More than 60 countries now require them
Editor
Nov 14, 2012
Consumers around the world are learning the deadly truth about smoking thanks to the growing adoption of large, graphic cigarette warnings.
Sixty-three countries and territories now require graphic warnings, an 85 percent increase since 2010, according to a report released today by the Canadian Cancer Society. Altogether, these countries have more than 40 percent of the world’s population. A few countries on the list, including the United States, are still implementing their graphic warning requirements.
Continue reading Report: Graphic Cigarette Warnings Spread Worldwide
posted November 14, 2012
New progress in global fight against tobacco
Editor
Oct 8, 2012
Marking major victories in the global fight against tobacco, Ukraine and Sri Lanka have announced the implementation of graphic warning labels to be required on all cigarette packs sold in these countries.
Sri Lanka will join Australia and Uruguay in implementing some of the largest graphic warnings in the world, covering 80 percent of the front and back of cigarette packages. In Ukraine, warning labels were implemented last week and now cover 50 percent of all cigarette packs.
Continue reading Sri Lanka, Ukraine Implement Graphic Cigarette Warnings
posted October 08, 2012
Setting an example for the world
Editor
Sep 18, 2012
Uruguay has some of the world’s strongest laws to fight tobacco use, and a new study published in The Lancet medical journal shows the nation’s efforts have dramatically reduced smoking.
Since 2005, Uruguay has implemented a series of strong measures to reduce tobacco use. These include a comprehensive law requiring smoke-free workplaces and public places, a ban on tobacco advertising, promotion and sponsorships (except at the point of sale), and several tobacco tax increases.
Continue reading Study: Uruguay’s Strong Policies Produced Unprecedented Smoking Declines
posted September 18, 2012
Ads produced big jumps in quitline calls, website visits
Editor
Aug 30, 2012
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports that its unprecedented anti-smoking ad campaign — Tips from Former Smokers (TIPS) — motivated hundreds of thousands of smokers to seek help quitting.
The 12-week campaign, which ended June 10, featured the real stories of former smokers who are suffering the debilitating health effects of their tobacco use.
Continue reading CDC’s Powerful Ads Motivate Smokers to Get Help Quitting
posted August 30, 2012
New York Times criticizes ruling against new cigarette warnings
Editor
Aug 28, 2012
An editorial in The New York Times harshly criticized the court ruling last week that struck down the graphic cigarette warnings required by Congress under a 2009 law.
In a 2 to 1 ruling, a panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit on Friday found that the new warnings violated the First Amendment rights of tobacco companies. The majority opinion ignored the significant scientific evidence demonstrating that graphic warnings are most effective at communicating the health risks of smoking, discouraging children and other nonsmoker from starting to smoke and motivating smokers to quit.
Continue reading “Warning: Smoking Can Kill You”
posted August 28, 2012
As U.S. appeals court weighs case, Canada forges ahead
Editor
Apr 10, 2012
As an appeals court in Washington heard arguments today on the tobacco industry's lawsuit to block graphic cigarette warnings in the United States, an editorial in The New York Times called the suit a "bogus challenge" that is all too typical of tobacco industry tactics.
"The tobacco industry has never been bashful about fighting back against attempts to regulate the promotion of its deadly, addictive products," the Times wrote. "The latest is an effort to derail new regulations requiring large health warnings on cigarette packages by making baseless First Amendment claims."
Continue reading Big Tobacco’s Challenge to New Cigarette Warnings Called “Bogus”
posted April 10, 2012
Say latest legal challenge is another bid to push deadly product
Editor
Aug 29, 2011
Newspapers around the country have reached their own verdict on the latest tobacco companies' lawsuit challenging the new, graphic cigarette pack warning labels required under the 2009 law giving the Food and Drug Administration the authority to regulate tobacco.
The decision: Big Tobacco is guilty again.
Continue reading Newspapers Slam Big Tobacco for Warning Label Lawsuit
posted August 29, 2011
WHO says more progress needed to fight tobacco epidemic
Editor
Jul 7, 2011
More than a billion people in 19 countries are now protected by laws requiring large, graphic health warnings that cover at least half of cigarette packs — nearly double the number that were exposed to these warnings in 2008.
The World Health Organization's Report on the Global Tobacco Epidemic, 2011, finds that nations are making significant progress in implementing warning labels and other measures to reduce tobacco use. But progress must be accelerated to reverse a tobacco epidemic that will otherwise kill one billion people worldwide this century.
Continue reading A Billion People Now Protected by Large, Graphic Pack Warnings
posted July 07, 2011
Media coverage of graphic labels prompts surge in quitline calls
Editor
Jul 5, 2011
The Food and Drug Administration's new, graphic warning labels for cigarette packs already have started working: Calls to the 1-800-QUIT-NOW number that appears on the warning labels spiked the day the images hit the media, and call volume stayed unusually high for a week.
Continue reading New Cigarette Warnings Working Even Before They’re on Packs
posted July 05, 2011
New, bold warning labels for cigarette packs prod smokers to quit
Editor
Jun 21, 2011
The Food and Drug Administration has unveiled nine bold, graphic health warnings that will be required on cigarette packs and advertisements beginning in September, 2012.
Continue reading Graphic Warning Labels Update
posted June 21, 2011
HHS to announce large, graphic cigarette pack warnings
Editor
Jun 20, 2011
Tomorrow, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services will announce its nine final choices for large, graphic health warning labels for cigarette packs that are required by the new law granting the Food and Drug Administration authority to regulate tobacco products. The new warnings represent the most significant change in U.S. cigarette warnings since they were first required in 1965.
Continue reading Bigger, Bolder and More Effective
posted June 20, 2011
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