Thread: Australian court OKs logo ban on cigarette packs

Australian court OKs logo ban on cigarette packs

so what is your thoughts on this gents
i'm in the middle i lost my grandfather to smoking but i also dont like the government telling me what to do. by the way i'm a non smoker

Radical AFAIC, I smoke tobacco pipes ....



Australian court OKs logo ban on cigarette packs
FILE - In this undated image provided by the Minister for Health and Ageing is proposed cigarette packaging stripped of all logos and replaced with graphic images that tobacco companies in Australia will be forced to use. Australia's highest court upheld the world's toughest law on cigarette promotion on Wednesday, Aug. 15, 2012, despite protests from tobacco companies that argued the value of their trademarks will be destroyed under new rules that will strip all logos from cigarette packs. (AP Photo/Minister for Health and Ageing, File) EDITORIAL USE ONLY

I don't mind the graphics on the packaging.
I think "telling me what to do" would be not allowing me to make my own decision to purchase...which I can still freely do.

Here in Canada we pay a premium on tobacco, a sin tax if you will. Fair enough, the government is paying my hospital bills.

I don't mind the pic's or the tax...as long as I'm still able to choose.

I have no real problem with it. The smokers are still going to smoke. All they are doing is taking away the branding, making it harder to market them, hopefully lessening the amount of new smokers.

Money to be made in cigarette cases.

Michael

Originally Posted by JimmyHAD

Radical AFAIC, I smoke tobacco pipes ....



Australian court OKs logo ban on cigarette packs
FILE - In this undated image provided by the Minister for Health and Ageing is proposed cigarette packaging stripped of all logos and replaced with graphic images that tobacco companies in Australia will be forced to use. Australia's highest court upheld the world's toughest law on cigarette promotion on Wednesday, Aug. 15, 2012, despite protests from tobacco companies that argued the value of their trademarks will be destroyed under new rules that will strip all logos from cigarette packs. (AP Photo/Minister for Health and Ageing, File) EDITORIAL USE ONLY

Pipes Jim are like being a little bit pregnant all the same stuff,I am a smoker myself.

Originally Posted by MWS

Fair enough, the government is paying my hospital bills.

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How do you figure ? You pay an extremely high tax rate in general ... not to mention the sales tax. Don't get me wrong, I think it is worth it .... OTOH, like Nelson Rockefeller said, "There is no such thing as a free lunch."

It is really getting idiotic in my not so humble opinion. Why don't they do the same for any consumer product that has the ability to induce disease and death in that case. It is so two faced in the way governments are handling this issue. Just be up front and ban the sale, production and importation of tobacco products and be done with it. Oh, I forgot the governments don't really want to give up the tax revenue. Schizo behaviour or what. Shakes head walks away.

Bob

Originally Posted by BobH

It is really getting idiotic in my not so humble opinion. Why don't they do the same for any consumer product that has the ability to induce disease and death in that case. It is so two faced in the way governments are handling this issue. Just be up front and ban the sale, production and importation of tobacco products and be done with it. Oh, I forgot the governments don't really want to give up the tax revenue. Schizo behaviour or what. Shakes head walks away.

Bob

I can guarantee if you came out with a product with similar health risks like Tobacco or Alcohol the Govt would shut you down in quick order. However if you are a big corporation with lobbyists and lawyers and legislators in your pocket you can do just about anything with impunity.

Originally Posted by thebigspendur

I can guarantee if you came out with a product with similar health risks like Tobacco or Alcohol the Govt would shut you down in quick order. However if you are a big corporation with lobbyists and lawyers and legislators in your pocket you can do just about anything with impunity.

Or motor vehicles, firearms, junk food and on and on. Yea, they get schizo over money. It still does not alter the fact that it is a crock.

Bob