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FDA plans starker warnings on cigarette packs

Federal health officials Wednesday announced plans to require cigarette packs and ads to carry bigger, much more prominent and graphic health warnings, including images of dead bodies, cancer patients and diseased lungs.

Proposed image as it would appear on a cigarette package. It shows a man with a tracheotomy, or breathing hole, in his neck.

Nov. 10, 2010

Proposed image as it would appear on a cigarette package. It shows a man with a tracheotomy, or breathing hole, in his neck.

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Proposed image as it would appear on a cigarette package. "Today marks an important milestone in protecting our children and the health of the American public," Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said in a statement.

Nov. 10, 2010

Proposed image as it would appear on a cigarette package. "Today marks an important milestone in protecting our children and the health of the American public," Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said in a statement.

FDA

Proposed image as it would appear on a cigarette package. The Food and Drug Administration has outlined a plan to require more prominent warning statements and graphic color images "depicting the negative health consequences of smoking."

Nov. 10, 2010

Proposed image as it would appear on a cigarette package. The Food and Drug Administration has outlined a plan to require more prominent warning statements and graphic color images "depicting the negative health consequences of smoking."

FDA

Proposed image as it would appear on a cigarette package. It depicts a body in a morgue.

Nov. 10, 2010

Proposed image as it would appear on a cigarette package. It depicts a body in a morgue.

FDA

Proposed image as it would appear on a cigarette package. The image shows a man apparently having a heart attack.

Nov. 10, 2010

Proposed image as it would appear on a cigarette package. The image shows a man apparently having a heart attack.

FDA

Proposed image as it would appear on a cigarette package. Officials noted that the move is part of a series of actions aimed at reducing smoking.

Nov. 10, 2010

Proposed image as it would appear on a cigarette package. Officials noted that the move is part of a series of actions aimed at reducing smoking.

FDA

Proposed image as it would appear on a cigarette package. Tobacco is the leading cause of premature and preventable death in the United States, causing 443,000 deaths each year and one-third of all cancer deaths.

Nov. 10, 2010

Proposed image as it would appear on a cigarette package. Tobacco is the leading cause of premature and preventable death in the United States, causing 443,000 deaths each year and one-third of all cancer deaths.

FDA

Proposed image as it would appear on a cigarette package. The image depicts the dangers of secondhand smoke.

Nov. 10, 2010

Proposed image as it would appear on a cigarette package. The image depicts the dangers of secondhand smoke.

FDA

Proposed image as it would appear on a cigarette package. Every day nearly 4,000 youths try a cigarette for the first time and 1,000 become regular smokers.

Nov. 10, 2010

Proposed image as it would appear on a cigarette package. Every day nearly 4,000 youths try a cigarette for the first time and 1,000 become regular smokers.

FDA

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