1/12: Canadian cigarette warnings

[gmarceau]

Originally posted by datalas
I believe one of the main reasons why smoking is not illigal is the matter of Tax.

Sorry to break the news to you, but this logic doesn't work in Canada. Remember, in Canada, we all share the same gouvernmental medical insurance. So for every smoker that quits, and every tennager that doesn't start, hundred of thousands dollard are saved by the gouvernment in future medical services.

This justifies alot of the babysitting our gouvernement does on us. For instance : Some of us would like to motorbike without a helmet, but the rest would rather not pay the millions for all the resulting head trauma treatments. Thus helmets are mendatory in Canada.


I would like to point out the effect of those ads are greter than can be mesured in a pool. Remember, when pooled, practicaly nobody ever admit advertisement as an effect on their shoping decisions, but advertisers know better.

The fact is, those ads brought the issue out on the street. For every five discussion about who in the office got the latest ad first, there is one that turns about who will quit next, or about who really hate second hand smoke but is too shy to say so. It got people talking. It got the idea into people's head that there is a social issue at play, and that we should talk about it.