Britain Adds Graphic Labels to Cigarette Packs
Posted on October 2, 2008
This image is one of the new graphic images the UK is going to require on cigarette packs to deter people from smoking. Another image shows a man with what appears to be a horrible throat tumor. There is also an image showing a person with teeth damage from smoking.
The pictures, which show cancerous lungs and throats as well as rotting teeth, replace written warnings such as "Smoking clogs the arteries and causes heart attacks and strokes" or "Smoking can cause a slow and painful death" which currently greet going to light up.The picture warnings will start appearing on cigarette packs from October 1 and will be compulsory from October next year. They will be printed on all tobacco products from October 2010.
One in six people in Britain smoke out of population of more than 60 million and the government has been stepping up measures to reduce that figure.
It's not something anyone wants to look at or see on a product they are using. It does make the message that smoking is unhealthy very clear. Images of the new labels can be found at tobaccolabels.ca.
