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ThenReveal t1_j23ssxd wrote

My dad is a smoker And I am seeing these from last 15 years in Pakistan

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Rum3ths t1_j23syi8 wrote

But they still smoke… Ink wasted

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jeanyous t1_j23tj5j wrote

I think these do more harm than they help. Everyone knows smokers but basically no one knows people who are fucked like that. I know people who died from lung cancer, but have never seen anyone losing a leg or something like that from smoking. They should put something more realistic on it

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Iate8 t1_j23v0uf wrote

I thought this was normal

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shimmoslav t1_j23w288 wrote

Cool. We have much less brutal pictures in Poland.

Friend of mine had tracheostomy and smoked through that little pipe sticked in throat.

We're all gonna die eventually.

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Habarer t1_j23wpmw wrote

Helmut Schmidt smoked 2 Packs a Day for over 80 years and died with 97

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Jbj0815 t1_j247jw4 wrote

We have that in Germany too.

Started with just Quotes like "Smoking shortens your lifespan", the kids collected them like trading cards.

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ebranscom243 t1_j24ce1a wrote

Do you try to collect them all like Garbage pail kids??

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jeanyous t1_j24krxr wrote

Replying to vid_23 (#1,149,410)

Yes that's true. But if you say smoking makes your legs fall off and no one has ever seen someone lose a leg due to smoking, the majority of people will think it's bs and ignore it

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bigrigfrig t1_j252kch wrote

We’ve had that in the UK for years

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Spezi-Community t1_j2573vw wrote

And i thought the pictures here in Germany were tough💀

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dillardt t1_j25a7rc wrote

I thought it said taco bell

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Illustrious-Scar-526 t1_j25ctam wrote

Replying to jeanyous (#1,149,985)

That picture isn't BS though, and no one said anything about a leg. You are right in that we shouldn't lie or exaggerate these things because then it just makes people not trust, but that mouth cancer is a real thing. And it is a real slow and real painful way to die.

People talking like you, saying something isn't real and then using your own speculation as evidence (when tobaco does in fact cause mouth cancer, and can get worse than that photo). That's how people become misinformed. No one ever said tobacco makes your legs fall off, you just made that up. That's how people become misinformed, by doing exactly what you are doing. Don't just speculate and then use your own speculation as a fact. No one said anything about a leg, you just made that up, and now you're saying that it's wrong to lie about people losing their legs. You are causing misinformation, you are not preventing it.

I hope you never have the proof that I have experienced. I don't want anyone to watch the horrors of mouth/lung cancer take over the life of someone they love. Especially when they are the ones who caused it on themselves. I tried to make them stop smoking for years, if only they had a little more convincing..... But luckily they did not lose their legs, that would be horrible!

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NotXiJinpingGoUSA t1_j25e2bw wrote

Meh, it honestly probably just desensitizes them to it. Sure it may be effective in grossing you out for a little bit, but scary pictures dont kick addiction. Guys are just going to be buying these so much that they wont pay any mind to the pictures anymore after a short time.

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NotXiJinpingGoUSA t1_j25ecfk wrote

Replying to Taleoftwokittiesssd (#1,155,173)

You’re on Reddit, if you dont hate on America or fully support the left side of the political spectrum you get downvoted into oblivion (aside from subs that are known to be crawling with right wingers)

It’s a lot of young kids on here too that get stuck in that “America bad” mindset where they just comment dumb shit like that one even if it doesn’t make any sense.

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jeanyous t1_j25g7n8 wrote

Replying to Illustrious-Scar-526 (#1,155,654)

I didn't mean that it doesn't happen. It's just rare. Lung cancer is the most common thing among smokers. And I know 3 people who died of lung cancer due to smoking too. Here (in germany) there are also people with missing legs or feet for example on the cigarette packs. They don't exactly fall off but have to be amputated due to blood cloths i believe.

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katycake t1_j25jhra wrote

Replying to Rum3ths (#1,144,471)

On the topic of size of warning pictures:

"As if the problem is, we haven't noticed yet. Cigarettes could come in a black pack labeled TUMORS, and smokers would still line up to get them." "I can't wait to try these fuckin' things. I bet you get a tumor as soon as you light up." -Denis Leary.

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TwoMoreToGo t1_j25l60c wrote

How is this interesting? It's like this in most of the world.

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heyitsmenotyouok t1_j26gctw wrote

I’m pretty sure that’s everywhere but America. But they should do this here too!

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MisterTeeEM t1_j27tvbc wrote

Australia has pictures of organ damage and a guy who died 10 days after his picture was taken

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akayataya t1_j282539 wrote

And yet it doesn't do much in the way of helping people quit.

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