“I can excuse the lung cancer, but I draw the line at advertising!”
They now put ads in cigarettes
Submitted 11 months ago by bi_tux@lemmy.world to mildlyinfuriating@lemmy.world
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ech@lemm.ee 11 months ago
chris@l.roofo.cc 11 months ago
If you work on not buying cigarettes anymore you avoid the ads and something for your health and your pocket. Triple win.
abbadon420@lemm.ee 11 months ago
Cigarettes are bad and all, but from a business standpoint this is pretty clever. The EU forbade them to put ads on the package, so they’re putting ads in the packages. I hope my appreciation of their ingenuity gives the some solace when they’re burning in hell.
intensely_human@lemm.ee 11 months ago
It’s not wrong to sell tobacco to a grown adult. An adult is responsible for their own choices.
activ8r@sh.itjust.works 11 months ago
It is wrong to sell addictive substances to addicts.
Sure, adults have the right to smoke if they want. They are, of course, adults. But that doesn’t make it okay for tobacco companies to advertise harmful and addictive substances to anyone, least of all the people who are already addicted.bi_tux@lemmy.world 11 months ago
They are burning in hell for:
- putting ads in my cigarettes
- being a big greedy company
They are not burning in hell for:
- selling tabacco in the first place
macrocephalic@lemmy.world 11 months ago
If everyone existed in a bubble then that would be true. Unfortunately your smoking affects others. If you only ever do it outside away from others then it’s probably only causing health problems for you, but that’s still putting load on the health system. However I’m overweight so it would be hypocritical of me to admonish you too much on that front. If you smoke indoors and near other people then you are making everyone smoke for your own satisfaction.
MaxVoltage@lemmy.world 11 months ago
bro if you think selling tobacco a product i literally need to function sends peoope to Hell you need to go to confession
one catholic to another
Ashelyn@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 months ago
I don’t understand this take. You can enjoy a product but still understand that it brings more harm than good to society as a whole. I’m guessing tobacco is something you “need to function” because of the very fact that you regularly used it in the first place, probably at least partially due to the industry’s predatory practices.
Don’t get me wrong, withdrawal is an absolute nightmare I am blessed to never have experienced firsthand, but cases of lifelong dependence are why those companies should burn in the first place. If there were a way to get you and others like you what you need while wiping the rest of the industry off the face of this planet, I’d do it in a heartbeat.
If you genuinely enjoy smoking and believe tobacco has enriched your life, more power to you. Perhaps someone selling tobacco to people in your situation doesn’t bring harm, but selling that same product to someone who’s never smoked before and might potentially become hooked for life? Yeah, straight to hell. Fuck them.
Jax@sh.itjust.works 11 months ago
They aren’t talking about you the user, they’re talking about the ones making the cigarettes.
Also, I’m pretty sure suicide is a grievous sin in Catholicism no? Is the difference here that it takes a really long time? Or maybe it doesn’t count as suicide because without that cursed knowledge of cigarettes being bad for you, you’d never know you were killing yourself?
I’m just wondering where we draw the line here.
x4740N@lemmy.world 11 months ago
You may want to chat with someone about that qualified to help you because that sounds like a potential addiction based on your wording
dangblingus@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 months ago
Youre mildly infuriated by a reminder that youre actively killing yourself?
fatzgebum@feddit.de 11 months ago
The post is about the ad for vape pens inside the box, not the health warning.
dangblingus@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 months ago
Be that as it may, an advertisement for vaping is technically a reminder that smoking tobacco is bad for you.
Fridgeratr@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Yet another reason to quit!
0Xero0@lemmy.world 11 months ago
but the smokers will never quit, those addicts will pay anything to make everyone suffer for their asshole decision
Moonrise2473@feddit.it 11 months ago
Philip Morris advertising a Philip Morris product by pretending they care about your health
allywilson@sopuli.xyz 11 months ago
They’re advertising alt-cigarette products, right? Probably from their parent companies alt subsidiary.
I vaguely remember in the '90s they used to have slips like that in the UK. Can’t remember if it was advertising or things like “Collect 100 of these tokens, get a 20 pack for free!”
IWantToFuckSpez@kbin.social 11 months ago
Yeah it says “Heats real tobacco, doesn’t burn” so probably a vape. The big cigarette companies have all bought up companies in the vaping industry in the last years.
cactusupyourbutt@lemmy.world 11 months ago
not a liquid vape. they probably mean something like iqos, which just heats thw tobacco
Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 11 months ago
That would be false marketing, then. The reason why vapes are much less unhealthy (still unhealthy and wouldn’t recommend them for anything except temporary use to quit smoking) than cigarettes is that they DON’T contain tobacco!
