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American cigarette manufacturers have filed a lawsuit against the FDA.
The largest US tobacco companies filed a lawsuit in the US District Court for the District of Columbia against the Federal Office of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
read more ...05/04/15
Interesting facts about cigarettes, countries - tobacco leaders.
Every minute in the world are sold about 8-10 million cigarettes and daily 13-15 billion cigarettes.
read more ...04/01/15
Anti-smoking campaigns run to extremes.
It is strange to what can bring the foolishness of anti-smoking crusaders in their attempts to impose all the rules of a healthy lifestyle, even if they lead to a violation of all norms, artistic freedom and civil society.
read more ...03/03/15
Graphic Labels Confront Canadian Smokers, Real-life images show the ravages of tobacco use

01/03/01

Ottawa -- With the first stroke of the New Year, Canada ushered in the biggest, boldest and most shocking cigarette warning labels in the world. The labels carry not just words but alarming color photos that graphically depict the ravages of smoking

Depending on which of 16 rotating labels they encounter, smokers fumbling for their next cigarette might see a photograph of a person's blackened, bleeding gums and the words, "Warning: Cigarettes Cause Mouth Disease." Or, they might see a photo of two sad-eyed boys and their plea: "Don't poison us." The text warns that secondhand smoke contains carbon and other chemicals harmful to children. Under a law passed by Parliament in June, tobacco companies by Monday were ordered to include the new messages on all cigarette packs shipped to Canadian stores. It could take a few months, however, before the new packs replace all the old ones on store shelves. Some labels contain photos of a diseased heart, a lung tumor, a gangrenous foot, or a sick baby connected to hospital monitors. In the lone display of humor, one displays a photo of a bent cigarette next to the words, "Tobacco Use Can Make You Impotent." "These are things that really happen to people. It's not fake," said Cynthia Callard, executive director of Physicians for a Smoke-Free Canada. "If you want to call it shock value -- well, some people may be shocked." The labels are the product of cooperation between Health Minister Allan Rock and a coalition of public interest groups that have long advocated stronger warnings. The government also consulted advertising agencies. The law requires that the labels cover at least half of the front and back panels of the cigarette packs, plus a portion of the side panels. Package inserts will contain more detailed information about the hazards of smoking and how to quit. The country's bilingualism shouldn't interfere with smokers getting the desired message. The front and back panels will be identical -- except one will be in English, the other in French. Canada already laid claim to the strongest warning labels in the world. Since 1994, anti-smoking labels have covered as much as 40 percent of a package's total surface and warned not only of disease but of addiction. In the United States, where tobacco companies until recently have denied that cigarettes are addictive, packages warn of direct effects such as lung cancer, emphysema and fetal harm -- but not addiction. Also, the warnings are relatively inconspicuous, appearing only on the side panels. As in the United States, smoking rates in Canada declined in the 1980s but over the last several years have held steady at about 25 percent of the population. Smoking among young adults has increased to about 40 percent of men and women in their early 20s. Tobacco companies fought the labels, at one point seeking but failing to obtain a court injunction that would delay the effective date.

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