By Dr. Kate Scannell
First Published in Print: 06/25/2011
TOBACCO MANUFACTURERS are fuming over the new warning labels that will be required on cigarette packages beginning next year. Cool camels and virile smokers pictured on current packs will have to make room for images of a stiff corpse. Or a not-so-virile smoker blowing smoke through a tracheostomy hole in his neck. Or a set of decaying teeth framed by cancer-eroded lips. In all, there will be nine possible graphic options associated with deadly serious text warnings about the life-threatening risks of tobacco consumption.
Last week, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) revealed these new warning labels in advance of mandating their appearance on all cigarette packages and advertisements in the United States. By the fall of 2012, they are expected to occupy at least the upper half of the front and rear panels on cigarette packs, and at least the upper 20 percent of each ad. Read More
First Published in Print: 06/25/2011
TOBACCO MANUFACTURERS are fuming over the new warning labels that will be required on cigarette packages beginning next year. Cool camels and virile smokers pictured on current packs will have to make room for images of a stiff corpse. Or a not-so-virile smoker blowing smoke through a tracheostomy hole in his neck. Or a set of decaying teeth framed by cancer-eroded lips. In all, there will be nine possible graphic options associated with deadly serious text warnings about the life-threatening risks of tobacco consumption.
Last week, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) revealed these new warning labels in advance of mandating their appearance on all cigarette packages and advertisements in the United States. By the fall of 2012, they are expected to occupy at least the upper half of the front and rear panels on cigarette packs, and at least the upper 20 percent of each ad. Read More