Cigarette Packs Carry Bigger Warning Labels
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Warning labels on cigarette packs have not significantly dented the French passion for smoking. But now, new regulations requiring much larger labels are confronting smokers with a simple message: “Smoking Kills.”
The hard-to-ignore labels -- warning of heart attacks, lung cancer, impotence, aging skin and harm to children -- began appearing this week and are the result of regulations adopted in the European Union that require tobacco companies to cover more than a third of cigarette packs sold in the 15-nation bloc with bold health warnings.
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