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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091209/ap_on_he_me/eu_med_smoking_report;_ylt=Au0_JmJ1baH7phBKxF.3onWs0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTNsaTdzYW9yBGFzc2V0A2FwLzIwMDkxMjA5L2V1X21lZF9zbW9raW5nX3JlcG9ydARjY29kZQNtb3N0cG9wdWxhcgRjcG9zAzMEcG9zAzkEcHQDaG9tZV9jb2tlBHNlYwN5bl90b3Bfc3RvcnkEc2xrA3dob3Ntb2tpbmdraQ-- (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091209/ap_on_he_me/eu_med_smoking_report;_ylt=Au0_JmJ1baH7phBKxF.3onWs0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTNsaTdzYW9yBGFzc2V0A2FwLzIwMDkxMjA5L2V1X21lZF9zbW9raW5nX3JlcG9ydARjY29kZQNtb3N0cG9wdWxhcgRjcG9zAzMEcG9zAzkEcHQDaG9tZV9jb2tlBHNlYwN5bl90b3Bfc3RvcnkEc2xrA3dob3Ntb2tpbmdraQ--)
By MARIA CHENG, AP Medical Writer Maria Cheng, Ap Medical Writer – Wed Dec 9, 8:58 am ET
LONDON – Tobacco use kills at least 5 million people every year, a figure that could rise if countries don't take stronger measures to combat smoking, the World Health Organization said Wednesday.
In a new report on tobacco use and control, the U.N. agency said nearly 95 percent of the global population is unprotected by laws banning smoking. WHO said secondhand smoking kills about 600,000 people every year.
The report describes countries' various strategies to curb smoking, including protecting people from smoke, enforcing bans on tobacco advertising, and raising taxes on tobacco products. Those were included in a package of six strategies WHO unveiled last year, but less than 10 percent of the world's population is covered by any single measure.
"People need more than to be told that tobacco is bad for human health," said Douglas Bettcher, director of WHO's Tobacco-Free Initiative. "They need their governments to implement the WHO Framework Convention."
Most of WHO's anti-tobacco efforts are centered on the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, an international treaty ratified by nearly 170 countries in 2003. The convention theoretically obliges countries to take action to reduce tobacco use, though it is unclear if they can be punished for not taking adequate measures, since they can simply withdraw from the treaty.
Other experts questioned how effective WHO's strategies were.
"It's like the well-intentioned blind leading the blind," said Patrick Basham, director of the Democracy Institute, a London and Washington-based think tank. He said WHO's policies were based more on hope than evidence.
Basham said measures like increasing taxes on tobacco products and banning advertising don't address the root causes of why people smoke. Smoking levels naturally drop off — as they have in Western countries — when populations become richer and better-educated.
Tobacco use is the leading preventable cause of death and WHO estimates that, unless countries take drastic action, tobacco could kill about 8 million people every year by 2030, mostly in developing countries.
Basham said officials should focus on anti-poverty measures to stem the smoking problem, though that is beyond WHO's mandate as a health agency.
"The cynical view is that the anti-tobacco lobby has itself now become an industry and we will never be able to do enough to stop smoking," Basham said. "Tobacco use will change, but it has very little to do with the kinds of things WHO is promoting."
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Holly shit smoking is bad for you'' wow good thing you were here to post that shit ::)
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i'm an ex smoker, and do sometimes miss the odd fag... but i do wish they'd ban smoking in public places. i'm sick of constantly walking into clouds smoke from all the fucking filthy bastard chav chainsmokers.
of course they'll never ban it 'cos the government make shitloads of money from smokers.
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Banning smoking in pubs is the only good thing the UK government has done in the last 10 years. Not smelling like an ash tray after a night out is great...though some pubs now smell of piss, vomit and sweat.... :-X
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IF THIS INCLUDES SMOKING POLE, DEREK ANTHONY HAS ONLY A FEW DAYS TO LIVE.
TEH BEEF
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IF THIS INCLUDES SMOKING POLE, DEREK ANTHONY HAS ONLY A FEW DAYS TO LIVE.
