how did the wording of this warning slip past the FDA?

http://www.fda.gov/ucm/groups/fdagov.../ucm232393.jpg
this is on the side of cigarette packs.. Since the tobacco companies are allowed to make their own anti-smoking warnings and advertisements, they clearly worded this so it can subconsciously register to a person as a good thing

Quitting smoking now greatly reduces serious risks to your health! So it can be taken to mean like, they've recently made cigarettes safer and they now greatly reduce serious risks to health

it's bullshit. They should not be allowed to make their own warnings. They've done studies showing that the anti-smoking advertisements by phillip morris actually lead to younger people wanting to smoke..

If you give them television time, any amount of it, they will use it to their advantage. Even if by law they're supposed to be warning of the dangers of smoking, they will hire corporate psychoanalysts to pick apart an ad and piece it together in a way which is subconsciously appealing rather than deterring.

good to know, ill be sure to pass this along to all my griends

it may seem like I'm nitpicking, but think about it. In any business making billions of dollars a year, there is some degree of psychological warfare going on behind the scenes -- no matter how subtle it may seem.

You should not be allowed to make threads

SHUTUP JOSH THIS IS SERIOUS

maybe it doesn't make sense to you because you're stupid

I read a label and somehow interpreted it as the complete opposite of what it actually said, and instead of wondering what the fuck is wrong with me I will assume that everyone else is dyxlexic too and bitch about corporations using mind control on us

I read a label and somehow interpreted it as the complete opposite of what it actually said, and instead of wondering what the fuck is wrong with me I will assume that everyone else is dyxlexic too and bitch about corporations using mind control on us

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I read a label and somehow interpreted it as the complete opposite of what it actually said, and instead of wondering what the fuck is wrong with me I will assume that everyone else is dyxlexic too and bitch about corporations using mind control on us

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yeah yeah yeah, you know you believe in subtle corporate subliminal advertising, its okay, you can agree with me, dont need to act like an 5 yr old holding a grudge

http://d24w6bsrhbeh9d.cloudfront.net...5v_460s_v1.jpg

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yeah yeah yeah, you know you believe in subtle corporate subliminal advertising, its okay, you can agree with me, dont need to act like an 5 yr old holding a grudge

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I believe you should stop posting here

marks literally every corporation has someone on the payroll whose only job it is to find alternative ways of something that is displeasing. I'm not going to sit an argue with you about this, because its a fucking fact

that's a really funny 9gag meme right there did cody show it to you

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marks literally every corporation has someone on the payroll whose only job it is to find alternative ways of something that is displeasing. I'm not going to sit an argue with you about this, because its a fucking fact

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you're so smart for figuring out that a label which says "quitting smoking now greatly reduces risks to your health" is somehow a pro-smoking slogan I'm putting a gold star next to your name my special little guy

seriously though you're a fucking retard plug drugs and you need to stop making threads

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I'm putting a gold star next to your name my special little guy

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smoking does reduce health risks (marijuana)

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Plug drugs idk what was in that message you sent but don't do it again

lol