Tobacco packaging warning messages

Tobacco package warning messages are warning messages that appear on the packaging of cigarettes and other tobacco products concerning their health effects. They have been implemented in an effort to enhance the public's awareness about the harmful effects of smoking. In general, warnings used in different countries try to emphasize the same messages. Such warnings have also been required in tobacco advertising. The earliest mandatory warning labels on cigarette packaging were implemented by the United States in 1966. The first pictogrammes were implemented by Iceland in 1985, the first pictures by Canada in 2001.
The WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, adopted in 2003, requires such warning messages to promote awareness against smoking. Implementing tobacco warning labels has been strongly opposed by the tobacco industry, most notably in Australia, following the implementation of plain packaging laws.

Effectiveness

The effectiveness of tobacco warning labels has been studied extensively over the past 50 years, and research shows that they are generally effective in changing smoking attitudes and behaviors. A 2009 science review determined that there is "clear evidence that tobacco package health warnings increase consumers' knowledge about the health consequences of tobacco use". The warning messages "contribute to changing consumers' attitudes towards tobacco use as well as changing consumers' behavior".
Despite the demonstrated benefits of warning labels, the efficacy of fear-based messaging in reducing smoking behaviors has been subject to criticism. A 2007 meta-analysis demonstrated that messages emphasizing the severity of threat may be less effective at changing behaviors than messages focusing on susceptibility to threat,. Additionally, the study found that warning labels may not be effective among smokers who are not confident that they can quit, leading the authors to recommend exploring other methods of behavior modification.
In many countries, a variety of warnings with graphic, disturbing images of tobacco-related harms are placed prominently on cigarette packages.

Albania

As of 2020, all tobacco products in Albania must have one of the following general warning on the packaging: "Smoking kills - quit now" or "Smoking kills". Additionally, packaging must contain an information message about the product, as follows: "Tobacco contains over 70 substances that cause cancer". The general warning and the information message must occupy 50% of the packaging area of the side on which they are printed. Albania also requires the use of combined warnings that includes the text warning and a colored image, which must cover 65% of the front and back area of the packaging.
Text-based general warning label used on tobacco packages in Albania:

Argentina

General warning before 2013:
As of 30 January 2013, Argentina passed a law requiring all cigarette packages must include graphical warning labels that show the detrimental effects on the health of long-term smokers, including COVID-19.

Australia

On 1 December 2012, Australia introduced ground-breaking legislation and the world's toughest tobacco packaging warning messages to date. All marketing and brand devices were removed from the package and replaced with warnings, only the name of the product remains in generic standard sized text. All tobacco products sold, offered for sale or otherwise supplied in Australia were plain-packaged and labelled with new and expanded health warnings.

Azerbaijan

In Azerbaijan, a text-only health warning in the Azeri language, "Smoking harms your health", is required to cover 30% of the front and back of the package. There is no requirement for rotation, and there is only one required health warning. Misleading packaging and labeling, including terms such as "light" and "mild," is prohibited.

Bangladesh

Bangladesh law requires rotating pictorial health warnings to cover at least 50% of the main display areas of all tobacco products. Misleading terms such as "light" and "low tar" are prohibited on tobacco packaging, but other misleading packaging is not banned.

Bolivia

Prior to 2020, Bolivia required graphic text and image warnings covering 50% of the pack on the main faces. However, in 2020 Bolivia passed Ley Nº 1280. Ley Nº 1280 requires display graphic health warnings, consisting of both images and text, on the front and back of all cigarette packs that occupy 60% of each main face, and are located at the top of the face. The text warnings warn the population of the risks of consuming tobacco products, as well as the risk of exposure to the harmful effects of tobacco smoke and environmental risks. The warnings can only be obscured in the case of soft packs that require a support element. There are currently no required warnings on smokeless tobacco products.

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bosnia and Herzegovina law requires:
Front of packaging :Pušenje je štetno za zdravlje Pušenje ubija Pušenje ozbiljno šteti vama i drugima oko vas
Back of packaging :Pušenje uzrokuje rak pluća Pušenje uzrokuje srčani udar Pušenje uzrokuje moždani udar Pušenje u trudnoći šteti zdravlju Vašeg djeteta
Before 2011, a small warning with the text Pušenje je štetno za zdravlje was printed on the back of cigarette packets.

Brazil

In 2001, Brazil became the second country in the world and the first country in Latin America to adopt mandatory warning images in cigarette packages. Warnings and graphic images illustrating the risks of smoking occupy 100% of the back of cigarette packs. In 2008, the government enacted a third batch of images aimed at younger smokers. The rule was in force for nine years until 2017, when yet another batch of warnings were introduced. They contain images as equally disturbing as the previous ones but also contain subtle messages such as "Você morre", "Você sofre" and "Você adoece".
Since 2003, the sentence
is displayed in all packs.

Brunei

The following warnings appear on cigarette packages in Brunei since 2007, based on those of Singapore though displayed in both Malay and English:

MEROKOK MENYEBABKAN PELBAGAI KANSER
MEROKOK MENYEBABKAN STROK DAN PENYAKIT JANTUNG
MEROKOK MEMBUNUH
MEROKOK MEROSAKKAN GIGI AWDA
ASAP TEMBAKAU MEMBAHAYAKAN ANAK DAMIT AWDA
ASAP TEMBAKAU BOLEH MEMBUNUH ANAK DAMIT
MEROKOK MENYEBABKAN KANSER PARU-PARU
MEROKOK MENYEBABKAN MATI PUCUK

Cambodia

In August 2021, the Cambodian Ministry of Health mandated the display of pictorial health warnings, requiring them to cover 55% of the packaging and be updated every two years. The warnings range from a gangrenous foot to premature birth.

Canada

Canada has had three phases of tobacco warning labels. The first set of warnings was introduced in 1989 under the Tobacco Products Control Act, and required warnings to be printed on all tobacco products sold legally in Canada. The set consisted of four messages printed in black-and-white on the front and back of the package, and was expanded in 1994 to include eight messages covering 25% of the front top of the package.
In 2000, the Tobacco Products Information Regulations were passed under the Tobacco Act. The regulations introduced a new set of sixteen warnings. Each warning was printed on the front and back of the package, covering 50% of the surface, with a short explanation and a picture illustrating that particular warning, for example:
accompanied by a picture of cancerous growths inside a human lung. Canada thus became the first country to implement health warnings with pictures.
Additionally, on the inside of the packaging or, for some packets, on a pull-out card, "health information messages" provide answers and explanations regarding common questions and concerns about quitting smoking and smoking-related illnesses. The side of the package also featured information on toxic emissions and constituent levels.
In 2011, the TPIR were replaced for cigarettes and little cigars with the Tobacco Products Labelling Regulations. These regulations introduced the third and current set of 16 warnings in Canada. Currently, cigarette and little cigar packages in Canada must bear new graphic warning messages that cover 75% of the front and back of the package. The interior of each package contains 1 of 8 updated health warning messages, all including the number for a national quitline. The side of the package now bears 1 of 4 simplified toxic emission statements. These labels were fully implemented on cigarette and little cigar packages by June 2012. Canada also prohibits terms such as "light" and "mild" from appearing on tobacco packaging. The current labels were based on extensive research and a long consultation process that sought to evaluate and improve upon the warnings introduced in 2000.
In accordance with Canadian law regarding products sold legally in Canada, the warnings are provided in both English and French. Imported cigarettes to be sold in Canada which do not have the warnings are affixed with sticker versions when they are sold legally in Canada.
Health Canada considered laws mandating plain packaging, legal tobacco product packaging did still include warning labels, but brand names, fonts, and colors were replaced with simple unadorned text, thereby reducing the impact of tobacco industry marketing techniques.
It was mandated in January 2020.
Canada became the first country in the world to require health warnings on each individual cigarettes and cigars, effective August 1, 2023, to be phased in over time when the regulation is fully in effect by April 2025.

Chile

Since November 2006, all cigarette packages sold in Chile are required to have one of two health warnings, a graphic pictorial warning or a text-only warning. These warnings are replaced with a new set of two warnings each year.

China

Under laws of the People's Republic of China, the Law on Tobacco Monopoly Chapter 4, Article 18 and Regulations for the Implementation of the Law on Tobacco Monopoly Chapter 5 Article 29, cigarettes and cigars sold within Mainland China should indicate the grade of tar content and "Smoking is hazardous to your health" in the Chinese language on the packs and cartons.
In 2009, the warnings were changed. The warnings, which occupy not less than 30% of the front and back of cigarette packs, show "吸烟有害健康尽早戒烟有益健康" in the front and "吸烟有害健康戒烟可减少对健康的危害" in the back.
The warnings were revised in October 2016 and must occupy at least 35% of the front and back of cigarette packs. The following are the current warnings.

In the front:
: 本公司提示

吸烟有害健康
请勿在禁烟场所吸烟

:
In the back:
: 尽早戒烟有益健康

戒烟可减少对健康的危害

:
or
: 劝阻青少年吸烟

禁止中小学生吸烟

Timor-Leste

Timor-Leste only used a text warning, "FUMA OHO ITA", prior to 2018, when new pictorial warnings covering 85% of the front and 100% of the back of packages were implemented.
The warnings currently in use are:

FUMA OHO ITA, featuring a crucifix made of cigarettes on a pile of human skulls.
FUMA KAUZA IMPOTÉNSIA
FUMA PROVOKA MORAS FUAN
FUMA KAUZA ABORTU
FUMA PROVOKA KANKRU
FUMA KAUZA PULMAUN KRONIKU
Konsulta atu para fuma – Numero telf: 113, accompanying all of these warnings.

