Warnings/Messages Content

Last updated: July 17, 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
Yes
Adverse economic and social outcomes
No
Impact of tobacco use on friends and family
Yes
Quitline phone number and/or website
No

Description of current required warnings/messages:

Tobacco Products for Smoking


1.    General Warning: SMOKING CAUSES THROAT CANCER. 
Additional Warning: This smoker has throat cancer. His larynx has been removed and he can now only breathe through the cavity in his throat.
2.    General Warning: SMOKING CAUSES MOUTH CANCER. 
Additional Warning: Smoking causes cancer of the tongue, lips and other parts of the mouth. Medical treatment includes surgeries that can deform your face.
3.    General Warning: SMOKING CAUSES BLOOD VESSEL DISEASE. 
Additional Warning: Smoking narrows and blocks blood vessels, reducing the flow of blood and oxygen to your limbs. Over time, this causes pain, open sores and gangrene that leads to limb amputation.
4.    General Warning: PROTECT CHILDREN FROM TOBACCO SMOKE. 
Additional Warning: Children exposed to the secondhand smoke may suffer from dangerous lung diseases, ear infections and experience asthma attacks.
5.    General Warning: SMOKING HARMS UNBORN BABIES. 
Additional Warning: Smoking during pregnancy reduces blood flow to the placenta, limiting oxygen and other nutrients to the baby. Smoking increases the risk of miscarriage, premature birth and raises the possibility that the child may be born with a smaller brain and body. 
6.    General Warning: SMOKING CAUSES LUNG CANCER. 
Additional Warning: Smoking causes lung cancer, emphysema and other respiratory problems. Emphysema destroys the air sacs of the lungs. Over time, breathing becomes difficult. You begin to slowly die from the lack of air.
7.    General Warning: SMOKING KILLS. 
Additional Warning: This is how death from lung cancer looks like. Barb Tarbox has died at the age of 42 from lung cancer caused by smoking.
8.    General Warning: SMOKING CUASES HEART ATTACK. 
Additional Warning: Smoking causes heart disease by damaging blood vessels and the blood supply to your heart. One year after quitting smoking, the risk of heart disease is reduced by half. 
9.    General Warning: SMOKING IS ADDICTIVE. 
Additional Warning: Nicotine is addictive. After a short time, you will find it difficult to control the amount of tobacco you smoke or to quit smoking. Many people do not realize they are addicted to smoking until they try to quit.
10.    General Warning: SMOKING CAUSES STROKE. 
Additional Warning: Smoking narrows and blocks the arteries in your brain. Blockage of arteries causes stroke. A stroke leads to permanent paralysis, impairs speech, and causes disability and death.

Smokeless Tobacco Products
This tobacco product damages your health and is addictive.