{"id":121,"date":"2010-12-12T11:14:39","date_gmt":"2010-12-12T18:14:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theloungeisback.wordpress.com\/?p=121"},"modified":"2010-12-12T11:14:39","modified_gmt":"2010-12-12T18:14:39","slug":"fda-proposing-new-anti-tobacco-packaging-for-tobacco-products","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pepesnonsmokingpartytimelounge.com\/?p=121","title":{"rendered":"FDA proposing new anti-tobacco packaging &#8230; for tobacco products"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_123\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-123\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pepesnonsmokingpartytimelounge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/uk-cig-packaging1.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"123\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/pepesnonsmokingpartytimelounge.com\/?attachment_id=123\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pepesnonsmokingpartytimelounge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/uk-cig-packaging1.jpg?fit=470%2C340&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"470,340\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"UK cig packaging\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;UK graphic cigarette packaging&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pepesnonsmokingpartytimelounge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/uk-cig-packaging1.jpg?fit=470%2C340&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-123\" title=\"UK cig packaging\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pepesnonsmokingpartytimelounge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/uk-cig-packaging1.jpg?resize=150%2C108&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"108\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pepesnonsmokingpartytimelounge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/uk-cig-packaging1.jpg?w=470&amp;ssl=1 470w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pepesnonsmokingpartytimelounge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/uk-cig-packaging1.jpg?resize=300%2C217&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-123\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">UK graphic cigarette packaging<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Federal Drug Administration last month came up with a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fda.gov\/TobaccoProducts\/Labeling\/CigaretteProductWarningLabels\/default.htm\">proposed rule <\/a>for new &#8212; and occasionally highly graphic &#8212; packaging for cigarette packs. These graphic warnings are required by the new FDA Tobacco Control Act signed into law by Barack Obama.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_124\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-124\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pepesnonsmokingpartytimelounge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/canadian-cigarettes.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"124\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/pepesnonsmokingpartytimelounge.com\/?attachment_id=124\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pepesnonsmokingpartytimelounge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/canadian-cigarettes.jpg?fit=380%2C242&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"380,242\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"canadian-cigarettes\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Canadian cigarette pack&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pepesnonsmokingpartytimelounge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/canadian-cigarettes.jpg?fit=380%2C242&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-124\" title=\"canadian-cigarettes\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pepesnonsmokingpartytimelounge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/canadian-cigarettes.jpg?resize=150%2C95&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"95\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pepesnonsmokingpartytimelounge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/canadian-cigarettes.jpg?w=380&amp;ssl=1 380w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pepesnonsmokingpartytimelounge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/canadian-cigarettes.jpg?resize=300%2C191&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-124\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Canadian cigarette pack<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Brits and Canadians are way ahead of the U.S. on these graphic images, which have been <a href=\"http:\/\/health.usnews.com\/health-news\/family-health\/brain-and-behavior\/articles\/2010\/11\/22\/gruesome-cigarette-pack-images-make-smokers-want-to-quit-study-finds.html\">shown to be effective<\/a> in discouraging smoking. The UK has gone especially over the top with some of its graphics. Ugh. Some of these look like they could come right out of &#8220;Planet Terror.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The FDA is supposed to make its final ruling on new cigarette packaging by June 2011. Here&#8217;s an example of some of the images they are looking at:<\/p>\n<p class=\"jetpack-slideshow-noscript robots-nocontent\">This slideshow requires JavaScript.<\/p><div id=\"gallery-121-1-slideshow\" class=\"jetpack-slideshow-window jetpack-slideshow jetpack-slideshow-black\" data-trans=\"fade\" data-autostart=\"1\" data-gallery=\"[{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/pepesnonsmokingpartytimelounge.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2010\\\/12\\\/uk-cig-packaging1.jpg?fit=470%2C340\\u0026ssl=1&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:&quot;123&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;UK cig packaging&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;UK graphic cigarette packaging&quot;,&quot;itemprop&quot;:&quot;image&quot;},{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/pepesnonsmokingpartytimelounge.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2010\\\/12\\\/canadian-cigarettes.jpg?fit=380%2C242\\u0026ssl=1&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:&quot;124&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;canadian-cigarettes&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Canadian cigarette pack&quot;,&quot;itemprop&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}]\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageGallery\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Federal Drug Administration last month came up with a proposed rule for new &#8212; and occasionally highly graphic &#8212; packaging for cigarette packs. These graphic warnings are required by the new FDA Tobacco Control Act signed into law by Barack Obama. The Brits and Canadians are way ahead of the U.S. on these graphic &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/pepesnonsmokingpartytimelounge.com\/?p=121\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">FDA proposing new anti-tobacco packaging &#8230; for tobacco products<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":123,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[7,25,69,1],"tags":[110,595,605],"class_list":["post-121","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-anti-tobacco-campaign","category-fda","category-tobacco-2","category-uncategorized","tag-cigarette-packaging","tag-fda","tag-obama"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pepesnonsmokingpartytimelounge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/uk-cig-packaging1.jpg?fit=470%2C340&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4hpEa-1X","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":886,"url":"https:\/\/pepesnonsmokingpartytimelounge.com\/?p=886","url_meta":{"origin":121,"position":0},"title":"Federal judge finds graphic cigarette warnings unconstitutional","author":"Pepe Lepew","date":"March 2, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Not surprising since the same judge a few weeks ago slapped an injunction on these cigarette labels. 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