RICHMOND, Va. – Rotting teeth and gums. Diseased lungs. A sewn-up corpse of a smoker. Cigarette smoke coming out of the tracheotomy hole in a man's neck. Cigarette packs in the U.S. will have to carry these macabre images in nine new warning labels that are part of a campaign by the Food and Drug Administration to use fear and disgust to discourage Americans from lighting up.
Really? Do you really think this is going to make smokers stop? Reality check time. Cancer, heart disease, premature babies, and death is not scary enough? Smokers know the dangers. Lets try a new approach. How about getting some George Clooney(I'm dating myself) type hunk and have him do a public service commercial. He could say something like "kissing a smoker is like kissing an ash tray". Would this help women think twice about smoking? And for you guys, lets get the current hottie actress singer come out and say "I'd do just about any guy except a smoker". Would that work? Nah, I guess not, but it's still better than the new scare effort by the FDA.
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