Last updated: June 15, 2023

Warnings/Messages Content

Does the content of the warnings/messages address:
Health impacts
Yes
Advice on cessation (e.g., the benefits of cessation or steps to take to stop smoking)
No
Addictive nature of tobacco
No
Adverse economic and social outcomes
No
Impact of tobacco use on friends and family
No
Quitline phone number and/or website
Yes
Description of current required warnings/messages:

There are twelve pictorial warnings, each with a one-word descriptor centered across the photo, as follows:

  1. Gangrene
  2. Impotence
  3. Stroke
  4. Heart Attack
  5. Stillbirth
  6. Painful death
  7. Prematurity
  8. Neoplasms (tumors)
  9. Periodontal disease
  10. Throat cancer
  11. Lung cancer
  12. Blindness