TEH BEEF
cap locks is right next to the A ;D AND sorry to say derek has had so much pole over the years hes immune
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Smoking keeps the population down as does heart disease, alcohol abuse, HIV, diabetes cancer and working with "tha Chad"
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it's a part of the evolutionary process. stupid people are sorted away :P
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i'm an ex smoker, and do sometimes miss the odd fag... but i do wish they'd ban smoking in public places. i'm sick of constantly walking into clouds smoke from all the fucking filthy bastard chav chainsmokers.
of course they'll never ban it 'cos the government make shitloads of money from smokers.
outed ;D
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IF THIS INCLUDES SMOKING POLE, DEREK ANTHONY HAS ONLY A FEW DAYS TO LIVE.
TEH BEEF
this made me lol :D
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IF THIS INCLUDES SMOKING POLE, DEREK ANTHONY HAS ONLY A FEW DAYS TO LIVE.
TEH BEEF
haha, how did I miss this the first time.....classic.
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i'm an ex smoker, and do sometimes miss the odd fag... but i do wish they'd ban smoking in public places. i'm sick of constantly walking into clouds smoke from all the fucking filthy bastard chav chainsmokers.
of course they'll never ban it 'cos the government make shitloads of money from smokers.
LOL ;D God, I hope you're english.....
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Inhaling smoke. What a way to spend time, and enjoy your life.
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Smoking's great, it makes you look cool and impresses the chicks.
Plus, the smoking area of a club or bar is the best place to trap filthy whorebags.
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What a joke...5 Mil and God knows how many more from alcohol related...and you can buy both down at the corner perfectly legal.
And the govt wastes time/ money on steroids....LOL
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The whores love smoking, alcohol and drugs so we all will keep providing them for sure.
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What a joke...5 Mil and God knows how many more from alcohol related...and you can buy both down at the corner perfectly legal.
And the govt wastes time/ money on steroids....LOL
It's to protect the yutes
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LOL...right. More like protecting their POCKETS.
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LOL...right. More like protecting their POCKETS.
lol if they wanted to they could sell them at the chemist and put heavy tax on them
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;)
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Holly shit smoking is bad for you'' wow good thing you were here to post that shit ::)
:D :D
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Steroids are waaaaay worse. Just ask anyone that isn't a bodybuilder and that obviously all the proof needed.
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Steroids are waaaaay worse. Just ask anyone that isn't a bodybuilder and that obviously all the proof needed.
X2 so I'll just keep smoking and drinking and hanging with whores ;D
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091209/od_nm/us_warnings (http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091209/od_nm/us_warnings)
Cigarettes kill, but don't tell smokers?
SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Cigarette pack warnings that remind smokers of the fatal consequences of their habit may actually make them smoke more as a way to cope with the inevitability of death, according to researchers.
A small study by psychologists from the United States, Switzerland and Germany showed that warnings unrelated to death, such as "smoking makes you unattractive" or "smoking brings you and the people around you severe damage," were more effective in changing smokers' attitudes toward their habit.
This was especially the case in people who smoked to boost their self-esteem, such as youth who took up the habit to impress or fit in with their peers and others who thought smoking increased their social value, the researchers said.
"In general, when smokers are faced with death-related anti-smoking messages on cigarette packs, they produce active coping attempts as reflected in their willingness to continue the risky smoking behavior," the study said.
"To succeed with anti-smoking messages on cigarette packs one has to take into account that considering their death may make people smoke."
The study was based on 39 psychology students, aged between 17 and 41, who said they were smokers.
Participants filled in a questionnaire to determine how much their smoking was based on self-esteem, were then shown cigarette packs with different warnings on them, and then after a 15-minute delay, the students were asked more questions about their smoking behavior that included if they intended to quit.
"One the one hand, death-related warnings were not effective and even ironically caused more positive smoking attitudes among smokers who based their self-esteem on smoking," the study said.
"On the other hand, warning messages that were unrelated to death effectively reduced smoking attitudes the more recipients based their self-esteem on smoking."
The researchers said this finding can be explained by the fact that warnings such as "smoking makes you unattractive" may be particularly threatening to people who believe that smoking makes them feel valued by others or boosts their self-image.
The study was published in the Journal of Experimental Social Psychology.
(Writing by Miral Fahmy; Editing by Alex Richardson)
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lol if they wanted to they could sell them at the chemist and put heavy tax on them
QFT
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we need people to die, its the circle of life. People smoke, die of lung cancer, get cremated and then smoked to kill other people. Lion king is an awesome documentary.
~Jay