- Graphic images on cigarette packages showing yellow teeth, blackened gums, bulging neck tumours and bleeding brains alert smokers to what they face just by smoking. See it at the World Health Organisation (WHO)
- Images of diseased wombs and rotting brain and heart, with slogans like Tobacco Smoke can Kill Babies or Smoking Harms Your Family are shown on some cigarette packs in Singapore and Thailand
* Thailand's smoking rates fell from 30 percent in 1992 to around 18 percent today. Health officials link it to a ban on all domestic tobacco advertising 15 years ago. Higher cigarette taxes and smoke-free public places helped too
- In an effort to curb smoking, US Senators demand stronger cigarette warnings that cover at least half of the package's front and back and use graphic color photos of cancer and other health effects (July 25, 2007)
- Smokers are more likely to attempt to kick the habit if cigarette packets show graphic pictures of health threats from tobacco and those warnings are regularly updated, University of Washington scientists who studied 15,000 smokers in Canada, England, Australia and the United States report
* Unfortunately, United States smokers see just a small text message from the US Surgeon General on the side of the packet which has been unchanged since 1984
* Awareness of the warnings was only 30 percent for American smokers
* Large pictorial warnings featuring the harmful effects of smoking, like those required in Canada, should be displayed on all cigarette packs and cartons in the US, an Institute of Medicine panel urged
*Warning messages feature statistics such as 85% of lung cancers are caused by smoking and 80% of lung cancer victims die within 3 years
* Failed effort! In Canada, cigarette packaging stil contains misleading information even after newer regulations have been instituted, according to a study published in the online edition of the Journal of Public Health
- People surveyed believed:
- the words Silver or Smooth meant less hazardous cigarettes
- a lighter colored packet of cigarettes had lower health risks* US Tobacco ads and promotional displays should be restricted to text-only, black-and-white formats (see above)
* Tobacco companies should be barred from using misleading terms such as "mild," "light" and "ultra-light" to describe their products (see above)
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- Canadian cigarette packets now feature large and sometimes gory pictures, including a drooping cigarette to convey impotence inflicted by smoking, and a mouth darkened and rotting with gum disease caused by smoke
* 60 percent of Canadian smokers questioned said they were aware of the warnings that cover the top half of the front and back of a pack of cigarettes
* Radio and print ads now warn about the dangers of smoking in cars with kids. The Ontario Medical Association and the Heart and Stroke Foundation sponsor the ads. April 14, 2008 start date
- UK cigarette packs must show graphic photos including a diseased lung, an open chest before heart surgery, and a large tumor on a man's neck starting in the latter part of 2008, according to Health Secretary Alan Johnson
* The I'm scared that my mum will die Department of Health anti smoking TV ad may scare children and has been banned on TV before 7.30pm. There are no restirction on the radio commercial
* Fright Night 2008. A Halloween TV campaign featuring a young girl scared her mother may die from smoking saying "I'm scared of my mum smoking. I'm scared that my mum will die"
* The ad above also points out that 2,000 people in the UK die each week from smoking-related diseases
- Health warnings must now cover 30 percent of the front of cigarette packets and 40 percent of the back in the EU
- England introduced large text messages on the front of the packet and smaller warnings on the side in 2003
- At least 30 percent of Chinese cigarette packs must feature skulls, blackened teeth or diseased lungs printed on them in the latest effort to tackle smoking starting January 2009 (Beijing Morning Post)
- Spain plans to place gruesome images on cigarette packets to illustrate the health risks of smoking cigarettes (April 2009)
* Smoking Kills is already printed on each cigarette packet in Spain.
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- The smell smokers carry with them after smoking and the embarrassment that goes along with it may induce smokers to quit; possibly even more than gruesome "disease" images found in TV ads, accoding to a study by Emily Kothe, a PhD candidate at the University of Sydney Department of Psychology.
- Images of smoke-blackened lungs and bodies in morgues are what the Danish Health Ministry plans to add to cigarette packs. Stay tuned. . .
