Lao PDR

The following health warnings, with accompanying pictures, are required on the front and back of tobacco product packages:

1. Smoking kills 1 in 2 lives of whom do not quit
2. Smoking causes heart diseases
3. If a pregnant woman smokes, her child may be born with a harelip
4. Smoking causes cataracts
5. Smoking causes severe foot decay conditions
6. Smoking causes tuberculosis
7. Smoking causes lung cancer
8. Smoking causes teeth discoloration and bad breath
9. Smoking causes hemorrhagic stroke
10. Smoking causes oral cancer

The following pairs of messages are required on the sides of tobacco products packages:

1A. Selling the cigarette to the children harms their health and well-being
1B. Seven out of ten of the children who become addicted to smoking are unable to quit
2A. Smoking can cause blood vessels to narrow and become clogged
2B. Smoking can lead to heart disease
3A. Smoking at home can cause family members to become ill
3B. Smoking at home puts children at risk of becoming addicted
4A. Smoking can raise your LDL cholesterol levels
4B. Cigarette smoking could promote atherosclerosis
5A. Smoking combined with high blood pressure can lead to paralysis more quickly
5B. Smoking combined with diabetes can lead to medical complications more quickly
6A. Smoking can cause tuberculosis
6B. Smoking combined with tuberculosis can lead to death three times faster than normal
7A. Every cigarette smoked harms the lung
7B. Smoking can lead to chronic pneumonia
8A. Smoking can lead to liver cancer
8B. Smoking can lead to colon cancer
9A. Nicotine is an additive substance
9B. Nicotine is a toxin that harms the brain
10A. Smoking can lead to cancer and result in a painful death
10B. Smoking can lead to more than twenty types of cancer