Fed: Graphic anti-smoking warnings unveiled

AAP General News (Australia)
02-15-2006
Fed: Graphic anti-smoking warnings unveiled

Smoking is becoming a whole lot more unattractive.

An emphysemic lung .. a mouth riddled with cancer .. and a swollen foot .. blackened
from gangrene .. are among the graphic medical images to appear on cigarette packets from
March 1.

The images will cover 30 per cent of the front of cigarette packets and 90 per cent
of the back and form part of a new tobacco health warning campaign.

One of the 14 pictures is of a newborn baby attached to life-saving machines.

Parliamentary secretary for health CHRISTOPHER PYNE says the images are designed to shock.

Mr PYNE says many smokers know that smoking is a major cause of heart disease .. stroke
.. and lung cancer.

But many are unaware of its association with impotence .. cervical and colo-rectal
cancer .. bladder cancer .. hearing loss .. premature wrinkling .. osteoporosis and peripheral
vascular disease.

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