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Cigarettes are the only product that when used as intended, kill. Isn't it better to force manufacturers to convey truthful information about cigarettes, than to keep consumers in the dark? For decades, tobacco companies promoted a fake idealism around their products, used "aspirational marketing," romanticism, exploited peoples' insecurities and used other strategies to lure people into smoking. 90 percent of users start while they are children, under the age of 18. Fifty percent of smokers will die from it. The product's addictiveness is chemically enhanced. Is it not better to warn users at every turn about the very real dangers of this product? Real freedom is having all the information you need to make an informed decision. Graphic labels are part of conveying that information.