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free_electron:

--- Quote from: DavidAlfa on May 27, 2022, 10:24:26 pm ---360F? That's why they're not so crispy in EU, we have no 182.2°C setting!

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?? really. go to belgium and buy a fries maker there. they all can do that.
wraper:

--- 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.
JohanH:

--- Quote from: free_electron on May 23, 2022, 05:08:49 am ---
Of course it's gluten free. it doesn't contain any wheat or other grains that contain glutenin.

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This is definitely not marketing bullshittery. My son's stomach is seriously bad and he can't eat gluten and lactose (at least for now). It is a serious pain in the a*e reading through contents of everything you buy in the store. Because some products have additional ingredients you wouldn't believe. I'm so happy for clear, big labels with GLUTEN FREE and LACTOSE FREE. Saves an enormous amount of time and headache (and sick leave, stomach ache and toilet time for the son).

james_s:

--- Quote from: Halcyon on May 28, 2022, 01:20:29 am ---Doesn't that say more about American people, rather than the system? In Australia, since the introduction of mandatory labeling on cigarette packets (and other similar measures), only about 11.4% of the population smoked in 2021 and it's dropping every year. You're basically considered to be an outcast in today's society if you're a smoker. We also have strict laws which prohibit smoking in most enclosed/indoor areas and you can't smoke in a car with children on-board. There are also state-based laws which prohibit smoking in some outdoor areas as well, for example in my state, you can't smoke within 10 metres of a children's playground or swimming pools or within 4 metres of an entrance to any public building or public transport areas.

Some might see it as authoritarian but I disagree, it's about the health of the greater population. If you're silly enough to light up a cigarette and destroy your body, that's on you, but no one else should be subject to it.

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Is it the warning on the packs that is responsible for the reduction or is it overall education or something else? America is hardly unique in having quite a few smokers and we're nowhere near the top, in fact we're not even in the top 30!

https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/smoking-rates-by-country

I strongly suspect it is the laws barring smoking in so many places that is largely responsible for the lower numbers. I doubt a warning label on the pack does anything at all, absolutely everyone already knows cigarettes are bad for you, most people that start smoking are teenagers that think they're invincible.
Zero999:
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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