Thursday s Kick! Cigarette Packaging and Mind+Bdy=Cnnectin Cigarette Packaging and the Mind+Bdy=Cnnectin Our liberty depends n freedm f the press, and that cannt be limited withut being lst. -Thmas Jeffersn I ve lked fr answers in many ways -religius, plitical, humanistic, in different places. I have cme t believe there is nly ne respnse, the mral respnse. Whatever we d must be measured in mral terms. -Elie Wiesel Just this past week the cigarette makers sued the Fd and Drug Administratin, seeking t ban graphic pictures and clr warnings n cigarette packaging and advertising. The gal f these disturbing images is t deter smking by infrming smkers f the danger with the pwer f image. These impressins depict rtting teeth and lips, dead bdies, diseased lungs, and trachetmy images It is interesting t nte that the psitin f the cigarette makers is based n vilatin f free speech and the first amendment. I have even mre issue with this tactic because f the Mind+Bdy=Cnnectin: the impact f the symbl with the message, cmbined with the influence f clr. I am nt sure wh came up with this brilliant campaign, but it must be the same grup that wants t put everyne in a red dress t stave 2011 Queen f Clr Enterprises 1
Thursday s Kick! Cigarette Packaging and Mind+Bdy=Cnnectin ff heart disease and high bld pressure when the very same clr (red) can agitate, incite anger, AND raise bld pressure. The lawsuit by these cigarette makers claimed the warnings required n later than September 22, 2012 wuld frce cigarette makers t "engage in anti-smking advcacy" n the gvernment's behalf. They managed t get the suit put n hld, saying that it vilates their free speech rights under the First Amendment. Accrding t a cmplaint filed with the U.S. District Curt in Washingtn, D.C. "The ntin that the gvernment can require thse wh manufacture a lawful prduct t emblazn half f its package with pictures and wrds admittedly drafted t persuade the public nt t purchase that prduct cannt withstand cnstitutinal scrutiny," said Flyd Abrams, a prminent First Amendment specialist representing the cigarette makers, in a statement. On June 22, 2009, President Obama signed the Family Smking Preventin and Tbacc Cntrl Act int law. This actin requires clr warnings cvering the tp half f the frnt and back panels f cigarette packages, and the tp 20 percent f printed material. Here is a link t a befre and after regulatins. http://www.fda.gv/tbaccprducts/labeling/cigarettewarninglabels/ucm259862.htm Kathleen Sebelius, Secretary f the Department f Health & Human Services, in June said the new warnings wuld ensure that "every persn wh picks up a pack f cigarettes is ging t knw exactly what risks they are taking." The gal f ur gvernment and this particular campaign is was t stp children frm starting t smke, and t give adult smkers a new incentive t quit. The result will be an ever-present hypntic suggestin fr smkers and nn-smkers alike t manifest cancer and ther related issues when there is an interactin with cigarettes, smking, r a smker. These disturbing graphic images will imbed such a lvely message int ur subcnscius and d little t deter smking, yet will d a number n ur Mind+Bdy=Cnnectin. The cigarette cmpanies said the labels illegally frce them t make cnsumers "depressed, discuraged and afraid" t buy cigarettes, and turn each package int a "minibillbard" fr the gvernment. I wuld like t address this even further, ur subcnscius wrks WITH symbl, as well as clr and numbers (which is interpreted as symbl). T cmbine these images with the hypntic suggestins (I believe the gvernment refers t these as warning labels ) as well as clr withut prper research is irrespnsible. Nt nly is this disturbing as I stand in a checkut line and have these images bmbard my eyeballs, I can see these packages/images n tables and cunters fr small children t pick up and view. They will get the message, r will they be desensitized? Either way it is just nt a gd idea. 2011 Queen f Clr Enterprises 2
Thursday s Kick! Cigarette Packaging and Mind+Bdy=Cnnectin Perhaps there are cnnectins with pharmaceutical cmpanies? f which we wuld want t push suggestins fr illness and death in rder t sustain that industry? This suggestin des nt cme ut f the blue, last year I did sme research n a series f cmmercials fr smking cessatin, thinking they were abut an rganizatin that supprted nn-smkers, it was in actuality a cvert ad fr Chantix. I say cvert because it never mentined Pfizer r Chantix n the TV ad, yu fund it when yu fllwed the link. It was clever, and I was s disappinted. I believe they were frced t take them ff the air and I culdn t find the link, but I did write abut it in a previus Kick! I wuld like t say that I am and always have been a nn-smker. I DO NOT SUPPORT SMOKING, I wrk as a hypntherapist t help peple becme nn-smkers. My mther always smked, and then quit when I was 18 and quit fr ver 25 years. She decided after my sister and her children began smking t pick up a cigarette and the rest is histry. Smkers knw the risk, they understand the addictin and they chse t smke. My niece is a nurse, she sees the graphic effects f smking n a daily basis, therefre are thse images f cadavers and rtten lips and gums n her cigarette packaging ging t bther smene in her prfessin? I knw there