From today, all cigarette boxes contain images of the damage produced by snuff

October 15, 2012
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Cigarette boxes and outlets should contain from today, explicit images of the harmful to health that implies smoking snuff.

These ten warnings should cover 50% of the package, showing the consequences of smoking every day.

Some legends that accompany the images are: “Smoking causes emphysema”, “pregnant women who smoke cause irreparable damage to their child”, “smoking causes gangrene”, among others.

In Brazil, the images are mandatory since 2002 and a study has shown that 67% of smokers want to quit after seeing the warnings.

Ten years after it has been applied in Argentina, where the Ministry of Health established to include toll-free smoking cessation in cigarette packs (0-800-999-3040).