Tobacco packaging warning messages
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'''Tobacco packaging warning messages''' are [[health]] warning messages that appear on the [[Packaging and labelling|packaging]] of [[cigarette]]s and other [[tobacco]] products. They have been implemented in an effort to enhance the public's knowledge about the dangers of [[tobacco smoking|smoking]]. In general, warnings used in different countries try to emphasize the same messages. Warnings for some countries are listed below. Such warnings have been commonplace in [[tobacco advertising]] for many years.
== Argentina ==
General warning: ''El fumar es perjudicial para la salud'' - Smoking is detrimental to health
== Australia ==
[[Image:Cigarettes health warning australia.jpg|thumb|Graphic images on cigarette packets in Australia, introduced in March 2006.]]
In early 2006 a new initiative was introduced, with graphic images depicting the effects of smoking * cigarettes to be displayed on cigarette packets. As of [[March 1]], warnings must cover 30% of the front and 90% of the back of the box. [http://www.smoke-free.ca/warnings/Australia-warnings.htm] The 10% of the back not occupied by a warning is used by the message "Sale to underage persons prohibited".
For cigarette packets, warnings include:
* Smoking causes peripheral vascular disease
* Smoking causes emphysema
* Smoking causes mouth and throat cancer
* Smoking clogs your arteries
* Don't let children breath your smoke
* Smoking - A leading cause of death
* Quitting will improve your health
* Smoking harms unborn babies
* Smoking causes blindness
* Smoking causes lung cancer
* Smoking causes heart disease
* Smoking doubles your risk of stroke
* Smoking is addictive
* Tobacco smoke is toxic
With each warning is an accompanying graphic, and detailed information on the back of the packet.
In addition, cigar and loose tobacco packets show other, slightly altered warnings. These warnings target the misconception that alternative, non-cigarette tobacco products are less harmful.
Australian cigarette packaging laws also prohibit the use of terms such as 'light', 'mild', 'extra mild', etc. This is to counteract the impression that certain tobacco mixtures are less damaging to health than others. To the same effect, while the carbon monoxide, nicotine and tar content of particular brands of cigarettes used to be mandated, the display and/or advertisement these figures is now prohibited under the government's "All Cigarettes are Toxic" campaign.
== Azerbaijan ==
In Azerbaijan, cigarette packages carry a small notice: "Ministry of Health warns: Smoking is dangerous for your health", but this is usually printed in light and small fonts, and the first part of the message is not always visible.
== Brazil ==
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[[Image:Cigarettes brazil.jpg|thumb|225px|Some of the graphic images on cigarette packs in Brazil, used from 2003 until 2008.]]
Brazil was the second country in the world to adopt mandatory warning images in cigarette packages. <ref name=Globo.com>[http://g1.globo.com/Noticias/Brasil/0,,MUL579986-5598,00.html Globo.com]</ref> Warnings and graphic images illustrating the risks of smoking occupy 100% of the back of cigarettes boxes since 2001. In 2008, the government elected [http://portal.saude.gov.br/portal/saude/visualizar_texto.cfm?idtxt=28560 a third batch of images], aimed at younger smokers. <ref name="Globo.com"/>
Since 2003, the sentence "Este produto contém mais de 4,7 mil substâncias tóxicas, e nicotina que causa dependência física ou psíquica. Não existem níveis seguros para consumo dessas substâncias" (This products contains over 4.7 thousand toxic substances, and nicotine, which causes physical or psychiatric addiction. There are no safe levels for the intake of these substances.) is displayed in all packs.
In addition to the above sentence, the message ''O Ministério da Saúde adverte: ...'' (The Health Ministry warns: ...), followed by one of the many known risks of smoking, is shown on one of the sides. The same introduction, followed by a warning, was spoken after TV commercial advertisements; and even now that cigarette ads are no longer allowed, it retains great popularity and is used in a number of different contexts, health-related or not.
== Canada ==
[[Image:Canadian Number 7 cigarette package scan.png|thumbnail|A Canadian ''Number 7'' cigarette package showing warning graphics]]
The Canadian Tobacco Act requires warnings to be printed on all tobacco products sold in Canada. The current set of 15 warnings was introduced in 2000, replacing older versions from 1994. A [[Health Canada]] warning is printed randomly on all tobacco product packaging, and is required to take up at least 50% of the visible surface. Imported cigarettes to be sold in Canada which do not have the warnings are affixed with sticker versions.
Each warning is printed along with a short explanation and is accompanied by a picture illustrating that particular warning, for example:
'''WARNING'''<br/>
'''CIGARETTES CAUSE LUNG CANCER'''<br/>
85% of lung cancers are caused by smoking.<br />
80% of lung cancer victims die within three years.
accompanied by a picture of a human lung detailing cancerous growths.
Additionally, on the inside of the packaging or, for some packets, on a pull-out card, "health information messages" provide answers and explanations regarding common questions and concerns about quitting smoking and smoking-related illnesses. On the packaging (usually on the narrow side of a packet), a table details the approximate amount of toxic substances found in that particular brand of cigarette, for example (from [[Benson & Hedges|B&H]] ''Belmont Milds'' brand):
"Toxic emissions / unit: [[Tar]] 11 - 26 mg, [[Nicotine]] 1.0 - 2.4 mg,<br />
[[Carbon monoxide]] 14 - 28 mg, [[Formaldehyde]] 0.057 mg - 0.14 mg,<br />
[[Hydrogen cyanide]] 0.10 - 0.22 mg, [[Benzene]] 0.028 - 0.067 mg"
In accordance with Canadian law regarding products sold in Canada, the warnings are provided in both English and French.
