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Madbrad200 @sh.itjust.works

6d ago

Brekkie

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Man, they really go all out on the UK ciggie boxes 😳
- They like pretending gore porn reduces smoking but realistically it has no effect. Its like showing domestic abuse victims on beer bottles, at best it does nothing.
  
  And at worst?
  
  No it definitely works
  
  For those addicted, I agree. Does it stop people from picking up the habit in the first place?
- When I was in Germany years ago, the cigarette boxes looked like straight cartoon poison with the giant skull and warning on them. Which, IMO, didn't make them scary; it made them cooler.
- They actually havent looked like that for years. The graphic photos are still there, but they are not allowed branding anymore and all cigarette boxes have to be the same grey/brown colour with a tiny font
- Focus testing proved it improved sales in council estates by up to 70%.

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