Holzkohlen@feddit.de 11 months ago
Oh man, I just don’t care at all about ads in cigarette packs. I wish they would make them 5 times as expensive tho.
x4740N@lemmy.world 11 months ago
I wish they’d outlaw them globally, they are cancer sticks
Squizzy@lemmy.world 11 months ago
I’m pro smoke free legislation but prohibition doesn’t work
LazaroFilm@lemmy.world 11 months ago
I wish they’d regulate what goes in them.
bi_tux@lemmy.world 11 months ago
That’s very unlikely to work tho
0Xero0@lemmy.world 11 months ago
you might wanna add a few more zeros
macrocephalic@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Come to Australia. On the rare occasion I see someone smoking a real cigarette now I just think “who can afford to burn a $3 cigarette?”.
bi_tux@lemmy.world 11 months ago
If they were more expensive in my country, I and a lot of other people would just import them illagaly from eastern europe tbh
Greyghoster@aussie.zone 11 months ago
Australia has all cigarette packets an olive green colour with the usual graphic pictures as well as the same font used on all of them. Seems to work and the manufacturers have slunk off to their kennels.
timkmz@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Norway has it too on ciggs and snus, not many smoke but thats becouse of how popular snus is
Vilian@lemmy.ca 11 months ago
i though that the guy in the bed dieing was an american health company Ads 💀💀
SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 11 months ago
*dieieing
Sludge@sh.itjust.works 11 months ago
Vilian@lemmy.ca 11 months ago
I would like to apologize for my inadequate level of English proficiency. I am not a native speaker of the world’s current lingua franca which unfortunately leads to me making numerous embarrassing mistakes being made whenever I attempt to communicate using this language. Whenever I am reminded of how I lack the ability to convey my thoughts in an eloquent manner I feel as though I have committed a cardinal sin, as though every English teacher in the world are simultaneously shaking their heads and sighing due to how utterly disappointed they are at me.
Although I know that saying sorry to those of you who are reading my comment will not change the fact that I fail miserably to write and speak perfect English, I am writing this as a way to deter a certain type of people who cannot stand poor English (Also known informally as “Grammar Nazis”) from mocking me by posting unwanted and unnecessary comments detailing my every blunder. In my humble opinion, making grammatical errors should be perfectly acceptable as native speakers should not expect non-native speakers to be able to communicate in their second or third languages eloquently. If you are able to completely understand what the other person wrote, is there really a problem with what they’ve written? No, because the entire concept of communication is the exchange of information between other intelligent beings, which means that no matter how the exchange of information is made, as long as the information is accurately shared there is not a fundamental issue with their ability to communicate. To see it in another way, remember that someone who isn’t fluent in English is fluent in another language. When you think about it this way, isn’t it impressive for someone to speak a second language in any capacity? Having empathy and respect are qualities that are sorely missing for far too many people these days, especially on the internet.
That being said, I am aware that not all netizens who correct others are doing it to ridicule and shame. There are some who do so with the intent to help others improve and grow. However, displaying the failures of other people publicly will cause the person who is criticized to feel negative emotions such as shame and sadness due to the fact that their mistake has been made obvious which severely undermines the point they were trying to make in spite of their unfamiliarity with the English language. In most circumstances people are not looking for language help when they post anything online. Most people just want to enjoy themselves and have a good time on the internet which is why I would not encourage correcting other people regardless of your intentions. If you really do want to help others with their spelling or grammar, I would highly recommend you to help via messaging privately because not only will you not embarrass anyone, you can also go more in-depth with your explanation which I’m sure the other person will greatly appreciate if they want help, but I digress. I know that I’ve written a bit of an essay, but I hope I’ve made my points clear.
x4740N@lemmy.world 11 months ago
*dieieieing
nicetriangle@kbin.social 11 months ago
Nah cigarettes in the EU all have pictures of gross stuff on them like this. Canada too, IIRC but it's been a while since I was there.
Vilian@lemmy.ca 11 months ago
a guy in a bed isn’t gross compared with we have in brazil lol, it’s straight up open wounds NSFW
x4740N@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Australia as well
DeltaTangoLima@reddrefuge.com 11 months ago
Yep, and Australia. Been a thing for a long time.
RoseRose56@lemmy.world 11 months ago
you like your cigarette the way you like your youtube, ad free /joke
GONADS125@lemmy.world 11 months ago
*and cancerous
BloodSlut@lemmy.world 11 months ago
“Try Cigarettes Premium for an ad-free experience!”
Matriks404@lemmy.world 11 months ago
That is a practice that is at least few years old. I’ve seen similar tags produced in many languages for European market.
21Cabbage@lemmynsfw.com 11 months ago
Those little ad cards are an older concept than the filters.
rufus@discuss.tchncs.de 11 months ago
Buy a proper e-cigarette. This stuff smells bad.
Pooptimist@lemmy.world 11 months ago
A fellow Viennese!
hal_5700X@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Oh no, an ad only smokers can see.
ndsvw@feddit.de 11 months ago
[deleted]bi_tux@lemmy.world 11 months ago
I live in austria, they just started doing it here recently
me66@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Time to start voting with your wallet, by not buying any more of them!
0x4E4F@sh.itjust.works 11 months ago
It’s an adiction man 😔…
Metz@lemmy.world 11 months ago
i switched to vaping with nicotine. zero problem. did not miss cigs for a second. Then I slowly reduced the nicotine over six months until zero. i’m now smokefree since 2 years after lighting up 30 cigs a day vor over 20 years.
aniki@lemm.ee 11 months ago
Addictions can be broken.
nicetriangle@kbin.social 11 months ago
Gum and patches really do work if you give it an honest try. I'm speaking from experience.
hai@lemmy.ml 9 months ago
Okay, this might be a dumb question, but do different cigarette brands do (taste?) different?
Again, sorry of this is stupid.