Anti-Smoking Signs to be Posted in Stores Selling Cigarettes

I think it is a good idea. I don't think store owners should be forced to post the signs though.

If the store owners aren't forced to put the signs up, I would predict zero stores would posts the signs. My guess is, even with the signs posted, it will not keep that many people from continuing to buy cigarettes. Addiction is cunning, baffling and a killer.

I think if they're going to do this with cigaretters, they should focus next on the killer alcohol.

This is great. I agree with the health department lawyer. A picture is worth a thousand words. Some people are impacted most by visuals, and the disturbing image of the lungs says it all. Hopefully the signs start showing up in all the states soon.

The thing is that noone has the right to impose there beliefs on anyone else. Smoking is dangerous and hazardous to your health. We all know that. Some choose to take that risk and others don't. But noone has the right to make the choice for you and if you die of lung cancer due to it then you have noone to blame but yourself. Smoking is only the present form of discrimination that people face. When they finish with smoking and have effectively irradicated it, they will move on to alcohol. When they are done with that they will move on to fast food. You show me one person in this country that isn't afflicted with an addiction that affects the people around them. You can't do it. Illegal Drugs, Smoking, Drinking, Eating, Not Eating, Eating and throwing up, etc. EVERYONE is affected by some abnormal urge to do something that could possibly affect others and all of the people so quick to judge smokers and try their hardest to turn this into a non-smoking country should think twice. Because sooner or later they will come after your vice too. What will you say then? This is supposedly a free country and people should be allowed to do what they want, within reason, without infringing on the rights of others.

No one is imposing "their beliefs on anyone else" by displaying the signs. The signs don't magically ban tobacco use. The goal is to DISCOURAGE tobacco use, not forbid it. There's nothing wrong with putting up a warning with a picture that tells and shows facts. And, if this tactic reduces tobacco consumption, it would be a good thing.

Willingly putting up a sign because it is what you believe is I have no problem with. That is freedom of speech. But FORCING someone to do it is a different story. And the tactic is not going to reduce tobacco consumption. People quit smoking or don't start smoking as a personal choice. Posting signs about the dangers of tobacco use will stop people from smoking about as much as pictures of morbidly obese people would stop someone from eating fast food or signs with pictures of messed up livers would stop people from drinking. Tobacco education can only teach about why you shouldn't smoke but ultimately it is up to each individual to make that choice and forcing someone to post an anti-smoking sign should be an infringement of rights because it is forcing you to represent something that you may not represent because everything in your store is a representation of your store.

I agree with lwhaley1979. Everybody's got some type of addiction, and in our face signs aren't going to stop people when they feel desperate.

Smoking is bad for the health. However, too many still smoke.

Fast Food is bad for your health. Too many people eat it. Alcohol in excess is bad for your health. Too many people drink too much. This country is fueled by everything being done in excess. When I was a child, the largest soda you could get at McDonald's was 20 oz. Now you can get a 44 oz. or larger bladder buster of a drink. Everything has to be bigger. My theory is, when you point the finger at someone else you usually have 3 more pointing back at yourself. So everyone attacking smoking, smokers and tobacco companies should probably fix their own house before thay point out the flaws in someone else's.