Health Canada is also considering laws mandating plain packaging, in which tobacco product packaging would be black and white and labelled solely with simple unadorned text, as well as outlawing descriptive terms such as "Light" and "Mild", which Health Canada argue are deceptive to consumers and encourage them to falsely believe that these brands of cigarettes are less likely to cause illness or addiction.
Further information on tobacco product labeling in Canada at [http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/hl-vs/tobac-tabac/legislation/label-etiquette/index_e.html Health Canada's website].
== European Union ==
Cigarette packets and other tobacco packaging must include warnings in the same size and format and using the same approved texts (in the appropriate local languages) in all member states of the [[European Union]].
These warnings are displayed in black [[Helvetica]] bold on a white background with a thick black border. Ireland prefaces its warnings with "Irish Government Warning", and Latvia with "Veselības ministrija brīdina" (''Health Ministry Warning''). In member states with more than one official language, the warnings are displayed in all languages, with the sizes adjusted accordingly (for example in [[Belgium]] the messages are written in Dutch, French and German and in [[Luxembourg]] in French and German). All cigarette packets sold in the European Union must display the content of [[nicotine]], [[tar]], and [[carbon monoxide]] in the same manner on the side of the packet.
In 2003, it was reported that sales of [[cigarette case]]s had surged, attributable to the introduction of more prominent warning labels on [[cigarette pack]]s by an EU directive in January 2003<ref name=daily-t>[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2003/10/12/ncase12.xml&sSheet=/portal/2003/10/12/ixportal.html "Film star glamour of cigarette cases hides truth for smokers"] ''[[The Daily Telegraph]]'', 11/10/2003<!--whatever this date is--> </ref>. Alternatively, people choose to hide the warnings using various funny stickers, such as "You could be hit by a bus tomorrow"{{Fact|date=May 2008}}.
=== Austria and Germany ===
[[Image:MarlboroStangeDeutsch1.JPG|right|thumb|Carton of German cigarettes, complete with large warning]]
[[Image:F6zigaretten.jpg|thumb|Cigarette packets in [[Germany]].]]
*General warnings:
** ''Rauchen ist tödlich'' - Smoking is lethal.
** ''Rauchen kann tödlich sein'' - Smoking can be lethal.
** ''Rauchen fügt Ihnen und den Menschen in Ihrer Umgebung erheblichen Schaden zu.'' - Smoking severely harms you and the people around you.
*Additional warnings:
** ''Raucher sterben früher'' - Smokers die sooner.
** ''Rauchen führt zur Verstopfung der Arterien und verursacht Herzinfarkte und Schlaganfälle.'' - Smoking leads to clogging of arteries and causes heart attacks and strokes.
** ''Rauchen verursacht tödlichen Lungenkrebs.'' - Smoking causes lethal lung cancer.
** ''Rauchen in der Schwangerschaft schadet Ihrem Kind'' - Smoking while pregnant harms your child.
** ''Schützen Sie Kinder — lassen Sie sie nicht Ihren Tabakrauch einatmen!'' - Protect children - don't let them breathe your tobacco smoke!
** ''Ihr Arzt oder Apotheker kann Ihnen dabei helfen, das Rauchen aufzugeben.'' - Your doctor or pharmacist can help you to give up smoking.
** ''Rauchen macht sehr schnell abhängig: Fangen Sie gar nicht erst an!'' - Smoking is very quickly addictive: Don't start in the first place!
** ''Wer das Rauchen aufgibt, verringert das Risiko tödlicher Herz- und Lungenerkrankungen'' - Giving up smoking reduces the risk of fatal heart and lung diseases.
** ''Rauchen kann zu einem langsamen und schmerzhaften Tod führen'' - Smoking can lead to a slow and painful death.
** ''Rauchen kann zu Durchblutungsstörungen führen und verursacht Impotenz'' - Smoking can lead to blood circulation disorders and causes impotence.
** ''Rauchen lässt Ihre Haut altern'' - Smoking makes your skin age.
** ''Rauchen kann die Spermatozoen schädigen und schränkt die Fruchtbarkeit ein'' - Smoking can damage spermatozoa and decreases your fertility.
** ''Rauch enthält Benzol, Nitrosamine, Formaldehyd und Blausäure'' - Smoke contains benzene, nitrosamine, formaldehyde and hydrogen cyanide.
=== France ===
[[Image:Warning on the French Cigarettes Pack.jpg|thumb|150px|right| Warning on the French Cigarette Pack]]
;Front of packaging (covers 30% of surface)
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|align="center"|<div style="border:12px solid black;padding:4px;font-size:48px;line-height:1.5em;text-align:center">'''{{lang|fr|Fumer tue}}'''</div>(Smoking kills)
|}
;Rear of packaging (covers 40% of surface, similar design)
* {{lang|fr|Les fumeurs meurent prématurément.}} (Smokers die prematurely.)
* {{lang|fr|Fumer bouche les artères et provoque des crises cardiaques et des attaques cérébrales.}} (Smoking clogs arteries and causes heart attacks and strokes.)
