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absurd marketing bullshittery
TimFox:
--- Quote from: Zero999 on May 28, 2022, 07:02:19 pm ---I don't think labelling on cigarettes has made much of a difference. Rates of smoking have been falling in the UK, US and Australia for 50 years. It's probably a mixture of public health education, tobacco advertising bans, high tax on cigarettes and prohibiting smoking in certain areas.
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In the US, the famous "Surgeon General's Report" on smoking and health was issued in 1964.
This was followed promptly by Public Law 89-92, effective Jan 1, 1966, known as The Federal Cigarette Labeling and Advertising Act (15 USC Ch. 36).
Yes, smoking rates have been falling for over 50 years due to education and labeling.
(Later, I was retrieving my luggage at the baggage carousel at O'Hare and noticed a later Surgeon General, C Everett Koop, picking up his at the next carousel, just as the announcement came on the overhead PA system about no smoking in the terminal.)
Halcyon:
--- Quote from: wraper on May 28, 2022, 08:51:00 am ---
--- Quote from: Halcyon on May 28, 2022, 01:20:29 am ---You also see "Gluten Free" on some packs of bacon... It's used purely as a marketing strategy to appear "healthier", even though bacon never contained gluten in the first place.
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Except you can buy bacon which contains gluten due to additives which may not be apparent on a first glance.
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What the hell kind of bacon are you guys eating over there?
james_s:
--- Quote from: TimFox on May 28, 2022, 08:28:23 pm ---Yes, smoking rates have been falling for over 50 years due to education and labeling.
(Later, I was retrieving my luggage at the baggage carousel at O'Hare and noticed a later Surgeon General, C Everett Koop, picking up his at the next carousel, just as the announcement came on the overhead PA system about no smoking in the terminal.)
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Education, yes. Labeling? I highly doubt it. Having been a teenager and known lots of other teenagers I just can't see how the labeling would be effective at all. Smoking rates dropped for years, then they actually rose a bit at some point, followed by further drops as smoking has been banned in more and more places. Personally I don't give a rat's ass if somebody smokes, as long as they don't do it around me. It was great when they banned smoking in bars around here around 15 years ago, I can actually go to bars without choking on a thick cloud of smoke.
wraper:
--- Quote from: Halcyon on May 30, 2022, 02:01:26 am ---
--- Quote from: wraper on May 28, 2022, 08:51:00 am ---
--- Quote from: Halcyon on May 28, 2022, 01:20:29 am ---You also see "Gluten Free" on some packs of bacon... It's used purely as a marketing strategy to appear "healthier", even though bacon never contained gluten in the first place.
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Except you can buy bacon which contains gluten due to additives which may not be apparent on a first glance.
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What the hell kind of bacon are you guys eating over there?
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Check all bacon in your favorite supermarket, you may find some with additives too.
SiliconWizard:
Actually anything industrial is going to contain various additives, some of which may be surprising for someone not working in the food industry.
If you want to be half sure of what you buy, you'll need to buy fresh food only. And even so, it may still contain traces of various chemicals like antibiotics, pesticides, etc.
Now specifically for bacon or meat in general, the presence of gluten is probably going to be pretty rare. And AFAIK at least, for people having a problem with gluten, it's not the same kind of allergy that you can have with peanuts for instance, for which only traces of it can trigger a bad allergic reaction. People being sensitive to gluten must ingest a significant amount of it to get any side-effect, so a small amount of it is probably of no consequence whatsoever. Of course there may be exceptions to this, and if there are actual cases of gluten allergies that can trigger reaction even with traces of it, please chime in.
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