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New Cigarette Warning Labels Revealed
November 10, 2010
New graphic cigarette warning labels were unveiled at an event Wednesday morning in Washington, D.C., by federal health officials from the Health and Human Services Department (HHS) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The new labels feature prominent graphics of diseased lungs, cancer patients and dead bodies covering 50 percent of the cigarette pack. With 3,900 kids picking up their first cigarette every day, and the majority of adult smokers starting as youth, these new graphic warning labels will help educate children and adults about the dangers of smoking immediately when they pick up a pack of cigarettes. Cigarette packaging has not changed in 25 years. A provision of the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act, these new labels will appear on cigarette packs and advertisements beginning in 2012. Public comments on the proposed images are currently being gathered until January 2011. For more information, please read our official statement.
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