* {{lang|fr|Fumer provoque le cancer mortel du poumon.}} (Smoking causes fatal lung cancer.)
* {{lang|fr|Fumer pendant la grossesse nuit à la santé de votre enfant.}} (Smoking during pregnancy harms your child's health.)
* {{lang|fr|Protégez les enfants : ne leur faites pas respirer votre fumée.}} (Protect your children: don't make them breathe your smoke.)
* {{lang|fr|Votre médecin ou votre pharmacien peuvent vous aider à arrêter de fumer.}} (Your doctor or pharmacist can help you quit smoking.)
* {{lang|fr|Fumer crée une forte dépendance, ne commencez pas.}} (Smoking is highly addictive, don't start.)
* {{lang|fr|Arrêter de fumer réduit les risques de maladies cardiaques et pulmonaires mortelles.}} (Quitting smoking reduces the risk of fatal heart and lung diseases.)
* {{lang|fr|Fumer peut entraîner une mort lente et douloureuse.}} (Smoking can result in a slow and painful death.)
* {{lang|fr|Faites-vous aider pour arrêter de fumer : téléphonez au 0 825 309 310 (0,15 euro/min)}} (Help yourself quit smoking: call 0 825 309 310)
* {{lang|fr|Fumer peut diminuer l'afflux sanguin et provoque l'impuissance.}} (Smoking can cause low blood pressure and impotence.)
* {{lang|fr|Fumer peut nuire aux spermatozoïdes et réduit la fertilité.}} (Smoking damages sperm and reduces fertility.)
* {{lang|fr|La fumée contient du benzène, des nitrosamines, du formaldéhyde et du cyanure d'hydrogène. (Cigarette smoke contains benzene, nitrosamines, formaldehyde and hydrogen cyanide.}})
;Left or right side of packaging
* Components percentages (15% of surface, small prints): Tobacco - Cigarette paper - Flavor and texture agents
* Quantity of toxics in mg/cigarette (in prominent black on white square and bold letters): Tar - Nicotin - Carbon monoxide
;Other side of packaging
* Country of manufacturing, name of manufacturer, quantity
* Product identifier (EAN-7 bar code)
;Other characteristics
* Small print: "{{lang|fr|Vente en France 01}}" (sales in France)
* Recyclable logo (for the packaging)
* Words forbidden in the displayed product name: light, ultra-light, légere, or any indication that may indicate that this is a minor drug with low impact... (These branding words have been replaced by various color names)
=== Ireland ===
Ireland currently follows EU standards (see above), but previously ran its own scheme, where one of 8 messages was placed on the pack, as defined in [[Statutory Instrument|SI]] 326/1991. [http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/1991/en/si/0326.html]
Currently, the warnings are in [[English language|English]] only, though from October 2008 they will made be bilingual, with both [[Irish language|Irish]] and English to be displayed. <ref>[http://www.rte.ie/news/2008/0124/tobacco.html RTÉ News - ''Tobacco warnings to be made bilingual'']</ref>
=== Italy ===
[[Image:Italian Pack.jpg|thumb|150px|right|A Pack from Italy]]
* {{lang|it|Il fumo uccide}} / {{lang|it|Il fumo può uccidere.}} (Smoking kills / Smoking may kill)
* {{lang|it|Il fumo danneggia gravemente te e chi ti sta intorno.}} (Smoking heavily damages you and whoever is near you)
* {{lang|it|I fumatori muoiono prima.}} (Smokers die early.)
* {{lang|it|Il fumo ostruisce le arterie e provoca infarti e ictus.}} (Smoking clogs arteries and causes heart diseases and strokes)
* {{lang|it|Il fumo provoca cancro mortale ai polmoni.}} (Smoking causes fatal lung cancer.)
* {{lang|it|Fumare in gravidanza fa male al bambino.}} (Smoking during pregnancy injures the baby.)
* {{lang|it|Proteggi i bambini, non fumare in loro presenza.}} (Protect the kids, don't smoke in their presence.)
* {{lang|it|Il medico o il tuo farmacista possono aiutarti a smettere di fumare.}} (Your doctor or your pharmacist may help you quit smoking.)
* {{lang|it|Specialisti del settore medico possono aiutarti a smettere di fumare.}} (Specialists in the medical profession may help you quit smoking.)
* {{lang|it|Il fumo crea un'elevata dipendenza, non iniziare.}} (Smoking is highly addictive, don't start.)
* {{lang|it|Smettere di fumare riduce il rischio di malattie cardiovascolari e polmonari mortali.}} (Quitting smoking reduces the risk of deadly cardiovascular and lung diseases.)
* {{lang|it|Il fumo può provocare una morte lenta e dolorosa.}} (Smoking can cause a long and painful death.)
* {{lang|it|Il fumo provoca il cancro della cavità orale.}} (Smoking causes oral cancer.)
* {{lang|it|Fatti aiutare a smettere di fumare.}} (Let us help you quit smoking.)
* {{lang|it|Il fumo può ridurre la circolazione sanguigna e causa impotenza.}} (Smoking may reduce blood circulation and cause impotency.)
* {{lang|it|Il fumo invecchia la pelle.}} (Smoking ages the skin.)