European Union

Cigarette packets and other tobacco packaging must include warnings in the same size and format and using the same approved texts in all member states of the European Union.
These warnings are displayed in black Helvetica bold on a white background with a thick black border. Ireland once prefaced its warnings with "Irish Government Warning", Latvia with "Veselības ministrija brīdina" and Spain with "Las autoridades sanitarias advierten". In member states with more than one official language, the warnings are displayed in all official languages, with the sizes adjusted accordingly. All cigarette packets sold in the European Union used to have to display the content of nicotine, tar, and carbon monoxide in the same manner on the side of the packet, this is no longer the case.
In 2003, it was reported that sales of cigarette cases had surged, attributable to the introduction of more prominent warning labels on cigarette packs by an EU directive in January 2003. Alternatively, people choose to hide the warnings using various "funny" stickers, such as "You could be hit by a bus tomorrow."
The most recent EU legislation is the Tobacco Products Directive, which became applicable in EU countries in May 2016.

front, takes up 30%
reverse, takes up 40%

Austria and Germany

;General warnings:Rauchen fügt Ihnen und den Menschen in Ihrer Umgebung erheblichen Schaden zu. – Smoking severely harms you and the people around you.
;Additional warnings:Raucher sterben früher – Smokers die younger.Rauchen führt zur Verstopfung der Arterien und verursacht Herzinfarkte und Schlaganfälle. – Smoking leads to clogging of arteries and causes heart attacks and strokes.Rauchen verursacht tödlichen Lungenkrebs. – Smoking causes deadly lung cancer.Rauchen in der Schwangerschaft schadet Ihrem Kind – Smoking while pregnant harms your child.Schützen Sie Kinder – lassen Sie sie nicht Ihren Tabakrauch einatmen! – Protect children – don't let them inhale your tobacco smoke!Ihr Arzt oder Apotheker kann Ihnen dabei helfen, das Rauchen aufzugeben. – Your doctor or pharmacist can help you to give up smoking.Rauchen macht sehr schnell abhängig: Fangen Sie gar nicht erst an! – Smoking makes you addicted very fast: Don't start in the first place!Wer das Rauchen aufgibt, verringert das Risiko tödlicher Herz- und Lungenerkrankungen – Giving up smoking reduces the risk of fatal heart and lung diseases.Rauchen kann zu einem langsamen und schmerzhaften Tod führen – Smoking can lead to a slow and painful death.Rauchen kann zu Durchblutungsstörungen führen und verursacht Impotenz – Smoking can lead to blood circulation disorders and causes impotence.Rauchen lässt Ihre Haut altern – Smoking ages your skin.Rauchen kann die Spermatozoen schädigen und schränkt die Fruchtbarkeit ein – Smoking can damage the spermatozoa and decreases your fertility.Rauch enthält Benzol, Nitrosamine, Formaldehyd und Blausäure – Smoke contains benzene, nitrosamine, formaldehyde and hydrogen cyanide.

Belgium

Belgium became a party to the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control on January 30, 2006. In April 2007, EU-specification text warnings were introduced. Including borders, these messages cover 48% of the front and 63% of the back of cigarette packages, larger than the EU requirements of 35% front and 50% back and amounting to 56% of the overall package, to accommodate Belgium's three official languages of German, French and Dutch.
General warning before 2011:
Since 2011, three different sets of 14 pictorial warnings have been rotated every 12 months.
Belgium prohibits the terms "light" and "mild" from appearing on packages. Additionally, the country requires tar, nicotine, and carbon monoxide emission numbers to appear on the side of packages. These emission numbers are generated using the ISO machine smoking method.

Croatia

Croatia requires:
Front of packaging :
or
Back of packaging :Pušači umiru mlađi Pušenje uzrokuje začepljenje arterija i uzrokuje srčani i moždani udar Pušenje uzrokuje smrtonosan rak pluća Pušenje u trudnoći šteti vašem djetetu Zaštitite djecu od udisanja vašeg cigaretnog dima Vaš liječnik ili ljekarnik može vam pomoći prestati pušiti Pušenje stvara izrazitu ovisnost, nemojte ni počinjati Prestanak pušenja umanjuje rizik smrtnih srčanih ili plućnih bolesti Pušenje može izazvati polaganu i bolnu smrt Potražite pomoć za prestanak pušenja /savjetujte se sa svojim liječnikom/ljekarnikom) Pušenje može usporiti krvotok i prouzročiti impotenciju Pušenje uzrokuje starenje kože Pušenje može oštetiti spermu i smanjiti plodnost Dim sadrži benzene, nitrozamine, formaldehide i ugljikove cijanide
The last warning contains a mistranslation from Directive 2001/37/EC – "hydrogen" was translated as ugljik instead of vodik. It was nevertheless signed into law and started appearing on cigarette packages in March 2009.
2004–2009
These warnings were also simple text warnings.
Front of packaging:Pušenje šteti Vašem zdravlju
Back of packaging:Pušenje uzrokuje rak Pušenje u trudnoći šteti i razvoju djeteta Pušenje uzrokuje srčani i moždani udar Pušenje skraćuje život
Side of packaging:Zabranjuje se prodaja osobama mlađim od 18 godina
1997–2004
Between 1997 and 2004, a simple text label warning, Pušenje je štetno za zdravlje, was used.

Cyprus

;Front side
or
;Rear

Οι καπνιστές πεθαίνουν γρήγορα. Τütün içenler genç yaşta ölür.
Το κάπνισμα αποφράσσει τις αρτηρίες και προκαλεί εμφράγμα και εγκεφαλικά επεισόδια. Τütün damarları tıkar, kalp krizine ve felçlere neden olur.
Το κάπνισμα προκαλεί θανατηφόρο καρκίνο των πνευμόνων. Τütün ölümcül akciğer kanserine neden olur.
Το κάπνισμα κατά τη διάρκεια της εγκυμοσύνης μπορεί να βλάψει την υγεία του παιδιού σας. Hamile iken tütün içmek bebeğe zarar verir.
Προστατέψτε τα παιδιά: μην τα αναγκάζετε να αναπνέουν τον καπνό σας. Çocukları koruyun: Dumanınızı onlara solutmayın.
Ο γιατρός σας ή ο φαρμακοποιός σας μπορούν να σας βοηθήσουν να κόψετε το κάπνισμα. Sağlık kuruluşları tütünü bırakmada size yardımcı olabilir.
Το κάπνισμα είναι εξαιρετικά εθιστικό, μην το αρχίσετε. Τütün yüksek derecede bağımlılık yapar, başlamayın.
Το σταμάτημα του καπνίσματος μειώνει τον κίνδυνο θανατηφόρων καρδιαγγειακών και πνευμονικών παθήσεων. Τütünü bırakmak ölümcül kalp ve akciğer hastalıkları riskini azaltır.
Το κάπνισμα μπορεί να προκαλέσει αργό και επώδυνο θάνατο. Τütün ağrılı ve yavaş bir ölüme neden olabilir.
Το κάπνισμα μπορεί να μειώσει τη ροή του αίματος και να προκαλέσει ανικανότητα. Τütün kan akışını yavaşlatır ve cinsel iktidarsızlığa neden olur.
Το κάπνισμα προκαλεί γήρανση του δέρματος. Τütün cildin erken yaşlanmasına neden olur.
Το κάπνισμα μπορεί να βλάψει το σπέρμα και μειώνει τη γονιμότητα. Τütün spermlere zarar vererek doğurganlığı azaltır.
Ο καπνός περιέχει βενζόλιο, νιτροζαμίνες, φορμαλδεΰδη και υδροκυάνιο. Τütün dumanında benzen, nitrosamine, formaldehit ve hidrojensiyanit gibi kanser yapıcı maddeler bulunur.

Czech Republic

Kouření vážně škodí Vám i lidem ve Vašem okolí.
Kuřáci umírají předčasně.
Kouření ucpává tepny a způsobuje infarkt a mrtvici.
Kouření způsobuje smrtelnou rakovinu plic.
Kouření je vysoce návykové, nezačínejte s ním.
Přestat kouřit, znamená snížit riziko vzniku smrtelných onemocnění srdce a plic.
Kouření může způsobit pomalou a bolestivou smrt.
Kouření způsobuje stárnutí kůže.
Kouření může poškodit sperma a snižuje plodnost.
Kouření může snižovat krevní oběh a způsobuje neplodnost.
Kouř obsahuje benzen, nitrosaminy, formaldehyd a kyanovodík.
Kouření v těhotenství škodí zdraví Vašeho dítěte.
Chraňte děti: nenuťte je vdechovat Váš kouř.
Váš lékař nebo lékárník Vám může pomoci přestat s kouřením.
Získejte pomoc při odvykání kouření.

As of 7 December 2016, all packages must also include warning images additionally to text warnings. Also cigarette manufacturers are prohibited to display the content of nicotine, tar and carbon monoxide on cigarette packages, because it might mislead customers. The box previously containing the contents of the cigarette was replaced by a warning message: Tabákový kouř obsahuje přes 70 látek, které prokazatelně způsobují rakovinu.

Denmark

Warning texts in tobacco products, health warnings, which are reproduced on the packaging of cigarettes and other tobacco products. It is implemented in an effort to strengthen public knowledge about the dangers of smoking.
The order was introduced in Denmark on 31 December 1991. The Order was last revised on 2 October 2003, which also imposed ban on the words "light" and "mild" on Danish cigarette packages, as did European Union countries.
The marking shall appear on one third of the most visible part of the package.

