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All cigarette packs sold in the United States will be required to have one of nine horrifyingly graphic images that the Food and Drug Administration unveiled Tuesday morning.
In what amounts to the most significant changes to US Cigarette labels in more than 25 years, all packs, cartons and advertisements will be required to publish the new warnings by October of next year, reports Bloomberg >>> http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-06-21/dead-body-cancerous-lungs-will-appear-on-u-s-cigarette-packs-next-year.html
The graphic images — including a dead man with his chest sewn up, a mouth filled with an open sore, and others that can be seen in the FDA’s website >> http://www.fda.gov/TobaccoProducts/Labeling/CigaretteWarningLabels/default.htm— must be accompanied by text such as “Smoking can kill you” and will be required to cover the top 50 percent of the front and back of cigarette packs and 20 percent of print ads. /Slatest
United States is hardly a trend setter in this respect since at least 30 other countries already require graphic warnings. And some go even further than those approved by the FDA./Washington Post
CNN has a slide show that depicts different warning labels from across the world>> http://edition.cnn.com/2011/HEALTH/06/21/cigarette.labels/
Warning as it would appear on a cigarette package in USA (more at FDA´s website) :
