Cigarette Warning!!

The FDA just introduced a series of appropriately gruesome warnings to be placed on cigarette packaging and advertisements. One image, for instance, shows a man lying down, eyes closed, with a zipper of staples lining his yellow-skinned chest, along with the straightforward message, “WARNING: Smoking can kill you.”
Here is how one of the warnings will look on a cigarette pack:

(U.S. FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION)

    Another of the new FDA warning labels, which will become standard on cigarette packaging by September 2012, features a close-up of a nasty set of teeth and the warning “Smoking causes cancer,” while still another warns “Smoking during pregnancy can harm your baby” and shows an illustration of a baby in intensive care.

   Smoking can kill your finances as well. According to the CDC the average pack of smokes sold for a retail price of $4.80 in 2010—cheaper in some states, much more expensive in others. The average pack-a-day habit cost $1,752 last year, therefore.

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