Rygning er yderst skadelig for dig og dine omgivelser
Rygning nedsætter levealderen
Rygning medfører åreforkalkning og forårsager hjerteanfald og slagtilfælde
Rygning forårsager dødelig lungekræft
Hvis du er gravid, skader rygning dit barns sundhed
Beskyt børn mod tobaksrøg − de har ret til selv at vælge
Din læge eller din apoteker kan hjælpe dig med at holde op med at ryge Rygning er årsag til 9 ud af 10 tilfælde af lungekræft
Rygning er stærkt vanedannende: lad være med at begynde
Hold op med at ryge, hvis du vil nedsætte risikoen for dødelige hjerte- og lungesygdomme
Rygning kan medføre en langsom og smertefuld død
Få hjælp til at holde op med at ryge: Tlf.nr. 80313131
Rygning kan nedsætte blodgennemstrømningen og medfører impotens
Rygning ælder huden
Rygning kan beskadige sæden og nedsætter frugtbarheden
Røg indeholder benzen, nitrosaminer, formaldehyd og cyanbrinte

For smokeless tobacco use above markings does not, whereas the label "Denne tobaksvare kan være sundhedsskadelig og er afhængighedsskabende" is always used for such products.

Estonia

General warning:
or

Finland

In Finland, warning signs are written in both Finnish and Swedish languages.

Tupakointi vahingoittaa vakavasti sinua ja ympärilläsi olevia / Rökning skadar allvarligt dig själv och personer i din omgivning '
Tupakoivat kuolevat nuorempina / Rökare dör i förtid '
Tupakointi tukkii verisuonet sekä aiheuttaa sydänkohtauksia ja aivoveritulppia / Rökning ger förträngningar i blodkärlen och orsakar hjärtinfarkt och stroke '
Tupakointi aiheuttaa keuhkosyöpää, joka johtaa kuolemaan / Rökning orsakar dödlig lungcancer '
Tupakointi raskauden aikana vahingoittaa lastasi / Rökning under graviditeten skadar ditt barn '
Suojele lapsia ― älä pakota heitä hengittämään tupakansavua / Skydda barnen ― låt dem inte andas in din tobaksrök '
Lääkäriltä tai apteekista saat apua tupakoinnin lopettamiseen / Din läkare eller ditt apotek kan hjälpa dig att sluta röka '
Tupakointi aiheuttaa voimakasta riippuvuutta. Älä aloita / Rökning är mycket beroendeframkallande. Börja inte rök '
Lopettamalla tupakoinnin vähennät vaaraa sairastua kuolemaan johtaviin sydän- ja keuhkosairauksiin / Om du slutar röka löper du mindre risk att få dödliga hjärt- och lungsjukdomar '
Tupakointi voi aiheuttaa hitaan ja tuskallisen kuoleman / Rökning kan leda till en långsam och smärtsam död '
Pyydä apua tupakoinnin lopettamiseen: puh. 0800 148 484 / Sök hjälp för att sluta röka: tfn 0800 148 484
Tupakointi aiheuttaa impotenssia ja voi heikentää verenkiertoa / Rökning kan försämra blodflödet och orsakar impotens '
Tupakointi vanhentaa ihoa / Rökning får din hy att åldras '
Tupakointi voi vahingoittaa siittiöitä ja vähentää hedelmällisyyttä / Rökning kan skada sperman och minskar fruktsamheten ''
Savu sisältää bentseeniä, nitrosamiineja, formaldehydiä ja vetysyanidia / Rök innehåller bensen, nitrosaminer, formaldehyd och cyanväte ''''

France

Before January 2017, France used regular EU warnings for tobacco products.
;Front of packaging
or
;Rear

Les fumeurs meurent prématurément.
Fumer bouche les artères et provoque des crises cardiaques et des attaques cérébrales.
Fumer provoque le cancer mortel du poumon.
Fumer pendant la grossesse nuit à la santé de votre enfant.
Protégez les enfants: ne leur faites pas respirer votre fumée.
Votre médecin ou votre pharmacien peuvent vous aider à arrêter de fumer.
Fumer crée une forte dépendance, ne commencez pas.
Arrêter de fumer réduit les risques de maladies cardiaques et pulmonaires mortelles.
Fumer peut entraîner une mort lente et douloureuse.
Faites-vous aider pour arrêter de fumer: téléphonez au 0 825 309 310
Fumer peut diminuer l'afflux sanguin et provoque l'impuissance.
Fumer peut nuire aux spermatozoïdes et réduit la fertilité.
La fumée contient du benzène, des nitrosamines, du formaldéhyde et du cyanure d'hydrogène.

;Left or right side of packaging

Components percentages : Tobacco – Cigarette paper – Flavor and texture agents
ISO yields of toxics in mg/cigarette : Tar – Nicotin – Carbon monoxide

;Other side of packaging

Country of manufacturing, name of manufacturer, quantity
Product identifier

;Other characteristics

Small print: "Vente en France 01"
Recyclable logo
Words forbidden in the displayed product name: light, ultra-light, légere, or any indication that may indicate that this is a minor drug with low impact

Plain packaging has been regulated since January 2017.

Greece

Το κάπνισμα μπορεί να σκοτώσει.
Το κάπνισμα βλάπτει σοβαρά τον καπνιστή και τους γύρω του.
Το κάπνισμα βλάπτει σοβαρά εσάς και τους γύρω σας.
Οι καπνιστές πεθαίνουν πρόωρα.
Το κάπνισμα αποφράσσει τις αρτηρίες και προκαλεί εμφράγματα και εγκεφαλικά επεισόδια.
Το κάπνισμα προκαλεί θανατηφόρο καρκίνο των πνευμόνων.
Το κάπνισμα κατά τη διάρκεια της εγκυμοσύνης μπορεί να βλάπτει την υγεία του παιδιού σας.
Προστατέψτε τα παιδιά: μην τα αναγκάζετε να αναπνέουν τον καπνό σας.
Ο γιατρός σας ή ο φαρμακοποιός σας μπορεί να σας βοηθήσει να κόψετε το κάπνισμα.
Το κάπνισμα είναι εξαιρετικά εθιστικό, μην το αρχίσετε.
Το σταμάτημα του καπνίσματος μειώνει τον κίνδυνο θανατηφόρων καρδιαγγειακών και πνευμονικών παθήσεων.
Το κάπνισμα μπορεί να προκαλέσει αργό και επώδυνο θάνατο.
Ζητήστε βοήθεια για να σταματήσετε το κάπνισμα: συμβουλευτείτε το γιατρό σας.
Το κάπνισμα μπορεί να μειώσει τη ροή του αίματος και να προκαλέσει ανικανότητα.
Το κάπνισμα προκαλεί γήρανση του δέρματος.
Το κάπνισμα μπορεί να βλάψει το σπέρμα και μειώνει τη γονιμότητα.
Ο καπνός περιέχει βενζόλιο, νιτροζαμίνες, φορμαλδεΰδη και υδροκυάνιο.

Hungary

A dohányosok korábban halnak.
A dohányzás elzárja az artériákat, szívrohamot és agyvérzést okoz.
A dohányzás halálos tüdőrákot okoz.
A terhes nők dohányzása károsítja a magzat egészségét.
Védje a gyermekeket: ne tegye ki őket a dohányfüst belélegzése veszélyének.
Az orvosok és a gyógyszerészek segíthetnek a leszokásban.
A dohányzásról nagyon nehéz leszokni, ezért ne szokjon rá.
A dohányzás abbahagyása csökkenti a halálos szív- és tüdőbetegségek kockázatát.
A dohányzás lassú és fájdalmas halálhoz vezet.
Kérjen segítséget a leszokáshoz kérdezze meg háziorvosát/gyógyszerészét.
A dohányzás lassíthatja a vér áramlását, és impotenciát okozhat.
A dohányzás öregíti a bőrt.
A dohányzás károsítja a spermákat és gyengíti a megtermékenyítő képességet.
A füst benzolt, nitrozamint, formaldehidet és hidrogén-cianidot tartalmaz.

Ireland

Ireland currently follows EU standards, but previously ran its own scheme, where one of 8 messages was placed on the pack, as defined in SI 326/1991.
After a High Court settlement in January 2008, it was accepted that the warnings on tobacco products must appear in both official languages of the state. As a result, the European Communities Regulations 2008 were put in place. This provides that tobacco products going to market after 30 September 2008 must carry warnings in Irish and English. A year-long transition period applied to products which were on the market prior to 1 October 2008, which may have been sold until 1 October 2009.
Each packet of tobacco products must carry:

