Ciggerette Labels

The FDA is proposing new cigarette warning labels that will be larger on cigarettes boxes
 in an advertisement to try and reduce the number of tobacco-related sicknesses and deaths.


The images are graphic: a thin sick patient in bed, a mother breastfeeding  blowing smoke in her baby’s face, a corpse, and a smoker injecting a cigarette in his arm like a drug. The proposal was announced at a news conference by Health and Human Services. these labels are an important in protecting our children and the health of the America. The existing warning labels on cigarette packs have not been updated in 25 years, so this is very good thing to do.

The FDA Commissioner Margaret Hamburg said at a second news conference on the proposal. “Some of the images, I am sure you will agree, are very, very powerful -- and that is the point. We need to make sure anyone considering smoking, particularly kids, fully appreciate the consequences of cigarette use.”

The FDA is considering 36 different images and will study the effectiveness of them with consumers before choosing the ones to accompany the nine warning statements. Each year, tobacco kills 443,000 Americans, and 30% of cancer deaths are related to tobacco. Each day, 4,000 youths try smoking, according to the FDA.

To see all of the labels click on the top picture.