Beginning in September 2012, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration will require larger, more prominent cigarette health warnings on all cigarette packaging and advertisements in the United States. These warnings are a significant advancement in communicating the dangers of smoking. These new cigarette health warnings contains nine different warnings that will increase awareness of the specific health risks associated with smoking, such as death, addiction, lung disease, cancer, stroke and heart disease. These warnings include:
The United states decided to put more prominent health warnings of cigarettes. Meanwhile Canada has opted to keep the same labels that are not as prominent.
Where are consumers less likely to quit smoking?