One of the following general warnings which must cover at least 32% of the external side.
*Toradh caithimh tobac – bás – Smoking kills
*Déanann caitheamh tobac díobháil thromchúiseach duit agus do na daoine mórthimpeall ort – Smoking seriously harms you and others around you
and one of the following additional warnings which must cover at least 45% of the external side.
*Giorrú saoil tobac a chaitheamh – Smokers die younger
*Nuair a chaitear tobac, tachtar na hartairí agus is é cúis le taomanna croí agus strócanna – Smoking clogs the arteries and causes heart attacks and strokes
*Caitheamh tobac is cúis le hailse scamhóg mharfach – Smoking causes fatal lung cancer
*Má chaitheann tú tobac le linn toirchis, déantar díobháil don leanbán – Smoking when pregnant harms your baby
*Cosain leanaí: ná cuir iallach orthu do chuid deataigh an análú – Protect children: don't make them breathe your smoke
*Féadann do dhochtúir nó do chógaiseoir cabhrú leat éirí as caitheamh tobac Your doctor or your pharmacist can help you stop smoking
*Is éasca a bheith tugtha do chaitheamh tobac, ná tosaigh leis – Smoking is highly addictive, don't start
*Má éiríonn tú as tobac a chaitheamh laghdaítear an riosca de ghalair mharfacha chroí agus scamhóg – Stopping smoking reduces the risk of fatal heart and lung diseases
*Féadann caitheamh tobac bheith ina chúis le bás mall pianmhar – Smoking can cause a slow and painful death
*Faigh cúnamh chun éirí as caitheamh tobac: Íosghlao Stoplíne 1850 201 203 – Get help to stop smoking: Callsave Quitline 1850 201 203
*Féadfaidh caitheamh tobac imshruthúfola a laghdú agus bheith ina chúis le héagumas – Smoking may reduce the blood flow and cause impotence
*Caitheamh tobac is cúis le críonadh craicinn – Smoking causes ageing of the skin
*Féadann caitheamh tobac dochar a dhéanamh don speirm agus laghdaíonn sé torthúlacht – Smoking can damage the sperm and decreases fertility
*Cuimsíonn deatach beinséin, nítreasaimíní, formaildéad agus ciainíd hidrigine – Smoke contains benzene, nitrosamines, formaldehyde and hydrogen cyanide
In the case of Smokeless Tobacco Products, only the following warning must be displayed:
*Féadann an táirge tobac seo dochar a dhéanamh do shláinte agus is táirge andúile é – ''This tobacco product can damage your health and is addictive''

Italy

Il fumo uccide / Il fumo può uccidere.
Il fumo danneggia gravemente te e chi ti sta intorno.
I fumatori muoiono prima.
Il fumo ostruisce le arterie e provoca infarti e ictus.
Il fumo provoca cancro mortale ai polmoni.
Fumare in gravidanza fa male al bambino.
Proteggi i bambini, non fumare in loro presenza.
Il medico o il tuo farmacista possono aiutarti a smettere di fumare.
Specialisti del settore medico possono aiutarti a smettere di fumare.
Il fumo crea un'elevata dipendenza, non iniziare.
Smettere di fumare riduce il rischio di malattie cardiovascolari e polmonari mortali.
Il fumo può provocare una morte lenta e dolorosa.
Il fumo provoca il cancro della cavità orale.
Fatti aiutare a smettere di fumare.
Il fumo può ridurre la circolazione sanguigna e causa impotenza.
Il fumo invecchia la pelle.
Il fumo può danneggiare lo sperma e diminuisce la fertilità.
Il fumo contiene benzene, nitrosammine, formaldeide e acido cianidrico.
Il fumo può portare alla cecità.

Other text is sometimes placed in the packets; for example, some packets contain leaflets which have all the above warnings written on them, with more detailed explanations and reasons to give up, and advice from Philip Morris.

Latvia

Deviņi no desmit plaušu vēža slimniekiem ir smēķētāji.
Smēķēšana izraisa mutes un rīkles vēzi.
Smēķēšana nopietni kaitē plaušām.
Smēķēšana izraisa sirdslēkmes.
Smēķēšana izraisa insultu un invaliditāti.
Smēķēšana izraisa artēriju nosprostošanos.
Smēķēšana palielina risku kļūt aklam.
Smēķēšana izraisa zobu bojājumus un smaganu saslimšanas.
Smēķēšana var nogalināt jūsu vēl nedzimušo bērnu.
Cigarešu dūmi kaitē jūsu bērniem, ģimenei un draugiem.
Ja smēķējat jūs, paaugstinās risks, ka smēķēs arī jūsu bērni.
Atmetiet tagad – tuviniekiem jūs esat vajadzīgs dzīvs.
Smēķēšana samazina auglību.
Smēķēšana palielina impotences risku.

Lithuania

General warning:
or

Malta

Twissija mid-Dipartiment tas-Saħħa – Periklu: –
It-tipjip joqtol –
Min ipejjep imut żgħir –
It-tipjip isodd l-arterji u jġib l-attakki tal-qalb u l-puplesiji –
It-tipjip jagħmel kanċer fil-pulmun –
Jekk tpejjep waqt it-tqala tagħmel ħsara lit-tarbija tiegħek –
Ipproteġi lit-tfal: iġġelhomx jibilgħu d-duħħan tas-sigaretti tiegħek –
It-tabib Jew l-ispiżjar jgħinuk biex tieqaf tpejjep –
It-tipjip huwa vizzju, tibdiex tpejjep –
Jekk tieqaf tpejjep tnaqas ir-riskju ta' attakki tal-qalb u mard tal-pulmun –
It-tipjip jista' jwassal għal agunija fit-tul u ħafna uġiegħ –
Itlob l-għajnuna biex tieqaf tpejjep – 21231247 –
It-tipjip inaqqas iċ-ċirkulazzjoni tad-demm u jista' jwassal għall-impotenza –
It-tipjip ixejjħek –
It-tipjip jista' jagħmel ħsara lill-isperma u jnaqqas il-fertilità –
Id-duħħan fih il-benżene, in-nitrosamini, il-formaldehyde, u l-idroġen cyanide –

Netherlands

Stop met roken, blijf leven voor je vrienden en familie
Roken is dodelijk
Roken veroorzaakt impotentie
Roken veroorzaakt dodelijke longkanker
Tabaksrook bevat benzeen, nitrosaminen, formaldehyde en waterstofcyanide
Uw arts of apotheker kan u helpen te stoppen met roken
Rokers sterven jonger
Roken veroorzaakt verstopping van de bloedvaten, hartaanvallen en beroertes
Roken tijdens de zwangerschap is slecht voor uw baby
Roken kan uw ongeboren kind doden
Bescherm kinderen: laat hen niet uw rook inademen
Roken werkt zeer verslavend; begin er niet mee
Stoppen met roken vermindert het risico op dodelijke hart- en longziekten
Roken kan leiden tot een langzame, pijnlijke dood
Roken kan de bloedsomloop verminderen en veroorzaakt impotentie
Roken veroudert uw huid
Roken kan het sperma beschadigen en vermindert de vruchtbaarheid
Roken brengt u en anderen rondom u ernstige schade toe
Uw arts of apotheker kan u helpen te stoppen met roken, bel nu 0800-55532340

Poland

Front of packaging :
or
There are also warnings on the back of every packet:

Palacze tytoniu umierają młodziej
Dzieci palaczy częściej zostają palaczami
Palenie tytoniu zamyka naczynia krwionośne i jest przyczyną zawałów serca i udarów mózgu
Palenie tytoniu powoduje śmiertelnego raka płuc
Palenie tytoniu w czasie ciąży szkodzi Twojemu dziecku
Chrońcie dzieci – nie zmuszajcie ich do wdychania dymu tytoniowego
Twój lekarz lub farmaceuta pomoże Ci rzucić palenie
Palenie tytoniu silnie uzależnia – nie zaczynaj palić
Zaprzestanie palenia zmniejsza ryzyko groźnych chorób serca i płuc
Palenie tytoniu może spowodować powolną i bolesną śmierć
Dzwoniąc pod nr telefonu 0801108108, uzyskasz pomoc w rzuceniu palenia
Palenie tytoniu może zmniejszyć przepływ krwi i powodować impotencję
Palenie tytoniu przyśpiesza starzenie się skóry
Palenie tytoniu może uszkodzić nasienie i zmniejszać płodność
Dym tytoniowy zawiera benzen, nitrozoaminy, formaldehyd i cyjanowodór

Portugal

Fumar mata.
Fumar provoca o cancro pulmonar mortal.
Fumar causa elevada dependência. Não comece a fumar.
Fumar provoca o envelhecimento da pele.
Fumar prejudica gravemente a sua saúde e a dos que o rodeiam.
Se está grávida: fumar prejudica a saúde do seu filho.
Os fumadores morrem prematuramente.
Fumar bloqueia as artérias e provoca ataques cardíacos e AVC.
Fumar pode reduzir o fluxo de sangue e provoca impotência.
Deixar de fumar reduz os riscos de doenças cardiovasculares e pulmonares mortais.

Romania

General warning :

Fumatul ucide
Fumatul poate să ucidă
Fumatul dăunează grav sănătăţii dumneavoastră şi a celor din jur ;

Additional warnings :

Fumătorii mor mai tineri.
Fumatul blochează circulaţia sângelui în artere, provoacă infarct miocardic şi accident vascular cerebral.
Fumatul provoacă cancer pulmonar, care este letal.
Fumatul în timpul sarcinii daunează copilului dumneavoastră.
Protejaţi copiii: nu-i lăsaţi să respire fumul dumneavoastră!
Doctorul sau farmacistul dumneavoastră vă poate ajuta să vă lăsaţi de fumat.
Fumatul dă dependenţă, nu începeţi să fumaţi!
Oprirea fumatului scade riscul de îmbolnăviri cardiace sau pulmonare fatale.
Fumatul poate provoca o moarte lentă şi dureroasă.
Primiţi ajutorul pentru renunţare la fumat:.
Fumatul încetineşte circulaţia sângelui şi provoacă impotenţă.
Fumatul provoacă îmbătrânirea tenului.
Fumatul poate dăuna calităţii spermei şi scade fertilitatea.
Fumul de ţigară conţine benzeni, nitrozamine, formaldehide şi cianuri.

Slovenia

;Front of packaging
or
;Rear of packaging

Kadilci umirajo mlajši.
Kajenje maši žile in povzroča srčni infarkt in možgansko kap.
Kajenje povzroča smrt zaradi pljučnega raka.
Kajenje med nosečnostjo škoduje vašemu otroku.
Varujte otroke pred vdihavanjem vašega cigaretnega dima.
Vaš zdravnik ali farmacevt vam lahko pomaga opustiti kajenje.
Kajenje povzroča hudo zasvojenost, zato ne začnite kaditi.
Opustitev kajenja zmanjša tveganje za smrt zaradi bolezni srca in pljuč.
Kajenje lahko povzroči počasno in boleče umiranje.
Poiščite pomoč pri opuščanju kajenja: posvetujte se z zdravnikom.
Kajenje lahko zmanjša pretok krvi in povzroči impotenco.
Kajenje povzroča staranje kože.
Kajenje lahko škoduje spermi in zmanjša plodnost.
Cigaretni dim vsebuje benzen, nitrosamine, formaldehid in vodikov cianid.