- In India, photos of diseased lungs and gums (pictorial health warnings) on cigarettes packets and other tobacco products are displayed. Also images of scorpions (a symbol of danger) and skeletons must be show on all tobacco products. In India, cigarette, bidi and gutkha packs will begin to look like the dreaded skull-and-crossbones pirates flag, the Jolly Roger, and the phrase, Tobacco Kills/Smoking Kills, in bold letters, must appear on the packs as well, according to a law (February 1, 2007)
* UPDATE Enforcing the "skull-and-crossbones pirate flag" law has been weakened. Newer, weaker measures now allow tobacco manufacturers to decide what style of warning they print on packets
*In India, pictures of a corpse and mouth cancers will be displayed on cigarette packets in an attempt to shock people into stopping smoking. Other packs will show a toddler with tubes running up his nostrils with the caption "Your smoking kills babies" (June 2007)
- The Romanian Health Ministry launched an anti-smoking campaign to curb smoking. It features 14 images graphic photographs on cigarette cartons showing how cigarettes can harm the health of smokers as well as their children (July 1, 2008)
- Egypt requires graphic visual warnings on impotence and disease on cigarette packets. Images include a dying man in an oxygen mask, a coughing child, and a limp cigarette (impotence) (August 1, 2008)
- A "CIGARETTE KILLS" warning must be shown in bold print, on a visible position on each cigarette packet in Kenya
*In Kenya, tobacco companies are now forbidden from sponsoring sports, cultural, educational or entertainment activities
- No smoking kills label on both sides of a cigarette pack means cigarette makers are liable for fine of N100,000 in Nigeria
- In Australia, large text warnings covering more than a quarter of the packet. 90 percent of the back must display a warning as well
* 52 percent of smokers said they noticed the warning
* Shocking! New South Wales, Australia's new $1.5 million anti-smoking commercial attempts to "shock" smokers into quitting (Novemeber 2008)
* Cigarettes are a "bad friend" that smokers need to end their relationship with. They cost money, force you outside and won't leave you alone. This message is shown in new State Government anti-smoking ads (Adelaide, Australia)
* Lung cancer and its effect on smokers and the surviving family members are the focus of the Cancer Council West Australian anti-smoking ad campaign (The West Australian).
- Singapore: GRAPHIC ANTI-SMOKING TV MESSAGE: A woman suffering from oral cancer who has sores on her lips and decaying teeth says "Smoking causes oral cancer. Quitting is hard, but not quitting is harder." Young children were alarmed by it. So the Health Promotion Board (HPB) will only air the message after 8:00 pm, a time when youngsters are less likely to watch television
* Singapore cigarette packages currently carry graphic pictures of people with cigarette-related diseases
- Larger more graphic warnings can raise the number of people who stopped reaching for a cigarette. In Canada and Britain, it helped more than 10 percent of smokers the past six months pause, and nearly 40 percent said the warnings had prompted them to think about giving up smoking in the previous month
- Brazilian warning messages and graphic pictures showing smoking's risks cover all of the back of cigarettes boxes. The message: The Health Ministry warns:..., followed by one of the many known risks of smoking, is shown on one of the sides. It was previuosly featured in TV commercials
- In France, warning messages covers 30 percent of the front of cigarette packs, 40 percent of the back and 15% of side panels
* French warning messages include solutions as well: Help yourself quit smoking: call 0 825 309 310
- In Argentina, warnings must be place on 50% of the back of the packet
- In South Africa, tobacco packages must now have pictured health warnings (September 2009).
- In Malaysia, warnings pictures must appear on cigarette packs to discourage smoking starting January 2009
* 2 or 3 tobacco companies tried to cover up the graphic warning pictures on cigarette packs. The Health Ministery has now taken action to penalize companies for doing it
- In the UAE, cigarette packets to sport new labels featuring pictures of blackened lungs and a hemorrhage-impacted brain. The attempt is to warn smokers about the hazards of smoking
- Kicking the habit is on you, and marriage is on us is the new battle cry of the anti-smoking drive that targets young grooms in Saudi Arabia.
