Comments on: Graphic Cigarette Warning Labels in Malaysia

By: zuwairiaiman

zuwairiaiman — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 03:27:01 +0000

Thanks for the info and thoughtful knowledge you share. It hits me hard on my face to read all the statistic you gave and how awful people are getting towards smoking attitude.

I’m hopping to see no more smoke in the future

By: calo

calo — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 09:12:31 +0000

been like this for ages in the UK now, nothing new tbh – nothing changes cause of the pictures either.

People laugh at them in the pubs and compair to see “who has the worst”

By: jacinta

jacinta — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 09:04:48 +0000

i was in malaysia and bought several packs of marlboro for friends. we were so disturbed by the pictures that one friend actually decided to stop smoking. but maybe that’s because the warnings aren’t that graphic elsewhere.

anyway, fyi the ciggies in the picture is indonesian made. i was surprised to know that they actually export that brand to malaysia.

By: Lydia Chua

Lydia Chua — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 07:42:09 +0000

@jeast, I agree with you – it does not affect people much anyway.
we have the exact same graphic illustrations on TV advertisements and printed on all our ciggeratte packs here in Singapore + the cost of a pack of ciggies is priced high (around the cost of 3 big macs in Sporeland) to deter smoking.
despite all these, ciggarettes are still being lit up everyday, increasing number of young ones are picking up the smoke. if anything, it has effectively turned us into a nation of evolved graphic-visual immunity (whatever that means :p)

By: jeast

jeast — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 05:37:53 +0000

They have the same warning images on cigarette packages here in Australia. Actually I was a little surprised when I found out more countries don’t do this. Although they really don’t effect people much, I’ve seen them so much I barely even notice them anymore.

By: pwscott

pwscott — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 01:57:10 +0000

I’ve heard about a lot of cancer deaths in Malay. When I visited there smoking was everywhere. Of course being a smoker myself I wasn’t bothered by it. I did notice that everyone smoked about ten times as much as I did. Ads like those may make a younger generation aware if they don’t all get hooked on second hand smoke. :l

By: Khendar

Khendar — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 01:02:42 +0000

@ByrdBrain Its called Peripheral Vascular Disease. Smoking can cause blockages in the major arteries to the extremities which can result in gangrene.

By: Dr. Lao

Dr. Lao — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 23:41:17 +0000

How about putting graphic warning labels on junk food? Obesity is the #1 killer in the U.S. Smoking is 2nd. And start taxing it like cigarettes — 10 bucks for a small bag of potato chips should be about right…

By: Andrea A

Andrea A — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 23:09:09 +0000

@ ByrdBrain- Yes. Someone once burned my leg with a ciagrette and it sucked. They should include that with second-hand smoking.

By: Andrea A

Andrea A — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 23:08:13 +0000

I still love the warnings on packs in France. Some basically said: Smoking will cause a slow and painful death! Classic.

By: ByrdBrain

ByrdBrain — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 21:00:57 +0000

That picture of the nasty foot. What is the connection? “This is what your foot will look like if you drop a cig on it and let it burn for a while” or “the surgeon general warns against using your toes to hold cigarettes”?

By: Astromoof

Astromoof — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 20:39:44 +0000

Australias cigarette packets are similar (and so are the anti smoking commercials on television)

By: Nathan B.

Nathan B. — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 19:39:58 +0000

Canada’s warning labels are also pretty graphic.

By: Babycakes

Babycakes — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 18:32:43 +0000

It’d be helpful here in the US… people still deny that cigarettes kill.