Spain

In Spain, cigarette packages are preceded by warnings on both sides of the package marked "Las Autoridades Sanitarias advierten", written in black and white above the black part of the standard warning.
or
;Front of cigarette packages:

Fumar puede matar
Fumar perjudica gravemente su salud y la de los que están a su alrededor

;Back of cigarette packages:

Fumar acorta la vida
Fumar provoca cáncer mortal de pulmón
El tabaco es muy adictivo: no empiece a fumar
Fumar obstruye las arterias y provoca cardiopatías y accidentes cerebrovasculares
Fumar provoca el envejecimiento de la piel
Ayuda para dejar de fumar: consulte a su médico o farmacéutico
Fumar puede reducir el flujo sanguíneo y provoca impotencia

Sweden

General warnings on all cigarette packagings in Sweden have been in force since 1977.
;Front of cigarette packages:

Rökning dödar.
Tobak skadar din hälsa allvarligt.
Rökning under graviditet kan skada ditt foster.
Rökning kan leda till en långsam och smärtsam död.
Rökning kan försämra blodflödet och orsakar impotens.
Rökning skadar allvarligt dig själv och personer i din omgivning.
Rök innehåller bensen, nitrosaminer, formaldehyd och cyanväte.
Skydda barnen. Låt dem inte andas in din tobaksrök.

;Back of cigarette packages:

Rökning kan skada sperman och minskar fruktsamheten.
Rökning är mycket beroendeframkallande. Börja inte röka

;Rear side of snus packaging:

Denna tobaksvara kan skada din hälsa och är beroendeframkallande.

Georgia

General warning:

Ghana

Warnings in Ghana are compliant with the EU's legislations, as follows:
Packaging 1 :

Smoking seriously harms you and others around you
Stopping smoking reduces the risk of fatal heart and lung diseases

Packaging 2 :

Smoking causes cancer
Smoking damages the health of those around you

Packaging 3 :

Smoking causes fatal diseases
Smokers die younger

Honduras

In Honduras, warnings are stipulated by the Honduran Institute for the Prevention of Alcoholism, Drug Addiction and Drug Dependence.

Hong Kong

In 1983, the Smoking (Public Health) Ordinance dictated tobacco companies to print an official warning on cigarette packages by Hong Kong Government. Under Hong Kong Law, Chap 371B Smoking Order, packaging must indicate the amount of nicotine and tar that is present in cigarette boxes in addition to graphics depicting different health problems caused by smoking in the size and ratio as prescribed by law. The warnings are to be published in both official languages, Traditional Chinese and English.
Every warning begins with the phrase '香港特區政府忠告市民/HKSAR GOVERNMENT WARNING' and then one of the following in all caps:

吸煙引致肺癌/Smoking causes lung cancer
吸煙足以致命/Smoking kills
吸煙禍及家人/Smoking harms your family
吸煙引致末梢血管疾病/Smoking causes peripheral vascular diseases
吸煙可引致陽萎/Smoking may cause impotence
吸煙可加速皮膚老化/Smoking can accelerate aging of the skin

In addition, any print advertisement must give minimum 85% coverage of the following warnings:
HKSAR GOVERNMENT HEALTH WARNINGJanuary - February SMOKING KILLSMarch - April SMOKING CAUSES CANCERMay - June SMOKING CAUSES HEART DISEASEJuly - August SMOKING CAUSES LUNG CANCERSeptember - October SMOKING CAUSES RESPIRATORY DISEASESNovember - December SMOKING HARMS YOUR CHILDREN
In 2018, a new batch of warnings were introduced, consisting of the following warnings that cover 85% of packs:

Chinese	English
吸煙奪去我的聲線	Smoking takes away my voice
吸煙帶來痛苦，生不如死	Smoking causes suffering, not just death
吸煙引致早死	Smoking causes premature death
吸煙足以致命	I died of smoking
違例吸煙：定額罰款港幣1,500元	Smoking offence: fixed penalty HK$1,500
吸煙引致陽萎	Smoking causes impotence
吸煙引致衰老	Smoking causes ageing
吸煙引致末梢血管疾病	Smoking causes peripheral vascular diseases
吸煙引致中風	Smoking causes strokes
吸煙引致心臟病	Smoking causes heart disease
吸煙禍及子女	Smoking harms your children
吸煙引致肺癌	Smoking causes lung cancer

Iceland

All cigarette packets and other tobacco packaging in Iceland must include warnings in the same size and format as in the European Union and using the same approved texts in Icelandic.
General warning:
These warnings are also used:

Læknirinn þinn eða lyfjafræðingur geta hjálpað þér að hætta að reykja.
Reykingar valda krabbameini.
Reykingar eru mjög skaðlegar fyrir þig og þá sem eru nálægt þér.
Reykingar stífla slagæðar og valda kransæðastíflu og heilablóðfalli.
Reykingar valda banvænu krabbameini í lungum.
Reykingar á meðgöngu skaða barnið þitt.
Verndaðu börnin – Láttu þau ekki anda að sér tókbaksreyk.

India

In India, health warnings were introduced in 1975.
Cigarette packets sold in India are required to carry graphical and textual health warnings. The warning must cover at least 85% of the surface of the pack, of which 60% must be pictorial and the remaining 25% contains textual warnings in English, Hindi or any other Indian language.
In 2003, India ratified the World Health Organisation's Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, which includes a recommendation for large, clear health warnings on tobacco packages. However, there was a delay in implementing graphic warning labels.
Until 2008, cigarette packets sold in India were required to carry a written warning on the front of the packet with the text CIGARETTE SMOKING IS INJURIOUS TO HEALTH in English. Paan, gutkha and khaini packets carried the warning TOBACCO IS INJURIOUS TO HEALTH in Hindi and English. The law later changed. According to the new law, cigarette packets were required to carry pictorial warnings of a skull or scorpion along with the text SMOKING KILLS and TOBACCO CAUSES MOUTH CANCER in Hindi and English.
;English:
;Hindi:
The Cigarette and Other Tobacco Products Rules 2008 requiring graphic health warnings came into force on 31 May 2008. Under the law, all tobacco products were required to display graphic pictures, such as pictures of diseased lungs, and the text SMOKING KILLS or TOBACCO KILLS in English, covering at least 40% of the front of the pack, and retailers must display the cigarette packs in such a way that the pictures on pack are clearly visible. In January 2012, controversy arose when it was discovered that an image of former English footballer John Terry was used on a warning label.
On 15 October 2014, Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan announced that only 15% of the surface of a pack of cigarettes could contain branding, and that the rest must be used for graphic and text health warnings. The Union Ministry of Health amended the Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products Rules, 2008 to enforce the changes effective from 1 April 2015.
However, the government decision to increase pictorial warnings on tobacco packets from 1 April was put on hold indefinitely, following the recommendations of a Parliamentary committee, which reportedly did not speak to health experts but only to tobacco lobby representatives. On 5 April 2016, the health ministry ordered government agencies to enforce this new rule.
Following the intervention by the Parliamentary committee, NGO Health of Millions, represented by Prashant Bhushan, filed a petition in the Supreme Court of India, which asked the government to stop selling of loose cigarettes and publish bigger health warnings on tobacco packs.

Indonesia

In Indonesia, tobacco warnings appear on packages and cigarette advertisements alike, as tobacco advertising remains legal there.

January 2000–December 2013

With the enforcement of Indonesian Government Regulation No. 19 Article 8 paragraph, a new warning was implemented:
The last recorded usage of this warning in TV advertisements was an Esse Mild advertisement from late February 2014.

December 2013–December 2018

With the enforcement of the Indonesian Government Regulation No. 109, all tobacco products/cigarette packaging and advertisement should include warning images and age restriction. Graphic warnings must cover 40% of cigarette packages. After the introduction of graphic images in Indonesian cigarette packaging, the branding of cigarettes as "light", "mild", "filter", etc. is forbidden, except for brands that already use some words above such as L.A. Lights, A Mild or Dunhill Filter. However, the last advertisement to use this warning was a 2021 Djarum Super advertisement, before it subsequently used the 2018 warning.
Other alternatives:

PERINGATAN: MEROKOK SEBABKAN KANKER MULUT
PERINGATAN: MEROKOK SEBABKAN KANKER TENGGOROKAN
PERINGATAN: MEROKOK DEKAT ANAK BERBAHAYA BAGI MEREKA
PERINGATAN: MEROKOK SEBABKAN KANKER PARU-PARU DAN BRONKITIS KRONIS

These warnings below appear on the side of cigarette packaging:

DILARANG MENJUAL/MEMBERI PADA ANAK USIA DI BAWAH 18 TAHUN DAN PEREMPUAN HAMIL
Optional: TIDAK ADA BATAS AMAN! MENGANDUNG LEBIH DARI 4.000 ZAT KIMIA BERBAHAYA, 43 ZAT PENYEBAB KANKER

January 2019–September 2024

After it was revealed that the pictorial warnings used in Indonesia originally came from the 2005 warnings of Thailand, on 31 May 2018, the Ministry of Health launched new pictorial health warnings, of which two depict Indonesian smokers and one depicts a smoker from Venezuela.
Other alternatives:

PERINGATAN: MEROKOK SEBABKAN KANKER MULUT
PERINGATAN: MEROKOK SEBABKAN KANKER PARU
PERINGATAN: ROKOK MERENGGUT KEBAHAGIAAN SAYA SATU PERSATU
PERINGATAN: MEROKOK SEBABKAN KANKER TENGGOROKAN
DILARANG MENJUAL/MEMBERI PADA ANAK USIA DI BAWAH 18 TAHUN DAN PEREMPUAN HAMIL
DILARANG MENJUAL DAN MEMBERI KEPADA ORANG DI BAWAH 21 TAHUN DAN PEREMPUAN HAMIL

Iran

Iran mandates pictorial warnings on all tobacco packages. General warning:

Japan

In 1972, Japan became the first country in Asia to display a general warning on cigarette packages.
Prior to 2005, there was only one warning on all Japanese cigarette packages.

