Posts Tagged ‘cigarettes’
Cigarettes will be individually labeled in Canada. The messages, in English and French, include warnings such as "poison in every puff" and "cigarettes cause cancer."
By July 2024 manufacturers will have to ensure the warnings are on all king-size ... ...
Here's another delightful houseware design from Anissa Kermiche (previously at Boing Boing), with a perfect name: the Asstray.
The asstray is our new ashtray trinket dish, with body parts designed specifically for you to rest your cigarettes in. Y... ...
I live in the rural Southwest, and the recent news that trucking company U-Haul has decided to stop hiring people who smoke cigarettes is a big deal around here. People with few financial options tend to be the ones who take jobs as truckers and the like; those tend to be the same populations ...
In Halifax, West Yorkshire, England, a gentleman's car exploded after he reportedly sprayed "excessive" amount of air freshener and then lit a cigarette. From the BBC News:
Gas from the spray ignited, blew out the windscreen and windows and buckled the doors but the man escaped with only minor injuries.
Police said the incident in Halifax ...
With many criticizing the e-cig companies marketing their products to children, along with the major health concerns its brings to kids and adults alike, the New York governor saw it fit to call for a ban. Read more...More about Politics, Mashable Vid... ...
After all the hoopla surrounding the new and creepy Cats movie trailer, this delightful 1986 PSA from the American Lung Association may provide some relief.
(via r/ObscureMedia)
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San Fransisco-based Juul and other e-cigarette companies were given a swift kick in the stones today by the Golden Gate City as San Francisco became the first city in the United States to ban the sale of electronic cigarettes within its borders.
From The New York Times:
“We’ve worked for decades to decrease tobacco usage ...
Eight years ago, in the town of Van Buren, Missouri, newly retired resident John Pope walked six blocks and picked up 1,085 cigarette butts.
The unsightly, unpleasant litter problem — as we're all acutely aware — isn't confined to Pope's ... ...
It's like taking candy away from a baby.
The FDA will move to ban Juul's fun flavors from most convenience stores to fight teen use of the product, reports the New York Times. The agency will also require stricter age verification measures for buying... ...
I can imagine the first brainstorm: "What if the monolith in 2001: A Space Odyssey was actually a massive pack of cigarettes? And they found it at the bottom of the ocean?" Here's the actual back story according to Big Dog Media Productions:
When health warnings first appeared on packets in 1971 and the rules ...