* {{lang|it|Il fumo può danneggiare lo sperma e diminuisce la fertilità.}} (Smoking may damage sperm and diminish fertility.)
* {{lang|it|Il fumo contiene benzene, nitrosammine, formaldeide e acido cianidrico.}} (Cigarettes contain benzene, nistrosamine, formaldehyde and hydrocyanic acid)
Other text is sometimes placed in the packets, for example some packets contain leaflets which have all the above warnings written on them, with more detailed explanations and reasons to give up, and advice from [[Philip Morris]].
=== Latvia ===
[[Image:Latvian Pack.jpg|thumb|130px|right|Latvian Warning Sign]]
*{{lang|lv|Smēķēšana nopietni apdraud Jūs un cilvēkus Jums blakus}} (Smoking seriously threatens You and the people near You)
*{{lang|lv|Smēķēšana nogalina}} (Smoking kills)
*{{lang|lv|Smēķēšana izraisa neārstējamu plaušu vēzi}} (Smoking causes incurable lung cancer)
*{{lang|lv|Atmest smēķēšanu Jums var palīdzet Jūsu ġimenes ārsts un farmaceits}} (Your family doctor and pharmacist may be able to help you quit smoking)
*{{lang|lv|Smēķētaji mirst jauni}} (Smokers die young)
*{{lang|lv|Sargiet bērnus: nelieciet viņiem elpot tabakas dūmus!}} (Save children: don't make them breathe tobacco smoke)
*{{lang|lv|Smēķēšana grūtniecības laikā kaitē Jūsu bērnam}} (Smoking during the pregnancy harms your child)
*{{lang|lv|Smēķēšana izraisa artēriju nosprostošanos un rada sirdslēkmes un insultu}} (Smoking causes clots in arteries and results in hear attacks and strokes)
=== Malta ===
*Twissija mid-Dipartiment tas-Saħħa: PERIKLU - (DANGER - Health Department - Warning)
*It-tipjip joqtol - (Smoking kills)
*Min ipejjep imut żgħir - (Smokers die younger)
*It-tipjip isodd l-arterji u jġib l-attakki tal-qalb u l-puplesiji - (Smoking clogs the arteries and causes heart attacks and strokes)
*It-tipjip jagħmel kanċer fil-pulmun - (Smoking causes fatal lung cancers)
*Jekk tpejjep waqt it-tqala tagħmel ħsara lit-tarbija tiegħek - (Smoking when pregnant harms your baby)
*Ipproteġi lit-tfal: iġġelhomx jibilgħu d-duħħan tas-sigaretti tiegħek - (Protect children: don't make them breathe your smoke)
*It-tabib jew l-ispiżjar jgħinuk biex tieqaf tpejjep - (Your doctor and your pharmacist can help you stop smoking)
*It-tipjip huwa vizzju, tibdiex tpejjep - (Smoking is highly addictive, don't start)
*Jekk tieqaf tpejjep tnaqas ir-riskju ta' attakki tal-qalb u mard tal-pulmun - (Stopping smoking reduces the risk of fatal heart and lung disaeses)
*It-tipjip jista' jwassal għal agunija fit-tul u ħafna uġiegħ - (Smoking can cause a slow and painful death)
*Itlob l-għajnuna biex tieqaf tpejjep - 21231247 - (Get help to stop smoking - 21231247)
*It-tipjip inaqqas iċ-ċirkulazzjoni tad-demm u jista' jwassal għall-impotenza - (Smoking may reduce the blood flow and causes impotence)
*It-tipjip ixejjħek - (Smoking causes aging of the skin)
*It-tipjip jista' jagħmel ħsara lill-isperma u jnaqqas il-fertilità - (Smoking can damage the sperm and decrease fertility)
*Id-duħħan fih il-benżene, in-nitrosamini, il-formaldehyde, u l-idroġen cyanide - (Smokes contains benzene, nitrosamines, formaldehyde and hydrogen cyanide)
=== Netherlands, The ===
[[Image:A Pack from the Netherlands.jpg|thumb|200px|right|The Netherlands warning message and the government's information on the back of the pack.]]
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*{{lang|nl|Roken is dodelijk}} (Smoking is deadly)
*{{lang|nl|Roken veroorzaakt impotentie}} (Smoking causes impotence.)
