Scary smokes
Will graphic images on tobacco products encourage smokers to quit and deter others from taking up the habit? The FDA thinks so. Amy Pierce of North Philadelphia disagrees.
“Unless it comes from within and I have deep desire, want or need to quit, I’ll look at the information, but it’s not going to affect my decision either way,” Pierce told WHYY Health Reporter Meggan Kole.
If you saw a graphic image of the effect of smoking on your cigarettes, woud you think twice before lighting up?
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