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Politics : A US National Health Care System?
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To: fresc who wrote (490)2/14/2005 9:24:33 PM
From: TimF  Read Replies (1) of 42652
 
I wonder if American Tobacco lobbyists have anything to do with these delays?

The statement (it really is a statement not a question despite the question mark at the end, you are stating that you wonder if something is the case, not asking if it is the case) begs the question that there are delays in something that should be done. There are arguments for more prominent notices but the idea of having a legal requirement for notices just like Canada's is not a settled and agreed to question that can be used as a logical basis for your implications.

The survey, conducted September 19-October 10, 2001, found that 90 percent of Canadian smokers had noticed the new warnings (compared to 49 percent of non-smokers), and 43 percent of smokers said they are more concerned about the health effects of smoking because of the warnings. Forty-four percent of smokers said the new warnings increased their motivation to quit smoking, and of those who attempted to quit, 38 percent said the warnings were a motivating factor. The survey was funded by the Institute of Cancer Research of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research.

None of which shows that x percent of smokers quit because of these warnings while y percent would have quit with American style warnings and that x is signifigantly greater then y.

Personally I am not really against such warnings but I don't see a lack of them as a horrible thing or a sign of sinister intent. You would have to look pretty hard to find someone over the age of 13 in the US who didn't know that smoking is harmful.

Tim
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