
It seems that some readers see my postings as spam. So, with that said it is time to address those concerns. As the Tobacco Prevention Specialist for the Montana Tobacco Use Prevention Program here in Gallatin County we are social networking as a way to gather information from Montanans about the public health crisis caused by the use of all forms of commercial tobacco products and what their thoughts are about ways to prevent and reduce tobacco use and addiction in Montana. And thanks to each of your for your personal stories about a product that kills more people a year than alcohol, drugs, car accidents, AIDS, suicide, homicide and fire combined.
RE: a bygixa June 19, 2009 (0 votes) (report abuse)
RE: “It seems that some readers see my postings as spam.”

Yup, you're right that I am one of them, but please let me be clear about this:

It is not your message that I oppose, it is your method. I resent that you attempt to use this discussion site as your own platform and no doubt rationalize your posting of an offensively graphic photo as justifiable because it makes your point.

The fact that you have participated in no other discussions on this site and were not even a member of BozemanTalks until May 19, 2009 (coincidentally the date of your first post “Tobacco & Mental Health Issues”) leads me to believe that you joined with ulterior motives and saw this site as an opportunity for free advertising.

Good luck with your campaign. I hope you will spare a moment of reflection about how best to attract people to your cause.
Statistics bycwrite June 18, 2009 (0 votes) (report abuse) (reply)
Spamming on this subject may be a good thing.
I just read that 30 percent of annual US cancer deaths
are lung and throat cancers. This is directly
related to smoking/tabacco use.
When will people get it.
I don't like pictures of sick people either.
But have you seen one of the lungs from a smoker.
My high school showed this to students.
I don't smoke.
RE: Statistics bygixa June 18, 2009 (0 votes) (report abuse)
Forgive me, cwrite, but this is not the place for it, and spamming is never a good thing.
SCHIP funding byMTMountainGirl June 19, 2009 (0 votes) (report abuse) (reply)
Weren't the taxes on tobacco increased because that was how Baucus set it up to fund his SCHIP (kids health insurance program) deal? If all the tobacco users stop using, how will the program be funded? Oh, that was a silly question....higher taxes somewhere else!
Posting... byrickgale June 19, 2009 (0 votes) (report abuse) (reply)
It seems that some readers see my postings as spam. So, with that said it is time to address those concerns. As the Tobacco Prevention Specialist for the Montana Tobacco Use Prevention Program here in Gallatin County we are social networking as a way to gather information from Montanans about the public health crisis caused by the use of all forms of commercial tobacco products and what their thoughts are about ways to prevent and reduce tobacco use and addiction in Montana. And thanks to each of your for your personal stories about a product that kills more people a year than alcohol, drugs, car accidents, AIDS, suicide, homicide and fire combined.
Smoke Absolute byLiberal Doses June 20, 2009 (0 votes) (report abuse) (reply)
I remember reading an article about an old Russian woman who drank copious amounts of Vodka and smoked stogies all day long. She lived to be 125 or something like that. Go figure...

Peace
He needs help. byEd. June 20, 2009 (0 votes) (report abuse) (reply)
"the Tobacco Prevention Specialist for the Montana Tobacco Use Prevention Program". C'mon guys, he has to justify his job. If it weren't for Rick, no one in Gallatin Co. would ever stop smoking. He's a 'Specialist'. He is your tax dollars at work. He's an 'anti-smoking Nazi' who found a way to get paid for his activism. That's entrepreneurship...the American way.
RE: He needs help. byrickgale June 20, 2009 (0 votes) (report abuse)
Ed. The work that Tobacco Prevention Specialists are doing in Montana is NOT paid for with your tax dollars. Tobacco Prevention Programs are funded by the 1998 Master Settlement Agreement when tobacco companies agreed to finance a $1.5 billion anti-smoking campaign, open previously secret industry documents, and disband industry trade groups which Attorneys General maintain conspired to conceal damaging research from the public. You don't have to agree with our efforts but the "Anti-smoking Nazi" reference? I have served this country in uniform and my son just returned from Iraq where he was injured when his vehicle hit an IED.
RE: He needs help. byEd. June 20, 2009 (0 votes) (report abuse)
Surely you understand that the "anti-smoking Nazi" has nothing to do with ones patriotism or political beliefs.

Maybe I should have said "Your tobacco tax dollars at work". That wouldn't be accurate either since those taxes are just another form of gov. revenue. You're salary is paid by the tobacco industry. How do you get a job like that and why would you take it?