US Proposes New Health Warnings On Cigarettes, Advertisements
November 10 2010 - 9:48AM
Dow Jones News
Federal health officials will unveil new health warnings
Wednesday that would appear on cigarette packages and
advertisements.
A 2009 law requires larger and more graphic health warnings on
cigarettes as part of an effort to discourage people from starting
to smoke and to lower current smoking rates. Currently, 20.6%
adults and 19.5% of high school students smoke cigarettes,
according to government figures.
The Food and Drug Administration has developed 36 proposed
images and will be accepting public comment on them until
January.
The agency will then select nine images that will be required to
be placed on all cigarette packages and advertisements no later
than Oct. 22, 2012. The proposed images and warnings are scheduled
to be released at a press conference in Washington Wednesday with
Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius and other top
health officials.
The changes will affect all tobacco companies including Altria
Group Inc. (MO), the parent company of Philip Morris USA, Reynolds
American Inc. (RAI) and Lorillard Inc. (LO).
-By Jennifer Corbett Dooren, Dow Jones Newswires; 202-862-9294;
jennifer.corbett@dowjones.com
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