are a lt f hypntists that smke, and in my family alne there are five nurses and all five smke. They have the human side f smking, s I d nt believe the packaging will deter them but packaging may well influence their health thrugh repetitin f symbl and fatalistic suggestins. Affirmatin wrk, hypnsis, and self-talk wrk and they wrk n matter what tne the suggestins may take: psitive r negative. As a prfessinal wrking with the Mind+Bdy cnnectin, and a certified hypntherapist, I wuld like t ffer tw different slutins fr this issue. I believe that bth are a win-win n all aspects. The first slutin is t raise the cst even higher n prducts. Persnally, my mther quit 30 years ag because she refused t pay mre than s much fr her cartn f cigarettes, and when the price went up past her limit, she quit-cld turkey. When was the last time yu set a price limit fr smething yu enjyed and when it exceeded that limit yu chse nt t purchase it? Mine was Starbucks specialty cffee, I refuse t pay $5 fr a café mcha and when I went thrugh t rder it and it came t $5.02 I said n thank yu and left. Sad, but determined in my prmise. My next slutin is t change the packaging t psitive. My practice is abut psitive scripting and psitive messages t enhance health and well-being. I remember reading years ag in a Luise Hay bk (f Hay Huse Publishing) t bless yur cigarettes. Rather than t remind yurself (and tell yur bdy) that they are killing yu, 2011 Queen f Clr Enterprises 3
Thursday s Kick! Cigarette Packaging and Mind+Bdy=Cnnectin r refer t them as a cffin nail r cancer stick instead, ask yur bdy t release yur desire t smke. Shifting the scripting arund the cigarette AND the smking is the key t being a nn-smker! Telling yur bdy that the cigarette des nt serve yur bdy, even telling yur bdy it des nt taste gd is a far better (and efficient) deterrent than staring at a trachetmy patient blwing smke ut f his neck. Thse that cntinue t smke d s because they tell themselves (and their bdy) that smking keeps them thin, calms their nerves, makes them feel grwn-up, and almst always with each puff and (each repeated affirmatin) I just can t seem t quit it is all hypnsis, s why nt be kind t yur bdy and yur self, change the self-talk that surrunds yur smking habit. Check ut this sectin n my website fr mre infrmatin n smking and affirmatins. http://catherineple.cm/dvds-and-cds/bks-prductsdvds/smking-cessatin/smking-and-addictin/ Right nw at this very mment, here are the psitive affirmatins that are plastered n cigarette packaging, fllw the link and see the crrespnding images as well. I particularly appreciate being tld I am ging t die f a fatal lung disease because I am a nnsmker. Des anyne else have truble with this stuff? WARNING: Cigarettes are addictive. WARNING: Tbacc smke can harm yur children. WARNING: Cigarettes cause fatal lung disease. WARNING: Cigarettes cause cancer. WARNING: Cigarettes cause strkes and heart disease. WARNING: Smking during pregnancy can harm yur baby. WARNING: Smking can kill yu. WARNING: Tbacc smke causes fatal lung disease in nnsmkers. WARNING: Quitting smking nw greatly reduces serius risks t yur health I knw I have clleagues, fellw hypntists believing in the dm and glm apprach: death and pain suggestins t deter smking. I believe this is negative scripting frm a Mind+Bdy=Cnnectin and is nt the best methd. T suggest and reinfrce the negative aspects f a cigarette t smene that may (as my mther has) eventually pick up the habit again is t plant in their subcnscius the suggestins that his r her fate is pain and death because they smke. It als depends n the client, but in general if a client hnestly wants t be a nn-smker, ne hypnsis sessin will succeed. Then t fllw up 2011 Queen f Clr Enterprises 4
Thursday s Kick! Cigarette Packaging and Mind+Bdy=Cnnectin this sessin with at least tw-three sessins fr reinfrcement and adjustment will prvide success. Here are sme f my suggestins I ffer clients, hw abut we rewrk the packaging t include these instead? I als have nn-smker supprt prducts in my stre at http://www.cafepress.cm/queenfclr I release this cigarette, I n lnger need it I bless and release this cigarette I am prud I have released my desire fr any cigarette I d nt need this nw, I can save it fr sme ther time... I bless this cigarette and will save it fr later... I am cmpletely healthy, breathing deep and clear keeps me calm and centered. I am strng and cnfident and release this cigarette I am strnger and mre cnfident, it is easy t release this I am mre cnfident in everything nw that I have cnquered this All I need is a deep breath f fresh air, my tensin is released easily as I exhale It is nice t remain relaxed and in cntrl f my life I lve my life, it is nice t be relaxed and in cntrl My desire fr any type f tbacc has vanished I feel wnderful, happy and in cntrl It is nice t breath clean fresh air and feel relaxed I enjy my wrk s much withut tensin, and plenty f time t cmplete tasks My bdy is healthy, clean and clear and all that flws, flws efficiently My bdy is clean; my lungs and circulatry system are clean and clear and flw efficiently My ld excuses fr smking have disappeared with the cigarettes Everything tastes wnderful, and I rejice in all the extra mney I save 2011 Queen f Clr Enterprises 5