10 other ways the government could try to change our behaviours with scary pictures


“I see dead people,” the little boy whispered. “No, my darling,” said his mother, lighting up. “It’s just a packet of Benson & Hedges…”

Next week the UK becomes the first European country to introduce graphic images on cigarette packets to warn about the dangers of smoking. Fifteen different images will include pictures of a diseased lung and heart surgery being performed. The imminent arrival of horror-themed designs on tobacco products got me thinking, maybe the government would like to see graphic images on other products as well. Or maybe it wouldn’t…

I have a number of suggested ways in which people could be persuaded to think and act ‘correctly’ through the appliance of little stickered pictures.

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Saturday, September 27th, 2008

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