We all know smoking is bad for us, yet so many have a hard time truly beating the addiction. Among other failed attempts of trying to get consumers to overcome the addiction, the FDA has proposed one that just might work. Out of thirty extremely graphic pictures of the result and risks of smoking, the FDA has proposed to choose nine of those pictures to put on each pack of cigarettes. These pictures will serve as a warning to the users that cancer from smoking is absolutely not a myth. Smoking is so hazardous; just one cigarette takes seven minutes away from your life. Yet so many continue to smoke pack after pack. Something must be done to inform consumers that this is not a joke. This is their lives that they are playing around with, and we must do everything we can to stay healthy and live as long as possible. I believe that the FDA’s current proposal will certainly lead current users in the right direction. The pictures to be used are so alarming and hit so close to home that they should only convince people to immediately drop the pack and never pick one up again. There are enough cancers and sicknesses that we can’t control and have no say in if we get them or not, where as lung cancer (from tobacco) is completely under our control. We all must do our best as a whole and as a nation to prevent the preventable and enjoy our lives to the fullest.
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