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E-Cigs - a lure for children?!?

  • 07-09-2016 11:48am
    #1
    darkpagandeath
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    http://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/adverts-for-e-cigs-may-act-as-lure-for-children-419687.html


    You have to wonder why they are asking unrelated questions on this. What has tobacco smoking got to do with E-Cigs ? Did they ask them unrelated questions like do the children prefer spongebob or the A-Team ?
    Children shown the adverts were no more or less likely than the control group to perceive tobacco smoking as appealing, and all three groups understood that smoking more than 10 cigarettes a day was harmful.

    However, both groups exposed to the e-cigarette adverts were less likely to believe that smoking one or two tobacco cigarettes occasionally was harmful.There is concern that the increasing exposure of children to e-cigarette adverts could be contributing to high rates of experimentation.


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  • #2
    Birneybau
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,383 ✭✭✭✭Birneybau


    Thank god, I thought you were asking where to get one!

    Original thread title was without 'E-cigs'


  • #3
    [Deleted User]
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    Strange thread title


  • #4
    gramar
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    Doesn't everyone know that e-cigs are a gateway cigarette? They'll be on Rothmans within weeks and smoking the reefer soon after.


  • #5
    darkpagandeath
    Closed Accounts Posts: 24,465 ✭✭✭✭darkpagandeath


    Birneybau wrote: »
    Thank god, I thought you were asking where to get one!

    Ha, Damn I forgot the E-cig before lure.... Mods ???


  • #6
    Dravokivich
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Music Moderators, Politics Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 22,360 CMod ✭✭✭✭Dravokivich


    darkpagandeath wrote: »
    Ha, Damn I forgot the E-cig before lure.... Mods ???

    You can change it yourself when editing the OP.


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  • #7
    Boom_Bap
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    Title updated.


  • #8
    darkpagandeath
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    Boom_Bap wrote: »
    Title updated.

    Thanks.


  • #9
    maudgonner
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    Even with the title edit it still reads like you're the Child Catcher, looking for tips on how to adapt to the modern world :D


  • #10
    [Deleted User]
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    maudgonner wrote: »
    Even with the title edit it still reads like you're the Child Catcher, looking for tips on how to adapt to the modern world :D

    Yeah, I think it's the question mark that makes it look creepy lol :D


  • #11
    Wibbs
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 60,217 Mod ✭✭✭✭Wibbs


    darkpagandeath wrote: »
    You have to wonder why they are asking unrelated questions on this. What has tobacco smoking got to do with E-Cigs ? Did they ask them unrelated questions like do the children prefer spongebob or the A-Team ?
    They want to regulate, sorry tax e cigs and the tobacco companies are right behind governments pushing for this.

    Rejoice in the awareness of feeling stupid, for that’s how you end up learning new things. If you’re not aware you’re stupid, you probably are.



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  • #12
    Boom_Bap
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    Deleted User wrote: »
    Yeah, I think it's the question mark that makes it look creepy lol :D
    I added another question mark and exlamation mark to try reduce the creepy factor by 7


  • #13
    biko
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    Mixing question marks with exclamation marks is the devil's work.


  • #14
    suicide_circus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,802 ✭✭✭✭suicide_circus


    I always found sweets more effective


  • #15
    deco nate
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    Little puppies work best


  • #16
    questionmark?
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,078 ✭✭✭questionmark?


    [Deleted User] wrote: »
    Yeah, I think it's the question mark that makes it look creepy lol :D

    Oiii I ain't that creepy!


  • #17
    Fratton Fred
    Closed Accounts Posts: 26,567 ✭✭✭✭Fratton Fred


    Wibbs wrote: »
    They want to regulate, sorry tax e cigs and the tobacco companies are right behind governments pushing for this.

    Tobacco companies or pharmaceutical companies?

    Who is it that really makes the big bucks from smoking?


  • #18
    Penny Tration
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,687 ✭✭✭✭Penny Tration


    Wibbs wrote: »
    They want to regulate, sorry tax e cigs and the tobacco companies are right behind governments pushing for this.

    The regulations have already been done, they're going to be in effect by May 17.


    This isn't about health. This is about the millions the government is losing in cigarette taxes.


  • #19
    Wibbs
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    Fratton Fred wrote: »
    Tobacco companies or pharmaceutical companies?

    Who is it that really makes the big bucks from smoking?
    All of the above to some degree. The tobacco companies obviously(and they've extended into the food industry as ciggies contract in the west), but the pharmaceutical companies stand to lose their share of the give up the evil weed products that cost just below what ciggies cost. Nicotine is apparently evil and vaping is the work of satan, unless pfizer sell it to us in a puritanical, non enjoyable way that makes the anti smoking harpies happy. Governments make bazillions from tobacco and would even make more from pharmaceutical nicotine systems just on the basis of they cost more so gather more tax.

    Rejoice in the awareness of feeling stupid, for that’s how you end up learning new things. If you’re not aware you’re stupid, you probably are.



  • #20
    [Deleted User]
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    biko wrote: »
    Mixing question marks with exclamation marks is the devil's work.

    What?!?


  • #21
    Fratton Fred
    Closed Accounts Posts: 26,567 ✭✭✭✭Fratton Fred


    Wibbs wrote: »
    All of the above to some degree. The tobacco companies obviously(and they've extended into the food industry as ciggies contract in the west), but the pharmaceutical companies stand to lose their share of the give up the evil weed products that cost just below what ciggies cost. Nicotine is apparently evil and vaping is the work of satan, unless pfizer sell it to us in a puritanical, non enjoyable way that makes the anti smoking harpies happy. Governments make bazillions from tobacco and would even make more from pharmaceutical nicotine systems just on the basis of they cost more so gather more tax.

    Not forgetting the tens of billions the pharma companies make from thevdrugd that treat the effects of smoking.


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