The Rapid Rise Of Graphic Warnings On Cigarette Packages
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on Sep 13, 2016
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Back in 2001, Canada became the very first country in the world to add pictorial warnings to its cigarette packets. Over the past decade, countless other governments followed suit in an attempt to discourage their citizens from smoking. By 2014,...
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Back in 2001, Canada became the very first country in the world to add pictorial warnings to its cigarette packets. Over the past decade, countless other governments followed suit in an attempt to discourage their citizens from smoking. By 2014, the number of governments/jurisdictions requiring the ever more graphic and gruesome warnings reached 70. In 2015, this is expected to increase even further to 77. In 1965, the United States became the first nation to introduce health warnings on cigarette packages but today it's lagging behind other countries in terms of the harshness of its labeling. The US does not force tobacco companies to add prominent warnings to their products, compared to other countries such as Australia which has some of the toughest restrictions in the world. In 2012, Australia introduced plain brown packaging with graphic health warnings covering 75 percent of the front of packages and 90 percent of the rear.