Ciggies

One of the best things that has changed from when we were in Taiwan 15 years ago it that there is less smoking. I can remember smoking was everywhere, in restaurants, on the street, in the bus terminals ... I remember one particular nasty exchange with an old fart wouldn't stop smoking in the medical clinic waiting room.
He's probably dead now.

That seems to have changed now. Smoking is still a habit of the lower classes but I see less and less of it. Maybe because I'm in more of an academic setting now.

Of all the litter I see in on the Taiwan street empty ciggie packs are the most prevalent. But you can't expect those that are killing themselves with pollution to be too concerned about littering. The next two images from a disposed(litter) carton that I picked up off the street. My camera couldn't focus well on the small pack pictures, so someone conveniently litter a whole carton with is bigger 3 inch by 3 inch picture.

Because Taiwan has a Universal National Health Program(unlike the USA) reducing smoking is a government funded, sponsored program. One part of the campaign are these graphic pictures on every pack of ciggies. This one shows the heart of a smoker. (The one with month cancer is even scarier.)

This one tells about smoking effect on reducing sexual libdo. Nice graphic.

This one is about the effect of smoking on pregnant women and their unborn child.

Here is a new sign at the RR station as part of the antismoking campaign.