Sharon Ball

“Graphic pictures of throat cancer and rotting teeth are to appear on cigarette packets to illustrate the health risks of smoking, the Department of Health (DoH) has announced. Other images smokers will see include rotting lungs, a corpse in a morgue and a body cut open during surgery.

The UK is the first country in the EU to introduce the photo warnings, which will be manufactured on cigarette packets from October 1. The warnings will extend to all cigarette packets by October 2009 and other tobacco products from October 2010. The photos will appear on the back of packets accompanied by a written health warning.” – The Independent.

These photo warnings were introduced into EU legislation thanks to the work of Lib Dem MEPs in Brussels.