Thursday, December 6, 2007

Favorite Things: Cigarrette Boxes

This is a very simple favorite thing about Chile: the pictures on the cigarette boxes.

Now, don't worry anyone, I haven't picked up a smoking habit (other than being smokin' on the beach... heh), Chile just has very distinct cigarette boxes. As part of an effort to curb the raging chimney of the Chilean population, the government has mandated that more warnings be printed on all cigarette boxes. The one shown below is a newer model; there's also a guy with a hole in his neck and a huge "THESE CIGARETTES ARE KILLING YOU!" message. The warning labels on the back read like Truth ads, including descriptions of the chemicals as tar and rat poison.

2 comments:

T-Mac said...

Holly crap, that's hard core.

Anonymous said...

porque estas en kompton y yo no puedo estar alli contigo? no es justo.