There were many ways to discourage people from smoking. For examples, not allowed to smoke at the bus stop , taxi stand, schools, restaurant, toilets and hospitals.I saw another idea to discourage people from smoking at the Malaysia newspaper is to use ugly pictures (see photo).
According to the China Press,those sickening photos will be printed on the cigarette box to tell smokers the consequence of smoking.
Singapore had implemented the idea, I wonder how effective is this idea.
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Apparently ugly and sickening photos have no significant effects on our local smokers, particular the young ones, why? I remember sometime back our health authority put up some very gross photos of a leaking brain overflowing with blood (attacked by stroke), cautioning would-be smokers, and at the time frightening existing smokers to give up this dangerous habit, but unfortunately it failed. For old smokers, I can understand their old habit have already been ingrained in them, but the younger ones I believe simply ignore this message of doom. They are negatively influenced by those popular singers or film stars who smoke, despite cigarette advertisement being banned in Singapore. In short, we cannot force a horse to drink water, even though we push its head into it, if it refuses to drink. It is that simple.
Dear Zen,
Thanks for your comments. Yes you are right, it is not easy to change a person habits.
regards
pehsk
It is due to marketing strategies of unscrupulous tobacco companies whose greed have long since taken over their conscience.
When cigarette ads are banned, they "sponsor" popular movies on the condition that the heroes and heroines smoke on screens. These are subtle conditioning (brainwashing) of young impressionable minds that: heroes smoke, heroes are cool, and therefore, smoking is cool.
Many decades ago, some Chinese people in these regions got obscenely rich by growing opiums to sell to their fellow Chinese in China. Their descendants are still around enjoying these vast ill-gotten wealth, but opium is now a banned drug.
Why can't the garmen do the same with tobacco? Is it because of the huge revenues from tobacco duties? If the garmen can ban chewing gum, how about banning smoking in all public areas?
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