*{{lang|nl|Roken veroorzaakt dodelijke longkanker}} (Smoking causes lung cancer)
*{{lang|nl|Tabaksrook bevat benzeen, nitrosaminen, formaldehyde en waterstofcyanide}} (Tobacco smoke contains benzene, nitrosamines, formaldehyde and hydrogencyanide )
*{{lang|nl|Uw arts of apotheker kan u helpen te stoppen met roken}} (Your physician or pharmacist can help you to quit smoking)
*{{lang|nl|Rokers sterven jonger}} (Smokers die younger)
*{{lang|nl|Roken veroorzaakt verstopping van de bloedvaten, hartaanvallen en beroertes}} (Smoking causes clogging of the blood vessels, heart attacks and strokes)
*{{lang|nl|Roken tijdens de zwangerschap is slecht voor uw baby}} (Smoking during pregnancy harms your baby)
*{{lang|nl|Bescherm kinderen: laat hen niet uw rook inademen}} (Protect children: don't let them breath your smoke)
*{{lang|nl|Roken werkt zeer verslavend; begin er niet mee}} (Smoking is very addictive; don't start with it)
*{{lang|nl|Stoppen met roken vermindert het risico op dodelijke hart- en longziekten}} (Quitting smoking reduces the risk of fatal heart- and lung diseases)
*{{lang|nl|Roken kan leiden tot een langzame, pijnlijke dood}} (Smoking can lead to a slow, painful death)
*{{lang|nl|Roken veroudert uw huid}} (Smoking ages your skin)
*{{lang|nl|Roken kan het sperma beschadigen en vermindert de vruchtbaarheid}} (Smoking can damage the sperm and reduces the fertility)
*{{lang|nl|Roken brengt u en anderen rondom u ernstige schade toe}} (Smoking causes damage to you and those around you)
=== Sweden ===
* {{lang|sv|Rökning dödar}} (Smoking kills)
* {{lang|sv|Tobak skadar din hälsa allvarligt}} (Tobacco causes serious harm to your health)
* {{lang|sv|Rökning under graviditet kan skada ditt foster}} (Smoking while pregnant may harm your fetus)
* {{lang|sv|Rökning kan leda till en långsam och smärtsam död}} (Smoking can lead to a slow and painful death)
=== United Kingdom ===
[[Image:Cig.packet.750pix.jpg|thumb|Cigarette pack in the [[United Kingdom]].]]
One of the following general warnings must be displayed, covering at least 30% of the surface of the pack:
* Smoking kills
* Smoking seriously harms you and others around you
Additionally, one of the following additional warnings must be displayed, covering at least 40% of the surface of the pack:
* Smokers die younger
* Smoking clogs the [[arteries]] and causes [[heart attacks]] and [[strokes]]
* Smoking causes fatal [[lung cancer]]
* Smoking when [[pregnancy|pregnant]] harms your baby
* Protect children: don't make them breathe your smoke
* Your [[Physician|doctor]] or your [[pharmacist]] can help you stop smoking
* Smoking is highly [[addiction|addictive]], don't start
* Stopping smoking reduces the risk of fatal heart and lung diseases
* Smoking can cause a slow and painful death
* Get help to stop smoking: ''telephone/postal address/internet address/consult your doctor/pharmacist''
* Smoking may reduce the blood flow and cause [[impotence]]
* Smoking causes ageing of the skin
* Smoking can damage the sperm and decreases [[fertility]]
* Smoke contains [[benzene]], [[nitrosamines]], [[formaldehyde]] and [[hydrogen cyanide]].
The first written warnings on packets in Britain appeared in 2003, and shocking warning pictures are set to appear on British packets in 2008 alongside the written messages, revealed [[Alan Johnson]], Secretary of Health in August 2007.<ref>http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/08/30/nsmoke130.xml Article in The Telgraph, August 31 2007</ref>
== [[Hong Kong]] ==
[[Image:19.gif|thumb|250px|right| Warning on HKSAR cigarette packages]]
Under HK Laws. Chap 371B ''Smoking (Public Health) (Notices) Order''
Packaging must indicate the amount of [[nicotine]] and [[tar]] that is present in cigarette boxes in addition to graphics depicting different health problems caused by smoking in the size and ratio as prescribed by law. The warnings are to be published in both official languages, [[Traditional Chinese]] and English.
Warning begins with the phrase ''''HKSAR GOVERNMENT WARNING'''' and then one of the following in all caps.
* Smoking causes lung cancer
* Smoking kills
* Smoking harms your family
* Smoking causes Peripheral Vascular Diseases
* Smoking may cause impotence
* Smoking can accelerate aging of skin
In addition, any print advertisement must give minimum 20% coverage of the following warnings:
'''HKSAR GOVERNMENT HEALTH WARNING'''
* '''January -February''' SMOKING KILLS
* '''March- April''' SMOKING CAUSES CANCER
* '''May- June''' SMOKING CAUSES HEART DISEASE
* '''July- August''' SMOKING CAUSES LUNG CANCER
* '''September- October''' SMOKING CAUSES RESPIRATORY DISEASES
* '''November - December''' SMOKING HARMS YOUR CHILDREN
== [[Iceland]] ==
As in the [[European Union]] all cigarette packets and other tobacco packaging must include warnings in the same size and format and using the same approved texts in [[Icelandic language|Icelandic]].
* {{lang|is|Reykingar drepa}} (Smoking kills)
* {{lang|is|Læknirinn þinn eða lyfjafræðingur geta hjálpað þér að hætta að reykja.}} (Your doctor or pharmacist can help you quit smoking)
* {{lang|is|Reykingar valda krabbameini.}} (Smoking causes cancer)
* {{lang|is|Reykingar eru mjög skaðlegar fyrir þig og þá sem eru nálægt þér.}} (Smoking is very harmful to you and those close to you)
* {{lang|is|Reykingar stífla slagæðar og valda kransæðastíflu og heilablóðfalli.}} (Smoking blocks your arteries and causes coronary artery disease and stroke.)
* {{lang|is|Reykingar valda banvænu krabbameini í lungum.}} (Smoking causes fatal lung cancer)
* {{lang|is|Reykingar á meðgöngu skaða barnið þitt. (Smoking during pregnancy harms your child.}})
* {{lang|is|Verndaðu börnin - Láttu þau ekki anda að sér tókbaksreyk.}} (Protect the children - Don't let them inhale tobacco smoke.)
