More Warnings Please
So we are about to see new, graphic warnings on cigarette packets presenting the grizzly effects that smoking has upon the human body. Good idea. If it contributes towards people kicking the habit then it’s a good thing, in my opinion.
We here at Amateur Brain Surgery think that the visual warning system should be extended even further. Food packaging has been required to tell us how much fat, salt, lead and heavy-metals are in our foods for some time. But who actually reads these labels? In fact, who actually reads at all? Some supermarkets have been trying a simple traffic light indicator system to tell shoppers which food products are the most healthy. The supermarket accurately recognised that it is only the Guardian reading middle classes who can actually read and therefore everyone else needs simple stop or go instructions presented pictorially. Why not take a few snapshots of the ‘typical’ consumers of various foods and present these images on the packaging. Those shoppers who aspire to become (or already are) obese, crisp-noshing burdens on the national health system would quickly be able to recognise the foods that would best support their aim. 
And what about alcohol? A few choice images on the back of various alcopop bottles accurately reflecting the state that some people get into after over-consumption may go some way towards dissuading the ever-so-slightly more sensible from over-imbibing. The image of a young girl getting shagged up against the wall of a rancid toilet cubicle whilst puking down the back of her young casanova would be one picture that I would use. Another would be of a young man getting his face stitched back on after being glassed in a booze fuelled punch-up at a club. Forewarned is forearmed. But would anyone actually take any notice?
jeremy wrote,
NO COMMENT… is that an elephant thong
Link | May 9th, 2008 at 3:28 pm
webdesigner wrote,
hahahah
That was a nice article, lol,
I Liked that girl in the photo, cool thong
Link | May 17th, 2009 at 5:17 pm
James from inexpensive electronic wrote,
That image would stop me from doing alot of things…
Link | June 12th, 2009 at 12:36 am
tj_linker wrote,
the probLem is that most of the smokers know that it’s not healthy, but they just can’t resist it..
Link | June 15th, 2009 at 3:12 pm
Rachel wrote,
what a fat bitch OMG get some proper pants that FIT!!!!! booom boooom booom lol
Link | July 24th, 2009 at 8:40 pm
Debbie Drummond from Las Vegas luxury homes wrote,
I agree with you, there should be more warnings but more awareness as well. You see teenagers ignore the warnings because they see everyone are ignoring it, they know the harmful effects of Smoking and alcohol but they think ‘Let’s enjoy, after all it’s time now’ but they don’t realize, it kills them slowly and makes them addicted to it for which they have to bear all their life. Alcohol does a lot of damage to anyone’s life. Obesity causes diseases earlier in your life. People see everyone, I think one should start taking control him/her self rather than looking at others.
Link | September 14th, 2009 at 8:04 pm
Anders from Graphic Design Agency London wrote,
One probem (with smoking and drinking) is that young people think it won’t do them any harm in the short term, so they can enjoy it for now a quit later on. And a lot do. Unfortunatly others get addicted and it effects them longer term. Although many will ingore it, education is key. Having said that, if I’m sitting at a table eating my lunch, and someone else has put a cigarette packet with some horrible image on the table, I have to look at it. No thanks.
Link | September 30th, 2009 at 2:13 pm