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Graphic Warnings Due for Cigarettes
Images part of
new regulations
Services on Wednesday to reduce
tobacco use, which is responsible
for about 443,000 deaths per year.
"Some very explicit, alm ost
(AP) — Corpses, cancer patients
gruesom e pictures may be neces­
and diseased lungs are among the
sary," FDA C om m issioner M ar­
images the federal government plans
garet Hamburg said in an inter­
for larger, graphic warning labels
view with The A ssociated Press.
that would take up half of each pack
"This is a very, very serious pub­
of cigarettes sold in the United
lic health issue, with very, very
States.
serious medical consequences,"
W hether smokers addicted to
such as cancer, heart disease,
nicotine will see them as a reason to
strokes and lung diseases.
quit remains a question.
The share of A m ericans who
The images are part of a new
sm oke has fallen dram atically
campaign announced by the Food
since 1970, from nearly 40 percent
and Drug Administration and the
to about 20 percent, but the rate
Department of Health and Human One o f the proposed warning graphics that will appear on cigarette has stalled since about 2004.
packaging as part o f the government's new tobacco prevention efforts.
About 46 million adults in the U.S.
smoke cigarettes.
In the same period, the average
cost per pack has gone from 38 cents
to $5.33. Much of those increases are
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and limiting nicotine. The law
doesn't The FDA is proposing 36
labels for public com m ent. They
include phrases like "Smoking can
kill you" and "Cigarettes cause
cancer" and feature graphic im ­
ages to convey the dangers of
tobacco.
Some o f the labels include a
man with a tracheotom y sm oking
a cigarette, a cartoon of a mother
blowing smoke in her baby's face,
rotting and diseased teeth and
gums, as well as cigarettes being
Hushed down the toilet to signify
quitting.
The agency will select the final
labels in June after reviews o f sci­
entific literature, public comments
and results from an 18,000-person
study. C igarette m akers will then
have a year and three m onths to
start using the new labels.
Zak Hoffman of Cincinnati, who
has been smoking since he was 14.
"I think more tax increases would
have more of an effect than scare
tactics," said 20-year-old G ina
Gatano, a student who works at a
downtown Cincinnati coffee shop.
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