== India ==
Cigarette packets sold in India are required to carry pictorial warnings along with the text ''SMOKING IS INJURIOUS TO YOUR HEALTH'' and ''SMOKING CAUSES CANCER'' in both [[Hindi]] and [[English language|English]]. The sale of tobacco products in the vicinity of educational institutions is prohibited, as is the smoking of cigarettes in public places.
== Indonesia ==
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|align="center"|<div style="border: 8px solid black; padding: 4px; font-size: 20px; width: 300px; line-height: 1.5em; text-align: center; margin-bottom: 10px">'''{{lang|id|MEROKOK DAPAT MENYEBABKAN KANKER, SERANGAN JANTUNG, IMPOTENSI DAN GANGGUAN KEHAMILAN DAN JANIN.}}
'''</div> (Smoking can cause cancer, heart attack, impotency and problems during pregnancy as well as affects the health of the newborn.)
|}
Text is written all in capital letters, surrounded by bold border.
== Malaysia ==
*{{lang|ms|AMARAN OLEH KERAJAAN MALAYSIA, MEROKOK MEMBAHAYAKAN KESIHATAN}} (Warning by the government of Malaysia, Smoking endangers health)
== New Zealand ==
The first health warnings appeared on cigarette packets in New Zealand in 1974. Gruesome photographs are also be required to appear on each packet by law as of 2008.
== Pakistan ==
Cigarette packs are required to carry a health warning to the effect "Cigarette smoking is injurious to your health - Ministry of Health, Government of Pakistan".
== Philippines ==
* Cigarette smoking is dangerous to your health.
* Smoking kills.
== Portugal ==
[[Image:Luckies portugal.jpg|thumb|150px|right| A warning message on a Portuguese pack of Lucky Strike]]
* {{lang|pt|Fumar mata.}} (Smoking kills)
* {{lang|pt|Fumar provoca o cancro pulmonar mortal.}} (Smoking causes deadly lung cancer)
* {{lang|pt|Fumar causa elevada dependência. Não comece a fumar.}} (Smoking causes high dependency. Don't start smoking.)
* {{lang|pt|Fumar provoca o envelhecimento da pele.}} (Smoking causes premature skin aging)
* {{lang|pt|Fumar prejudica gravemente a sua saúde e a dos que o rodeiam.}} (Smoking greatly harms your health, and the health of those around you)
* {{lang|pt|Se está grávida: fumar prejudica a saúde do seu filho.}} (If you're pregnant: Smoking harms your child's health)
* {{lang|pt|Os fumadores morrem prematuramente.}} (Smokers die prematurely)
* {{lang|pt|Fumar bloqueia as artérias e provoca ataques cardíacos e enfartes.}} (Smoking blocks your arteries and causes heart attacks and strokes)
* {{lang|pt|Fumar pode reduzir o fluxo de sangue e provoca impotência.}} (Smoking might reduce the blood flow and causes impotence)
* {{lang|pt|Deixar de fumar reduz os riscos de doenças cardiovasculares e pulmonares mortais.}} (Ceasing to smoke reduces the risks of deadly cardiovascular and pulmonar diseases)
== Russian Federation ==
Main:
*{{lang|ru|Минздравсоцразвития России предупреждает: курение вредит Вашему здоровью}} (The Russian Ministry of Public Health and Social Development warns: smoking is harmful to your health.)
Additional:
*{{lang|ru|Курение — причина раковых заболеваний}} (Smoking causes cancer.)
*{{lang|ru|Курение — причина смертельных заболеваний}} (Smoking causes fatal diseases.)
*{{lang|ru|Оградите детей от табачного дыма}} (Keep children away from tobacco smoke.)
*{{lang|ru|Курение табака вызывает никотиновую зависимость}} (Smoking tobacco causes nicotine dependence.)
*{{lang|ru|Курение — причина заболеваний сердца}} (Smoking causes heart diseases.)
== Singapore ==
[[Image:MarlboroMenthol.JPG|thumb|right|"Smoking causes mouth diseases" warning on a empty pack of Marlboro Menthol]]
The first graphic warnings were added to packets of cigarettes in August 2004. They featured gory pictures and were printed with the messages:
*Smoking causes a slow painful death
*Smoking harms your family
*Tobacco smoke can kill babies
*Smoking causes stroke
*Smoking causes lung cancer
*Smoking causes mouth diseases
In 2006, the images and warnings were revised, with images focusing on damaged organs. The following warnings shows what is printed nowadays.
*Smoking causes mouth diseases
*Smoking can cause a slow and painful death
*Smoking causes lung cancer
*Smoking causes gangrene
*Smoking causes neck cancer
*Smoking harms your family
*Smoking causes 92% of oral cancer
== Switzerland ==
[[Switzerland]] has four official languages, but only has warning messages in three languages. The fourth language, [[Romansh]], is only spoken by 0.5% of the population, and those persons typically speak either [[German language|German]] or [[Italian language|Italian]]. The three warning messages below are posted on [[cigarette pack]]ets, cartons and advertisements such as outdoor [[Billboard (advertising)|billboard]] posters.
*{{fr icon}} Nuit gravement à la santé. (Seriously damages health.)
