The federal government announced a new tobacco control strategy — including some new intense graphic warnings proposed for cigarette packs. These new required warnings would consist of nine new textual warning statements accompanied by color graphics depicting the negative health consequences of smoking.
The FDA will select the final nine warnings by next June 22 and by Oct. 22, 2012.
Proposed Graphic Health Warnings for Cigarette Packages and Advertisements
WARNING: Cigarettes are addictive.
WARNING: Tobacco smoke can harm your children.
WARNING: Cigarettes cause fatal lung disease.
WARNING: Cigarettes cause cancer.
WARNING: Cigarettes cause strokes and heart disease.
WARNING: Smoking during pregnancy can harm your baby.
WARNING: Smoking can kill you.
WARNING: Tobacco smoke causes fatal lung disease in nonsmokers.
WARNING: Quitting smoking now greatly reduces serious risks to your health.
High Resolution Image Formats
Currently, all of the proposed graphic health warnings are available in PDF format (PDF 13 MB).
Click here to read full release from the FDA.
A step in a very good direction! Kudos to the FDA on stepping up to big tobacco.
I completely agree!