We did, in fact I feel those are the exact same images from our packs. I haven’t smoked in a long time so can’t compare, but they feel identical.
Comment on in the uk they encourage smokers by printing cigarette packs as collectibles
auzy1@lemmy.world 1 day ago
We probably started that, here in Australia
Quokka@quokk.au 1 day ago
Maeve@kbin.earth 1 day ago
https://s3.amazonaws.com/images.ecwid.com/images/73176953/3202223302.jpg
Of course I was much too young to be smoking or drinking, so I was delighted. Not A-B though.
Quokka@quokk.au 1 day ago
It was more in reference to the graphic images of the harms of smoking. We did plain packaging and medical images and others slowly picked it up.
Maeve@kbin.earth 1 day ago
I'm aware. I'm saying we had mascots to encourage bad habits.
ttayh@lemmy.zip 9 hours ago
nope
Canada, december 2000
Brazil, 2001 (later also added blunt phrases with the gore images, eg, “you die” “causes ED”)
Aus, 2006
UK, 2008
morto@piefed.social 8 hours ago
Here in Brazil there’s even a popular joke about someone who went to buy cigarettes and received a box with the message that it causes erectile dysfunction, and then asks to change it for the one that causes cancer
ttayh@lemmy.zip 8 hours ago
Tô ligado mano
auzy1@lemmy.world 9 hours ago
Wow. We were really slow on that one
Actually super surprising