Not taking the hint

[Rapscallion]

Back in my salad days of retail, there was a convenience store across the road from our place, and in that place worked Smiler, as we knew her. She was always smiling and friendly. Upon one day, she came to our place and related to us the tale I'm about to inflict upon you.

A woman came into their place and peered intently at the cigarettes on display. "Can I have a pack of brand X?" she asked.

Smiler's colleague's hand moved to intercept the object of her desire.

"Not that one!" cried the customer, and the hand paused. "Can you take them all out of the rack for me, please?"

"What for?" asked the colleague with some justification. "They're all from the same delivery and I only just re-stocked that type. There are no special offers or better dates on them."

"I want one without the warning label on."

"The warning label? It's got to be on there by law."

"But it upsets me!"

Rapscallion

[Becks]

Someone was in denial.

[Bright_Star]

So if it upset her then that means she shouldn't be smoking & if she shouldn't be smoking then what the hell is she trying to buy ciggs for then?

[Spiffy McMoron]

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Umm...has she ever heard of metal cigarette cases? You know, the ones that have no writing on them at all?

[PepperElf]

yeah those are pretty. i bought one in Australia... not that i smoke but i figured it'd be pretty to old business cards

[MoxisPilot]

I find the Surgeon General's Warning terribly amusing. It sugar coats what they're really trying to say.

Most cigarette packs out here have a band of paper around them that says something to the equivalent of "Fumare uccide" - "Smoking kills".

Others I've seen (in Amsterdam and Italy, so I assume this is typical of Europe):

"See your doctor to help you quit."
"Smoking cigarettes will kill you."
"Your pharmacist can give you medicine to help you quit."
"Smoking will give you cancer and kill you."

[Gurndigarn]

If they wanted to get real serious about warning labels, they could try: "Warning: cigarette smoking increases your risk of erectile dysfunction and impotence."

[Spiffy McMoron]

Quoth Gurndigarn

If they wanted to get real serious about warning labels, they could try: "Warning: cigarette smoking increases your risk of erectile dysfunction and impotence."

Actually, they do.

[Tee]

That picture right there, is full of awesome.

[Pairou]

I think one of the Italian cases has something like, "Don't smoke around children!" (Which I consider a form of child abuse. Sorry, smokers.) I was in Italy and my uncle's roommate was a chain smoker; he gave me the really tiny cases (I collect weird things).