*{{de icon}} Rauchen gefährdet die Gesundheit. (Smoking endangers health.)
*{{it icon}} Fumare mette in pericolo la salute. (Smoking endangers health.)
== South Korea ==
[[Image:Cigarettes Pack from South Korea.jpg|thumb|150px|right| South Korean Cigarette Pack with Health Warning Message]]
* ''From 1976 to 1989'' {{lang|ko|건강을 위하여 지나친 흡연을 삼갑시다}} (For your health, please refrain from smoking too much)
* ''From December 1989 to 1996'' {{lang|ko|흡연은 폐암 등을 일으킬 수 있으며, 특히 임산부와 청소년의 건강에 해롭습니다}} (Smoking may cause lung cancer and it is especially dangerous for teenagers and pregnant women)
* ''From 1996 to March 2005'' '''Front''' {{lang|ko|흡연은 폐암 등 각종 질병의 원인이 되며, 특히 임신부와 청소년의 건강에 해롭습니다}} (Smoking causes lung cancer and other dieseases and it is especially dangerous for teenagers and pregnant women) '''Back''' {{lang|ko|19세 미만 청소년에게 판매할 수 없습니다}} (It is illegal to sell cigarettes to people under 19) and additionally, {{lang|ko|금연하면 건강해지고 장수할 수 있습니다}} (You can be healthy and live longer if you quit), {{lang|ko|흡연은 중풍과 심장병도 일으킵니다}} (Smoking also causes paralysis and heart dieseases), {{lang|ko|흡연은 사랑하는 자녀의 건강도 해칩니다}} (Smoking also damages your beloved children), {{lang|ko|당신이 흡연하면 다른 사람의 건강도 해칩니다}} (Smoking damages others)
* ''From April 2005 to April 2007'' '''Front''' 건강을 해치는 담배 그래도 피우시겠습니까? (Smoking damages your health. Do you still want to smoke?) '''Back''' 19세 미만 청소년에게 판매할 수 없습니다 (It is illegal to sell cigarettes to people under 19) and additionally, 금연하면 건강해지고 장수할 수 있습니다 (You can be healthy and live longer if you quit), 흡연은 중풍과 심장병도 일으킵니다 (Smoking also causes paralysis and heart diseases), 흡연은 사랑하는 자녀의 건강도 해칩니다 (Smoking also damages your beloved children), 당신이 흡연하면 다른 사람의 건강도 해칩니다 (Smoking damages others)
* ''From April 2007 to April 2009'' '''Front''' 흡연은 폐암 등 각종 질병의 원인이 되며, 특히 임신부와 청소년의 건강에 해롭습니다 (Smoking causes lung cancer and other dieseases and it is especially dangerous for teenagers and pregnant women) '''Back''' 19세 미만 청소년에게 판매 금지! 당신 자녀의 건강을 해칩니다" (It is illegal to sell cigarettes to people under 19! It hurts your children's health)
* ''From April 2009 to April 2011 (a prospectus)'' '''Front''' {{lang|ko|건강에 해로운 담배, 일단 흡연하게 되면 끊기가 매우 어렵습니다}} (Smoking damages your health. Once you start smoking, it is very difficult to quit) '''Back''' {{lang|ko|19세 미만 청소년에게 판매 금지! 당신 자녀의 건강을 해칩니다}} (It is illegal to sell cigarettes to people under 19! It hurts your children's health)
* From March 2007, various graphic warnings will be printed on all cigarette packages.
== Taiwan ==
The warnings in [[Taiwan]] all start with the phrase "''Warning from the Department of Health, Executive Yuan:''" (行政院衛生署警告), and followed by one of the warnings below:
* 吸菸有害健康 (Smoking is hazardous to your health)
* 孕婦吸菸易導致胎兒早產及體重不足 (Smoking during pregnancy can cause premature death and underweight birth)
* 抽菸會導致肺癌﹑心臟病﹑氣腫及與懷孕有關的問題 (Smoking can cause lung cancer, heart diseases, emphysema and pregnancy-related problems)
* 吸菸害人害己 (Smoking hurts yourself, and hurts others)
* 懷孕婦女吸菸可能傷害胎兒,導致早產及體重不足 (Smoking during pregnancy might damage the fetus, and can cause premature death and underweight birth)
* 戒菸可減少健康的危害 (Quitting smoking can reduce health risk) - no longer used
==Thailand==
In Thailand, a variety of warnings with [http://www.socialstudygames.com/thaicigs2.JPG graphic, disturbing images] of tobacco-related harms (including a tracheotomy and rotting teeth) are placed prominently on cigarette packages. A recent study showed that the warnings made Thai smokers think more often about the health risks of smoking and about quitting smoking.<ref>[http://2006.confex.com/uicc/wctoh/techprogram/P6333.HTM Evaluating the Effects of Warning Labels on Adult Smokers in Thailand: Findings from the ITC Thailand Survey<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
== Turkey ==
[[Image:Turkishcigpack.jpg|thumb|Cigarette pack in [[Turkey]].]]
* Sigara içmek öldürür. (Smoking kills)
* Sigara içenler genç yaşta ölür. (Smokers die younger)
* Sigara içmek damarları tıkar, kalp krizine ve felçlere neden olur. (Smoking clogs the arteries and causes heart attacks and paralysis.)