健康のため吸いすぎに注意しましょう
あなたの健康を損なうおそれがありますので吸いすぎに注意しましょう

Since 2005, more than one general warning is printed on cigarette packaging.
On the front of cigarette packages:

喫煙は、あなたにとって肺がんの原因の一つとなります。疫学的な推計によると、喫煙者は肺がんにより死亡する危険性が非喫煙者に比べて約2倍から4倍高くなります。
喫煙は、あなたにとって心筋梗塞の危険性を高めます。疫学的な推計によると、喫煙者は心筋梗塞により死亡する危険性が非喫煙者に比べて約1.7倍高くなります。
喫煙は、あなたにとって脳卒中の危険性を高めます。疫学的な推計によると、喫煙者は脳卒中により死亡する危険性が非喫煙者に比べて約1.7倍高くなります。
喫煙は、あなたにとって肺気腫を悪化させる危険性を高めます。

On the back of cigarette packages:

妊娠中の喫煙は、胎児の発育障害や早産の原因の一つとなります。疫学的な推計によると、たばこを吸う妊婦は、吸わない妊婦に比べ、低出生体重の危険性が約2倍、早産の危険性が約3倍高くなります。（詳細については、厚生労働省のホーム・ページ www.mhlw.go.jp/topics/tobacco/main.html をご参照ください。）
たばこの煙は、あなたの周りの人、特に乳幼児、子供、お年寄りなどの健康に悪影響を及ぼします。喫煙の際には、周りの人の迷惑にならないように注意しましょう。
人により程度は異なりますが、ニコチンにより喫煙への依存が生じます。
未成年者の喫煙は、健康に対する悪影響やたばこへの依存をより強めます。周りの人から勧められても決して吸ってはいけません。

Laos

Laos introduced graphical warnings in 2016. Eight years later, these warnings were updated, one of which depicts a traditional Lao stupa grave accompanied by the message "Tobacco kills one in two smokers who don't quit".

Malaysia

In Malaysia, a general warning was used between 1976 and 2009: AMARAN OLEH KERAJAAN MALAYSIA: MEROKOK MEMBAHAYAKAN KESIHATAN.
Graphic images on cigarette packs were introduced in June 2009 to show the adverse long-term effects of excessive smoking, replacing the general warning with text describing said images printed in Malay and English explaining:

"Amaran: Rokok penyebab..."
"Warning: Cigarettes cause..."

Graphic warnings must cover 40% of the front of cigarette packages and 60% of the back. The branding of cigarettes as "light", "mild", etc. is also forbidden.

Maldives

In the Maldives, products containing tobacco are required by law to have :
At the front and back:

A health warning eg. Smoking gives you a painful death
A cessation message eg. Stop quickly!
A graphic image eg. cut open body showing lung cancer
Description of the image

On the sides:

Explanatory message of complications caused by tobacco eg. Tobacco contains 250 poisonous chemicals. These poisons damage vital organs of the body, causing cancer, stroke, lung damage, and other such painful illnesses.
A message Get help from a health professional to save yourself!

Mexico

Since 2010, cigarette packs in Mexico must contain health warnings and graphic images. By law, 30% of the pack's front, 100% of the pack's rear and 100% of one lateral must consist on images and warnings. The Secretariat of Health issues new warnings and images every six months. Images have included a dead rat, a partial mastectomy, a laryngectomy, a dead human fetus surrounded by cigarette butts, a woman being fed after suffering a stroke and damaged lungs, amongst others.
Warnings include smoking-related diseases and statistics, toxins found in cigarettes and others.
Mexico became the first country to put a warning on cigarette packs that tobacco use could increase the risk of COVID-19 infection.

Moldova

General warning :

"Fumatul ucide" or
"Fumatul dăunează grav sănătăţii dumneavoastră şi a celor din jur" ;

Additional warnings :

"Fumătorii mor mai tineri" ;
"Fumatul blochează arterele şi provoacă infarct miocardic şi accident vascular cerebral" ;
"Fumatul conduce la moarte de cancer pulmonar" ;
"Fumatul în timpul sarcinii dăunează copilului dumneavoastră" ;
"Protejaţi copiii dumneavoastră de inspirarea fumului de ţigaretă" ;
"Psihologul, profesorul sau medicul vă poate ajuta să renunţaţi la fumat" ;
"Fumatul creează dependenţă rapidă, nu încercaţi să fumaţi" ;
"Abandonarea fumatului reduce riscul de îmbolnăviri cardiace sau pulmonare fatale" ;
"Fumatul poate provoca o moarte lentă şi dureroasă" ;
"Fumatul reduce circulaţia sîngelui şi provoacă impotenţă" ;
"Fumatul provoacă îmbolnăvirea tenului " ;
"Fumatul creează grave disfuncţii sexuale" ;

Regulated by "Lege cu privire la tutun şi la articolele din tutun" nr. 278-XVI from 14.12.2007 enabled at 07.03.2008
There is no such rule in Transnistria, where cigarette packages have variable warning labels depending on where they come from.

New Zealand

The first health warnings appeared on cigarette packets in New Zealand in 1974. Warning images accompanying text have been required to appear on each packet since 28 February 2008. New regulations were made on 14 March 2018 which provided for larger warnings and a new schedule of images and messages.
By law, 75% of a pack's front and 100% of its rear must consist of warning messages. Images include gangrenous toes, rotting teeth and gums, diseased lungs and smoking-damaged hearts. Cigarette packets also carry the New Zealand Quitline logo and phone number and other information about quitting smoking.
In total, there are 15 different warnings. A full list with pictures is available at the New Zealand Ministry of Health's . Warning messages are rotated annually. The following is a list of the warnings in English and Māori.

Smoking causes heart attacks, KA PĀ MAI NGĀ MANAWA-HĒ I TE KAI PAIPA
Smoking causes over 80% of lung cancers, NEKE ATU I TE 80% O NGĀ MATE PUKUPUKU KI NGĀ PŪKAHUKAHU I AHU MAI I TE KAI PAIPA
Smoking harms your baby before it is born, KA TŪKINOHIA TŌ PĒPI I TO KŌPŪ I TE KAI PAIPA
Your smoking harms others, KA TŪKINOHIA ĒTAHI ATU I Ō MAHI KAI PAIPA
Smoking is a major cause of stroke, KA PIKI AKE I TE KAI PAIPA TŌ TŪPONO KI TE IKURA RORO
Smoking damages your blood vessels, KA TŪKINOHIA Ō IA TOTO I TE KAI PAIPA
Smoking is not attractive, KA ANUANU KOE I TE KAI PAIPA
Smoking causes lung cancer, KA PĀ MAI TE MATE PUKUPUKU KI NGĀ PŪKAHUKAHU I TE KAI PAIPA
Smoking when pregnant harms your baby, KA TŪKINOHIA TŌ PĒPI I TE KAI PAIPA I A KOE E HAPŪ ANA
Your smoking harms children, KA TŪKINOHIA NGĀ TAMARIKI I Ō MAHI KAI PAIPA
Quit before it is too late, ME WHAKAMUTU KEI RIRO KOE
Smoking causes gum disease and stinking breath, KA PĀ TE MATE PŪNIHO, KA HAUNGA TŌ HĀ I TE KAI PAIPA

Nigeria

Six warnings existed prior to 2013:

Smoking is addictive
Smoking damages lungs
Smoking can kill
Smoking can cause cancer
Smoking can damage the fetus

From 2013 onwards, the general warning in Nigeria is: ''The Federal Ministry of Health warns that smokers are liable to die young.''

North Korea

North Korea signed the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control on 17 June 2003 and ratified it on 27 April 2005. Warnings are required on all types of packaging, but their appearance is not regulated in any way. They usually state that smoking is harmful to health. However, nicotine and tar content listed must not be misleading and do need to be approved by local authorities. Graphic warning images that are now common worldwide have never appeared on packaging in North Korea.

