Article 4YJ7B Smokers do not like cigarettes that have "minutes of life lost" ruler printed on them

Smokers do not like cigarettes that have "minutes of life lost" ruler printed on them

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Mark Frauenfelder
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In 2016 researchers created a variety of "dissuasive cigarettes" to find out which kind was the biggest turn-off. "A 'minutes of life lost' stick was the most aversive of the stimuli tested," reported the researchers.

From Weird Universe (which has a photo of the cigarettes described below):

One of these cigarettes had a "smoking kills" warning printed directly on it. Two others were unpleasant colors: "slimy green" and "faecal yellow-brown." The fourth was printed with a graphic depicting "15 minutes of life lost."

Photo by Mathew MacQuarrie on Unsplash

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