- New York City's Health Department has a TV commercial where a little boy lost in a crowd desperately searches for his mother. Oh no! Now confused boy's bottom lip starts to quiver. All alone now, terror sets in. Finally, tears and loud crying take over. The message: "If this is how your child feels after losing you for a minute, just imagine if they lost you for life. Quit smoking today.". This ad is used in Australia too
- $1.2 million in "Your Patients Are Listening" anti-smoking ads across New York state will be featured in medical journals, web sites, newspapers and billboards from March 1 until June 2009. Queens Hospital Center, the New York city Department of Health and others funded the ads to spark primary healthcare providers to step up their efforts to help their patients stop smoking
- New York City's Health Department will use a former disfigured smoker in anti-smoking ads. It will show how cigarette smoking caused Marie, from the Bronx, to have parts of her fingers, a leg and part of a foot amputated
- In Bahrain, the GCC Anti-Smoking Committee has ordered graphic pictures of corpses, dead babies, cancerous lungs, rotting teeth and "Smoking Kills" caption placed on every tobacco product within 2 years (August 2008)
- In Croatia, 40 percent of cigarette packs back side must have a health risk warning about smoking
- A costly error in Arizona. $900,000 in anti-smoking TV ads aimed at teens and children were yank at the last minute before they could air. More than 500 kids in Arizona begin smoking each month. . .
- West Virginia is on a crusade to stop pregnant women from smoking with an all-out media blitz (tv, newspapers, radio, billboards, etc.) called "Power to quit is inside you." West Virginia leads the US in women smoking while pregnant, 27 percent. They want to reverse this decade high smoking trend with this 7 month ad campaign
- A new 30 second TV commercial follows cigarette smoke's journey through the human body. It features a doctor removing fatty deposits from the aorta of a 32 year old longtime smoker who died. The ad is sponsored by the Indiana Tobacco Prevention and Cessation group
- Illinois launched a new TV and radio campaign on January 1, 2009 to support its smoking ban implemented a year earlier. In one of the ads a restaurant and bar owner notes that his business has not been effected by the ban
- Warning: The tobacco industry spends twice as much on marketing as it did 10 years ago. Since 1998 tobacco settlement, they now target smokers online and in person
- Cigarettes Are Eating You Alive. That message accompanies graphic, gross, gruesome pictures on free matchbook covers. This is the New York City Department of Health's latest attempt to get people to stop smoking
- Media campaigns showing the tobacco industry in a negative light and that grab young adult's interest may curb young adult smoking, according to a study by Stanton Glantz, PhD, professor of medicine and director of UCSF's Center for Tobacco Control Research and Education, and colleagues (American Journal of Preventive Medicine)
Smoking is the second major cause of death in the world, according to the UN's World Health Organization (WHO).
Cigarertte Warning Messages Include
- WARNING: Cigarettes are hazardous (dangerous) to your health!
- Smoking can kill you (Canada)
- Smokers die early (young)
- Quitting smoking now greatly reduces serious risks to your health
- Smoking by pregnant women may result in fetal injury, premature birth and low birth weight. . . Smoking during pregnancy injures the baby
- Save (Protect) children: don't make them breathe tobacco smoke
- Cigarette smoking contains carbon monoxide, tar, nicotine. . .
- Tobacco smoke contains benzene, nitrosamines, formaldehyde and hydrogencyanide
- Cigarette smoking causes lung cancer, heart disease, chronic bronchitis, cataracts, emphysema, leukemia, sexual impotence (Thailand) and may complicate (or prevent) pregnancy
- Cigarettes are addictive. . . (Don't start)
- Your doctor or pharmacist or can help you to give up smoking (specialists in the medical profession and Health Agencies too)
- Smoking clogs arteries and causes heart diseases and strokes, Smoking may reduce blood circulation and cause impotency
- Smoking is very harmful to you and those close to you
- Smoking ages the skin
- In South Korea, warnings feature meassages such as Smoking may cause lung cancer and it is especially dangerous for teenagers and pregnant women and It is illegal to sell cigarettes to people under 19
- Smoking can lead to a slow, painful death
What You Don't Know Can Kill You
A Cancer Council of Victoria, Australia revealed:* 50% smokers unaware smoking causes cancer.
* 21.5 percent of the state's smokers think the dangers of smoking are exaggerated
* 49 percent do not identify lung cancer as a smoking-caused illness.
