Tag: cigarette health warnings
Are Canada’s New Individual Cigarette Warnings Effective?
Last June, Health Canada announced that tobacco manufacturers would be required to place warnings on individual cigarettes, such as "Cigarettes cause cancer" and "Poison...
Canada Will Set Health Warnings on Individual Cigarettes. But do Warnings...
Health Canada has just announced that tobacco manufacturers will be required to print warning labels directly on cigarettes sold locally, such as "Cigarettes cause...
Hungary: Plain Packaging Rules to go in Effect in January
There are roughly 2.5 million smokers in Hungary. The EU country has been incrementally increasing tobacco taxes for the last few years, and recent...
US Cigarette Graphic Warnings To Go Into Effect in 2021
The United States has been lagging behind other countries with regards to cigarette warnings. In fact, the FDA has not updated cigarette pack warnings...
FDA Funded Study Looks Into the Effectivity of Cigarette Warnings
The study, "Using Graphic Warning Labels to Counter Effects of Social Cues and Brand Imagery in Cigarette Advertising," was funded by the FDA and...
Canada Considers Placing Cancer Warnings On Individual Cigarettes
As plain packaging regulations spread across the globe, the federal government of Canada goes a step further and launches a consultation process with the...
India: Cigarette Packs Still Being Sold Without Government Warning
A regulation demanding that all cigarette packs carry a health warning highlighting the dangers of smoking, is meant to have gone into effect on...
Philippines to Release New Set of Graphic Warnings on Cigarette Packs
The Southeast Asia Tobacco Control Alliance (SEATCA) and Health Justice Philippines are reminding the DOH that by now tobacco companies should have changed to...
