Warnings/Messages Content

Last updated: April 7, 2026

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
Yes
Quitline phone number and/or website
Yes

Description of current required warnings/messages:

1. Smoking takes away my voice
2. Smoking causes suffering, not just death
3. Smoking causes premature death
4. I died of smoking
5. Smoking offence: fixed penalty HK$1,500
6. Smoking causes impotence
7. Smoking causes ageing
8. Smoking causes peripheral vascular disease
9. Smoking causes stroke
10. Smoking causes heart disease
11. Smoking harms your children
12. Smoking causes lung cancer

Each warning includes:
Quit smoking for future generations
Quitline: 1833 183
HKSAR Government Warning