Hi all-
I'm a new blogger and not very good at this so bear with me....
Anyways about Week 1: I was thinking about "Thank you for Smoking". Good movie for Public Health people if any of you haven't seen it. At work, one of my collegues sent a link about how warnings on cigarette packs are now going to show graphic pictures of healthy/unhealthy lungs, etc (in the U.K.). This reminded me of a quote from the movie:
Senator Lothridge: Now as we discussed earlier, these warning labels are not for those who know, but rather for those who don't know. What about the children?
Nick Naylor: Gentleman. It's called education. It doesn't come off the side of a cigarette carton. It comes from our teachers, and more importantly, our parents. It is the job of every parent to warn their children of all the dangers of the world including cigarettes so that one day when they get older, they can choose for themselves.
This was in response to a similar campaign in the movie where people wanted to put a graphic skull and cross-bones on cigarette packs. What does everyone think about this? Given that anti-smoking in some places may have gone as far as it can go, how far much further can we infringe upon choice? Devil's advocate here. Definitely something to think about since Public Health seems to often dance on the line between freedom of choice and more compulsory ways of imposing health in the population.
Ok-- that's my thought for today!
I'm a new blogger and not very good at this so bear with me....
Anyways about Week 1: I was thinking about "Thank you for Smoking". Good movie for Public Health people if any of you haven't seen it. At work, one of my collegues sent a link about how warnings on cigarette packs are now going to show graphic pictures of healthy/unhealthy lungs, etc (in the U.K.). This reminded me of a quote from the movie:
Senator Lothridge: Now as we discussed earlier, these warning labels are not for those who know, but rather for those who don't know. What about the children?
Nick Naylor: Gentleman. It's called education. It doesn't come off the side of a cigarette carton. It comes from our teachers, and more importantly, our parents. It is the job of every parent to warn their children of all the dangers of the world including cigarettes so that one day when they get older, they can choose for themselves.
This was in response to a similar campaign in the movie where people wanted to put a graphic skull and cross-bones on cigarette packs. What does everyone think about this? Given that anti-smoking in some places may have gone as far as it can go, how far much further can we infringe upon choice? Devil's advocate here. Definitely something to think about since Public Health seems to often dance on the line between freedom of choice and more compulsory ways of imposing health in the population.
Ok-- that's my thought for today!
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