cigarette packet warnings FDA changes course on graphic warning labels for cigarettes Cigarette Labeling and Health Warning

No exceptions, no excuses

Archived from the original on May 12, 2006

(The FDAs June announcement followed a proposal in April to ban menthol cigarettes and flavored cigars.) The more recent plan would require tobacco companies to slash nicotine in cigarettes to levels that would no longer be considered addictive

As at July 2024, nearly 30 countries have implemented plain packaging, including Australia, Belgium, Canada, Cook Islands, Denmark, Finland, France, Georgia, Guernsey, Hungary, Ireland, Israel, Jersey, Mauritius, Monaco, Myanmar, Netherlands, New Zealand, Niue, Norway, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Slovenia, Singapore, Thailand, Turkey, United Kingdom, Uruguay COSH urges the Government to implement rotation of PHWs or update the PHW images regularly to sustain the effects of PHWs, and adopt plain packaging to enhance the effects