Canada has had these images on cigarette packs for years. As a former lifelong smoker, at the time I hated seeing them every time I bought a pack. In fact there was even a cottage industry in Canada selling cute little covers for the packs to block out the images.Years later, after a two year battle to free myself from nicotine, I realize that those black lung and rotten mouth images did play a small role in getting me to quit in that they gave me a visual reminder that I was essentially paying some corporation 9 dollars a day to send me down the road to COPD or cancer. Tobacco addiction is the most widespread, intense and pathetic addictions out there and you can’t just let the market rule and say it’s up to the individual. They, like all addicts, need the medical and scientific community, education, government and charities involved. Every little bit helps.
If you need big government and liberal progressive social engineers to coerce you to change your behavior, than you have issues.
In fairness to you, you’re a Canuck. This is America.