* Sigara içmek ölümcül akciğer kanserine neden olur. (Smoking causes lethal lung cancer)
* Hamile iken sigara içmek bebeğe zarar verir. (Smoking while pregnant will harm the baby)
* Çocukları koruyun: Dumanınızı onlara solutmayın. (Protect your children, don't let them breathe your smoke.)
* Sağlık kuruluşları sigarayı bırakmada size yardımcı olabilir. (Health agencies can help you quit smoking)
* Sigara içmek yüksek derecede bağımlılık yapar, başlamayın. (Smoking is highly addictive, don't start)
* Sigarayı bırakmak ölümcül kalp ve akciğer hastalıkları riskini azaltır. (Stopping smoking reduces the risk of fatal heart and lung diseases)
* Sigara içmek ağrılı ve yavaş bir ölüme neden olabilir. (Smoking can cause a slow and painful death)
* Sigarayı bırakmak için doktorunuzdan ve ...’den yardım isteyin. (To quit smoking ask for help from your doctor and ...)
* Sigara içmek kan akışını yavaşlatır ve cinsel iktidarsızlığa neden olur. (Smoking will slow the blood flow and cause impotence)
* Sigara içmek cildin erken yaşlanmasına neden olur. (Smoking causes early ageing of the skin)
* Sigara içmek spermlere zarar vererek doğurganlığı azaltır. (Smoking can damage the sperm and decreases fertility)
* Sigara dumanında benzen, nitrozamin, formaldehit ve hidrojensiyanit gibi kanser yapıcı maddeler bulunur. (Cigarette smoke contains carcinogens such as benzene, nitrosamines, formaldehyde and hydrogen cyanide.)
== United States of America ==
* Caution: Cigarette Smoking May be Hazardous to Your Health (1966)
* Warning: The [[Surgeon General of the United States|Surgeon General]] Has Determined that Cigarette Smoking is Dangerous to Your Health (1970)
* SURGEON GENERAL'S WARNING: Smoking Causes Lung Cancer, Heart Disease, [[Emphysema]], And May Complicate Pregnancy.
* SURGEON GENERAL'S WARNING: Quitting Smoking Now Greatly Reduces Serious Risks to Your Health.
* SURGEON GENERAL'S WARNING: Smoking By Pregnant Women May Result in Fetal Injury, Premature Birth, And Low Birth Weight.
* SURGEON GENERAL'S WARNING: Cigarette Smoke Contains [[Carbon Monoxide]].
Though America started the trend of labelling cigarette packages with health warnings, today the country has one of the smallest, least prominent warnings placed on their packages.<ref name=dumas>Dumas, Bethany K. “An Analysis of the Adequacy of Federally Mandated Cigarette Package Warnings.” Ch. 11 of Language in the Judicial Process, ed. J. N. Levi and A. G. Walker. NY: Plenum Press Corp., 1990, 309–352. Reprinted Tennessee Law Review 59.2 (1992), 261–304.</ref> Warnings are usually in small typeface placed along one of the sides of the cigarette packs with colors and fonts that closely resemble the rest of the package, so the warnings essentially are integrated and don't stand out with the rest of the cigarette package.<ref name=dumas/>
== Venezuela ==
For many years in Venezuela, the only warning in cigarette packs was printed in a very small typeface along one of the sides:
"{{lang|es|Se ha determinado que el fumar cigarrillos es nocivo para la salud}}" (It has been determined that cigarette smoking is harmful to your health)
As of 2007 the following are printed very prominently, along with graphical images, as in Australia and Canada:
* {{lang|es|Este producto es dañino para la salud y produce adicción}} (This product is hazardous to your health and is addictive)
* {{lang|es|Fumar causa mal aliento, pérdida de muelas y cancer de boca}} (Smoking causes bad breath, tooth decay and mouth cancer)
* {{lang|es|Fumar causa cancer de pulmón, tos, enfisema pulmonar y bronquitis crónica}} (Smoking causes lung cancer, coughing, pulmonar emphysema and chronic bronchitis)
* {{lang|es|Fumar causa infarto al corazón}} (Smoking causes heart failure)
* {{lang|es|Fumar durante el embarazo daña la salud de tu bebé}} (Smoking while pregnant harms your child)
* {{lang|es|Los niños y niñas comienzan a fumar al ver adultos fumando}} (Children start smoking when they see adults smoke)
* {{lang|es|Fumar cigarrillos durante el uso de anticonceptivos orales aumenta el riesgo de trombosis}} (Smoking while using oral contraceptives increases the risk of [[thrombosis]])
* {{lang|es|Fumar causa impotencia en los hombres}} (Smoking causes impotence in men)
* {{lang|es|Dejar de fumar mejora tu salud y prolonga la vida}} (Quitting smoking improves your health and lifespan)
* {{lang|es|El humo del cigarrillo afecta tambien a quien no fuma}} (Cigarette smoke also harms those who don't smoke)
==References==
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== External links ==
{{commons|Cigarette packet warning signs}}
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/3022350.stm BBC News Online: "Spoof cigarette warnings slammed"]
* [http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/pri/en/oj/dat/2001/l_194/l_19420010718en00260034.pdf Directive 2001/37/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 June 2001]
* [http://www.archive.org/details/tobaccoarchives UCSF Tobacco Industry Videos Collection]
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