Why Have Warnings on Cigarettes and not Booze?

Question

Im a non drinking smoker and i feel its unfair to all us smokers blaming us for all forms of cancer that people are getting. meanwhile all we need to do is turn on the Tv to find some drunk retard has crashed his car, beaten his girlfriend, got arrested, or eaven drunk himself to Death! I feel we should have a big black and white label on each bottle of booze clearing detailing the potential for something bad to happen to you should you drink it.

Answer 1

I think ur 100% right!!

Answer 2

Most sensible people would agree with you in principle about a warning on drinking alcohol... but the truth is that whereas _moderate_ drinking will not harm you (after all, if you were stranded on a desert island without a water source, but with several crates of beer, you would survive for quite a time!), even moderate smoking has been shown by all the major medical associations in the word to be harmful. Furthermore, cigarette manufacturers, in US court cases, have admitted that they know smoking is harmful. Indeed, you might recall a TV programme some years ago about the 'Marlborough Man' campaign. When the Marlborough executives overseeing the filming were asked if they smoked they replied, in effect "Not on your life - it's too dangerous". And, sadly, the actor playing Marborough Man on that shoot died from lung cancer a few years later.
So perhaps you can see why the emphasis is on warning people about the real and proven dangers of smoking. But I would agree that the dangers of heavy drinking - car accidents, street and domestic violence, etc., should also be stressed. Actually, I think I've seen some recent TV ads for alcohol carrying a warning about 'Drink sensibly' - so there's a start.
PS SInce writing the above I've found an even better reason why cigarettes should be given a strong health warning. The Russian spy death caused by Polonium 210 has produced some interesting information, namely that _all_ cigarettes contain traces of Polonium 210. A person who smokes (quote*) 'a pack and a half a day', ingests an amount of Polonium 210 equivalent to 300 chest X-rays per year. The tobacco industry has been aware of this Polonium issue since the 1950's. ( At least you don't risk radiation problems with a pint of Tetley's!)

Answer 3

The government made a lot of money out of cigarettes and had to faze out smoking slowly in order not to loose the revenue. It will now take a lot of deaths before they want to loos the tax on booze. The do have warning labels in some countries and should have then in the UK.

Answer 4

(Perhaps I am wrong, but isn't alcohol labelled with a caution to drink responsibly?) There is a very good answer to your question. Alcohol can be used safely and responsibly. Cigarettes are what is referred to in the law as an "inherently dangerous product." (There is no safe use for them). Tort law tells us that if a product cannot be made safer, the manufacturer has a duty to warn of the hazard. Warnings on cigarettes are in no way a means to blame the user, rather, they are intended as a public service to those who use them.

Answer 5

They do have warnings on bottles but its mostly about pregnant women. Some have the words drink responsibility but nobody reads labels. Cigarette warnings was always a joke just another political correct law that was passed by stupid politicians.

Answer 6

I TOTALLY AGREE WITH YOU !! TOTALLY

Why sell something avaliable to teenagers, plus the rest of the world, when the effects of it causes more than 60% of us to act violent or not so happy. it makes, i'd say, 90% of us unhappy when we drink it. It has more effects than ciggies and yet it goes un noticed. Its because they areall at it, the judges and politicans i mean. Just like when a burgelar gets done for 10 years and a rapist gets 2, sometimes months. The whole system is a joke. its currupt. and no one gives a sh!t.

Alcohoal has runined my life, i am only 18. My mum and dad were both addicts and it has effected me in ways i never beleived it could. The only thing i have acheived out of alcohoal, is that its the devil and it makes things 10 xs worse. I will learn from my families mistakes and i wont touch it, but what about the rest of those nieve children out there who just want to escape from the harsh reality of life. Its too easy access to it and it shouldnt be like this. But then alot of things shouldnt be the way they are. Just know where and waht your supposed to do and put two fingers up to the government.

Answer 7

Booze does have warnings on the back label for pregnant women only.

Answer 8

They have warning labels for pregnant women and most bottles say "Drink Responsibly". But you are right...maybe they should have a warning label that says "Drinking may cause you to do stupid or dangerous things."

Answer 9

Smoking usually takes decades to kill and doesn't turn users in to violent, uncontrollable morons. Drinking can kill in a day, causes misery to family members and the public and also kills slowly. Yet the government labels smoking as the number 1 public evil. The government are a bunch of useless, self-serving c*nts.

Answer 10

Ive seen "drink responsibly" on bottles recently. I personally think 70% alc volume is a warning in itself!

Answer 11

there are enough pieces of information out there saying how much it is "safe" to drink, mostly published by the government, and there are notices on the bottles or cans saying how many units they contain here in the u.k. and anyway its perfectly possible for the majority of us to drink sensibly and not drive afterwards, get into fights, beat up our loved ones or even drink ourselves to death.

i know there are people who have smoked for years and years and not contracted any sort of illness but look at alan carr, that bloke who made a fortune out of getting people to quit, he died of lung cancer, most of the malborough cowboy blokes have died of lung cancer, and the one that concerns me most is the story of roy castle who was a tv presenter and musician over here in the u.k until the mid 90s and he died of lung cancer even though he had never smoked in his life, all he had done was play trumpet in clubs and bars where smoking was legal.

in the end if i go out and have 2 or 3 pints im not going to harm any one but if your in the same bar smoking theres always a slim chance we could both end up with a smoking related cancer...or get beaten up by someone who has got bevvied out of his or her skull which is why i very rarely go out to pubs, clubs or any other drinking establishment.