Norway

Norway has had general warnings on cigarette packets since 1975. Norway's warnings of today were introduced in 2003 and are in line with the European Union's legislation, as Norway is an EEA member:
On the front of cigarette and cigar packages, covering about 30% of the area:

Røyking dreper
Røyking er svært skadelig for deg og dine omgivelser

On the back of cigarette and cigar packages, covering about 45% of the area:

Røyking fører til dødeleg lungekreft
Hvis du slutter å røyke vil du minske risikoen for dødelige hjerte- og lungesykdommer
Røyking fører til tidleg aldring av huda
Røyking kan redusere blodgjennomstrømminga og føre til impotens
Røyking kan føre til ein langsam og smertefull død
Røyking kan redusere sædkvaliteten og minske fruktbarheten
Vern barn mot tobakksrøyk, ikke la dem puste inn din røyk
Røyking er sterkt avhengighetsskapende: Ikke begynn å røyke
Røyking fører til forkalking av årene og forårsakar hjarteinfarkt og slag
Din lege eller ditt apotek kan hjelpe deg med røykeslutt
Få hjelp til røykeslutt – ring Røyketelefonen 800 400 85
Røyking nedsetter levealderen
Røyking under graviditeten skader barnet
Røyk inneholder benzen, nitrosaminer, formaldehyd og blåsyre

Tobacco products like snus and chewing tobacco have the following warning printed on them:

Denne tobakksvaren kan være helseskadelig og er avhengighetsskapende

Pakistan

All cigarette packages in Pakistan are required by Statutory Order 1219/2008 dated 25 September 2008, published in The Gazette of Pakistan dated 24 November 2008, to carry rotating health warnings from 1 July 2009.
Each health warning is printed for a period of 6 months, covering at least 30% on both sides of the packet and must be printed in Urdu at the front and English at the back. The warnings in English currently in use are:

Protect children, don't let them breathe your smoke – Ministry of Health
Smoking causes mouth and throat cancer – Ministry of Health
Quit smoking and live a longer life – Ministry of Health
Smoking severely harms you and the people around you – Ministry of Health

Paraguay

The Paraguay Ministry of Public Health and Social Welfare requires cigarette packages to have graphic images and text warnings in both Spanish and Guaraní covering at least 40% of both main faces. Additionally, 100% of one of the sides must have detailed information as to the content of the cigarettes.

Philippines

All cigarette packaging sold in the Philippines are required to display a government warning label. The warnings include:

Government Warning: Cigarette smoking is dangerous to your health.
Government Warning: Cigarettes are addictive.
Government Warning: Tobacco smoke can harm your children.
Government Warning: Smoking kills.

In July 2014, President Benigno Aquino III signed the Republic Act 10643, or "An Act to Effectively Instill Health Consciousness through Graphic Health Warnings on Tobacco Products", more known as the "Graphic Health Warning Act." This law requires tobacco product packaging to display pictures of the ill effects of smoking, occupying the bottom half of the display area in both front and the back side of the packaging. On 3 March 2016, Department of Health secretary Janette Garin started the implementation of Republic Act 10643, requiring tobacco manufacturers to include graphic health warnings on newer cigarette packaging.
With the Graphic Health Warning Act implemented, graphic health warnings are used on all newer cigarette packages and older packages using text-only warnings are required to be replaced by newer ones incorporating graphic warnings. The 12 new warnings, showing photos of negative effects of smoking, like mouth cancer, impotence and gangrene are rotated every two years, and on 3 November 2016, all cigarette packaging without graphic health warning messages are banned from sale. Labeling of cigarettes with "light" or "mild" is also forbidden by the Graphic Health Warning Act.

Russia

In Russia, warning messages have existed since the late 1970s, when the Soviet Union stipulated that the message "The USSR Ministry of Health warns: Smoking is dangerous to your health" be printed in Russian on the front and the language of each respective republic on the back of cigarette packages.

Type of warning	Message	English translation
Main	Минздрав предупреждает: Курение вредит Вашему здоровью	The Ministry of Public Health warns: Smoking harms your health
Additional	Курение – причина раковых заболеваний	Smoking – the cause of cancerous illnesses
Additional	Курение – причина смертельных заболеваний	Smoking – the cause of deadly illnesses
Additional	Оградите детей от табачного дыма	Keep children away from tobacco smoke
Additional	Курение табака вызывает никотиновую зависимость	Smoking tobacco causes nicotine addiction
Additional	Курение – причина заболеваний сердца	Smoking – the cause of heart diseases

The warnings were revised in 2013 with pictorial depictions of tobacco-related harms, falling in line with European Union standards.

Obverse	Reverse	General warning
Text warnings cover 30% of surface	Pictorial warnings cover 50% of surface

12 different variants are used.

Serbia

The warning messages cigarette packets in Serbia are visually similar to what is used in European Union countries, but the texts used in Serbia are not translated from EU-approved texts.

Serbian	English	Example design
Пушење убија. Дувански дим штети људима у Вашој околини.	Smoking kills. Tobacco smoke harms people around you.	Пушење убија. Дувански дим штети људима у Вашој околини.
Желите бебу? Пушење неповољно утиче на плодност код мушкараца и жена.	Want a baby? Smoking reduces fertility in men and women.	Пушење убија. Дувански дим штети људима у Вашој околини.
Пушење изазива зависност! Потражите стручну помоћ за одвикавање.	Smoking causes addiction! Seek professional help to quit the habit.	Пушење убија. Дувански дим штети људима у Вашој околини.

Singapore

In 1987, Singapore began displaying blunt, straight-to-the-point text warnings like "Smoking damages your lungs" and "Smoking causes heart disease" on cigarette packets. They were replaced by graphic warnings in August 2004 bearing the following messages:

Smoking causes a slow and painful death
Smoking harms your family
Tobacco smoke can kill babies
Smoking causes strokes
Smoking causes lung cancer
Smoking causes mouth diseases
Smoking causes 92% of oral cancers

These warnings were later copied by Brunei.
In 2016, the warnings were revised, with images focusing mostly on damaged organs. The following warnings show what is printed nowadays.

Smoking causes mouth diseases
Smoking can cause a slow and painful death
Smoking causes lung cancer
Smoking causes gangrene
Smoking causes neck cancer
Smoking harms your family

From 1 January 2009, people possessing cigarettes without the SDPC label will be committing an offence under the Customs and GST Acts. The law was passed to distinguish non-duty paid, contraband cigarettes from duty-paid ones.

Somalia

A small warning in Somali and English is printed on Somali cigarette packages.

South Africa

In South Africa, the Tobacco Products Control Act, 1993 and its amendments, stipulate that a warning related to the harmful effects of tobacco smoking, or the beneficial effects of cessation, must be placed prominently on tobacco products covering 15% of the obverse, 25% of the reverse and 20% of the sides of packs.
According to the draft Control of Tobacco Products and Electronic Delivery Systems Bill, 2018, new legislation, once enacted, will require uniform, plain-colored packaging containing the brand and product name in a standard typeface and color, a warning related to the harmful effects of tobacco smoking, or beneficial effects of cessation, and a graphic image of tobacco-related harm.

Obverse	Reverse
DANGER: SMOKING CAN KILL YOU	Tobacco smoke contains many harmful chemicals such as carbon monoxide, cyanide, nicotine and tar, which can cause disease and death. Non-smokers and ex-smokers, on average, live longer and are healthier than smokers.
DANGER: SMOKING CAUSES CANCER	Nine out of ten patients with lung cancer are smokers. Smoking also causes cancer of the lips, mouth, voicebox, food pipe and bladder. Quitting smoking reduces your risk of cancer.
DANGER: SMOKING CAUSES HEART DISEASE	Smoking is a major cause of heart attacks, strokes and blood vessel diseases. Quitting smoking reduces your risk of heart diseases.
SMOKING DAMAGES YOUR LUNGS	A morning cough and shortness of breath are signs of lung disease. It is never too late to quit. Stop smoking now and you can prevent further harm.
PREGNANT? BREASTFEEDING? YOUR SMOKING CAN HARM YOUR BABY	The babies of mothers who smoke during pregnancy are more likely to die before birth or to be born underweight. Stopping smoking before or during the first months of pregnancy reduces the risk to the baby.
WARNING: DON'T SMOKE NEAR CHILDREN	Children who live with smokers suffer more from colds, coughs, ear infections, asthma and chest disease. Protect your children from the harmful chemicals in tobacco smoke.
TOBACCO IS ADDICTIVE	Nicotine in tobacco is a drug which acts on the brain and nerves. Most smokers are dependent on nicotine, that is why they feel uncomfortable and get cravings when they go without smoking for a while.
YOUR SMOKE CAN HARM THOSE AROUND YOU	Every time you smoke, those around you smoke too. Your smoking increases their risk of lung cancer and heart disease. Stop smoking for the sake of your health and that of your family and friends.

South Korea

In South Korea, general warnings on cigarette packaging have been used since 1976. The warning messages used since then have been:From 1976 to November 1989: 건강을 위하여 지나친 흡연을 삼갑시다 From December 1989 to 1996: 흡연은 폐암 등을 일으킬 수 있으며, 특히 임산부와 청소년의 건강에 해롭습니다 From 1996 to March 2005:
Front: 흡연은 폐암 등 각종 질병의 원인이 되며, 특히 임신부와 청소년의 건강에 해롭습니다
Back: 19세 미만 청소년에게 판매할 수 없습니다 and additionally, 금연하면 건강해지고 장수할 수 있습니다, 흡연은 중풍과 심장병도 일으킵니다, 흡연은 사랑하는 자녀의 건강도 해칩니다, 당신이 흡연하면 다른 사람의 건강도 해칩니다 From April 2005 to April 2007:
Front: 건강을 해치는 담배 그래도 피우시겠습니까?
Back: 19세 미만 청소년에게 판매할 수 없습니다 and additionally, 금연하면 건강해지고 장수할 수 있습니다, 흡연은 중풍과 심장병도 일으킵니다, 흡연은 사랑하는 자녀의 건강도 해칩니다, 당신이 흡연하면 다른 사람의 건강도 해칩니다 From April 2007 to April 2009
Front, 흡연은 폐암 등 각종 질병의 원인이 되며, 특히 임신부와 청소년의 건강에 해롭습니다
Back: 19세 미만 청소년에게 판매 금지! 당신 자녀의 건강을 해칩니다" From April 2009 to April 2011
Front: 건강에 해로운 담배, 일단 흡연하게 되면 끊기가 매우 어렵습니다
Back: 19세 미만 청소년에게 판매 금지! 당신 자녀의 건강을 해칩니다

From December 2016, 50% of cigarette packages must contain warning elements, of which 30% must be graphic warnings. In addition to the existing warning: 흡연이 질병의 원인이 될 수 있습니다., the following warning will be mandatory: 흡연은 다른 사람의 건강을 위협할 수 있습니다.
From 2017, more pictorial warnings were added to cigarette packs.

Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka introduced graphic health warnings on cigarette packages in 2015. The warnings, displayed in English, Sinhalese and Tamil, cover 60% of both front and back panels.

Switzerland

Switzerland introduced health warnings on cigarette packages in 1980. They evolved over time.
Switzerland has warning messages in its three official languages. The three warning messages below, all meaning "Smoking kills", are posted on cigarette packs until 2024:

Rauchen ist tödlich.
Fumer tue.
Il fumo uccide.

Since October 2024, the Federal Act on Tobacco Products updated the warnings to "Smoking kills – stop now":

Rauchen ist tödlich – hören Sie jetzt auf.
Fumer tue – arrêtez maintenant.
Il fumo uccide – smetti subito.

Taiwan

The warnings in Taiwan are led by the phrase "行政院衛生署警告" and followed by one of the following warnings:

吸菸有害健康: Smoking is hazardous to your health
孕婦吸菸易導致胎兒早產及體重不足: Smoking during pregnancy can cause premature death and underweight birth
抽菸會導致肺癌﹑心臟病﹑氣腫及與懷孕有關的問題: Smoking can cause lung cancer, heart diseases, emphysema and pregnancy-related problems
吸菸害人害己: Smoking hurts yourself and others
懷孕婦女吸菸可能傷害胎兒，導致早產及體重不足: Smoking during pregnancy might damage the fetus and can cause premature death and underweight birth
戒菸可減少健康的危害: Quitting smoking can reduce health risks

The images and warnings were revised in 2014, after the Department of Health was reorganised into the Ministry of Health and Welfare. The following warnings show what is printed since 1 June 2014.

吸菸導致皮膚老化: Smoking causes ageing of the skin
菸癮困你一生: Tobacco addiction traps your life
吸菸會導致性功能障礙: Smoking causes sexual dysfunctions
菸害導致胎兒異常及早產: Smoking causes birth defects and premature birth
不吸菸，你可以擁有更多: You can have more if you quit smoking
二手菸引發兒童肺炎、中耳炎、癌症: Second hand smoking causes pneumonia, otitis media and cancer in children
吸菸影響口腔衛生: Smoking affects oral hygiene
吸菸引發自己與家人中風與心臟病: Smoking makes you and your family suffer strokes and heart diseases

Warnings of any version are accompanied with "戒煙專線: 0800-636363".

Thailand

Graphic warnings have appeared on Thai cigarette packages since 25 March 2005 and underwent updates in 2006, 2009, 2010, 2014 and 2022. A recent study showed that the warnings made Thai smokers think more often about the health risks of smoking and about quitting smoking.
Thailand introduced plain packaging in 2020.

Turkey

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;Back of packaging

Sigara içenler genç yaşta ölür.
Sigara içmek damarları tıkar, kalp krizine ve felçlere neden olur.
Sigara içmek ölümcül akciğer kanserine neden olur.
Hamile iken sigara içmek bebeğe zarar verir.
Çocukları koruyun: Dumanınızı onlara solutmayın.
Sağlık kuruluşları sigarayı bırakmada size yardımcı olabilir.
Sigara içmek yüksek derecede bağımlılık yapar, başlamayın.
Sigarayı bırakmak ölümcül kalp ve akciğer hastalıkları riskini azaltır.
Sigara içmek ağrılı ve yavaş bir ölüme neden olabilir.
Sigarayı bırakmak için doktorunuzdan ve... den yardım isteyin.
Sigara içmek kan akışını yavaşlatır ve cinsel iktidarsızlığa neden olur.
Sigara içmek cildin erken yaşlanmasına neden olur.
Sigara içmek spermlere zarar vererek doğurganlığı azaltır.
Sigara dumanında benzen, nitrozamin, formaldehit ve hidrojensiyanit gibi kanser yapıcı maddeler bulunur.

Ukraine

The warning messages on cigarette packets in Ukraine are also visually similar to those in European Union countries:

Message	English translation	Example design
Курiння призводить до серцево-судинних захворювань та раку легенiв.	Smoking causes heart diseases and lung cancer.
Курiння викликає залежнiсть, не починайте курити.	Smoking is highly addictive, don't start.
Курiння викликає iмпотенцiю.	Smoking causes impotence.
Захистiть дiтей: не дозволяйте їм дихати вашим димом.	Protect your children, don't let them inhale your smoke.
Курiння під час вагiтностi шкодить вашiй дитинi.	Smoking while pregnant harms your child.
Тютюновий дим шкодить здоров'ю тих, хто вас оточує.	Cigarette smoke harms those around you.
Курцi помирають рано.	Smokers die younger.

United Kingdom

In 1971, tobacco companies printed on the left side of cigarette packets an official warning: "Warning by H.M. Government – Smoking can harm your health", followed by the phrase "Health Department's Chief Medical Officers", issuers of the warning.
In 1991, the EU tightened laws on tobacco warnings. Thus, the message "Tobacco seriously damages health" was printed on the front of all tobacco packs. An additional warning was also printed on the reverse of cigarette packs.
In 2003, new EU regulations required one of the following general warnings must be displayed, covering at least 30% of the surface of the pack:

Smoking kills
Smoking seriously harms you and others around you

Additionally, one of the following additional warnings must be displayed, covering at least 40% of the surface of the pack:

Smokers die younger
Smoking clogs the arteries and causes heart attacks and strokes
Smoking causes fatal lung cancer
Smoking when pregnant harms your baby
Protect children: don't make them breathe your smoke
Your doctor or your pharmacist can help you stop smoking
Smoking is highly addictive, don't start
Stopping smoking reduces the risk of fatal heart and lung diseases
Smoking can cause a slow and painful death
Get help to stop smoking: ///consult your doctor/pharmacist
Smoking may reduce the blood flow and cause impotence
Smoking causes ageing of the skin
Smoking can damage the sperm and decreases fertility
Smoke contains benzene, nitrosamines, formaldehyde and hydrogen cyanide

From October 2008, all cigarette products manufactured must carry picture warnings in the reverse. Every pack must have one of these warnings by October 2009.
Plain packaging, including prominent and standardised health warnings and minimal manufacturer information, became compulsory for all cigarette and hand-rolling tobacco packs manufactured after May 2016 and sold after May 2017.

United States

In 1966, the United States became the first nation in the world to require a health warning on cigarette packages.
In 1973, the assistant director of Research at R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company wrote an internal memorandum regarding new brands of cigarettes for the youth market. He observed that, "psychologically, at eighteen, one is immortal" and theorized that "the desire to be daring is part of the motivation to start smoking." He stated, "in this sense the label on the package is a plus."
In 1999, Philip Morris USA purchased three brands of cigarettes from Liggett Group Inc. The brands were: Chesterfield, L&M, and Lark. At the time Philip Morris purchased the brands from Liggett, the packaging for those cigarettes included the statement "Smoking is Addictive". After Philip Morris acquired the three Liggett brands, it removed the statement from the packages.
Though the United States started the trend of labeling cigarette packages with warnings, today the country has one of the least restrictive labelling requirements on their packages. Warnings are usually in small typeface placed along one of the sides of the cigarette packs with colors and fonts that closely resemble the rest of the package, so the warnings essentially are integrated and do not stand out with the rest of the cigarette package.
However, this is subject to change as the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act of 2009 requires color graphics with supplemental text that depicts the negative consequences of smoking to cover 50% of the front and rear of each pack. The nine new graphic warning labels were announced by the FDA in June 2011 and were required to appear on packaging by September 2012, though this was delayed by legal challenges.
In August 2011, five tobacco companies filed a lawsuit against the FDA in an effort to reverse the new warning mandate. Tobacco companies claimed that being required to promote government anti-smoking campaigns by placing the new warnings on packaging violates the companies' free speech rights. Additionally, R.J. Reynolds, Lorillard, Commonwealth Brands Inc., Liggett Group LLC and Santa Fe Natural Tobacco Company Inc. claimed that the graphic labels are an unconstitutional way of forcing tobacco companies to engage in anti-smoking advocacy on the government's behalf. A First Amendment lawyer, Floyd Abrams, represented the tobacco companies in the case, contending that requiring graphic warning labels on a lawful product cannot withstand constitutional scrutiny. The Association of National Advertisers and the American Advertising Federation also filed a brief in the suit, arguing that the labels infringe on commercial free speech and could lead to further government intrusion if left unchallenged.
On 29 February 2012, US District Judge Richard Leon ruled that the labels violate the right to free speech in the First Amendment. However, the following month the US Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit upheld the majority of the Tobacco Control Act of 2009, including the part requiring graphic warning labels. In April 2013 the Supreme Court declined to hear the appeal to this ruling, allowing the new labels to stand. As the original ruling against the FDA images was not actually reversed, the FDA will again need to go through the process of developing the new warning labels, and the timetable and final product remain unknown. Additionally, rulings of the 6th Circuit are precedential only in the states comprising the 6th Circuit, i.e., Michigan, Ohio, Kentucky, and Tennessee.
In March 2020, the FDA approved a set of 11 new graphic warning labels with images for cigarette packaging, with a deadline of compliance being set to June 18, 2021. The mandate would have required packaging to cover the top 50% of the front and rear panels of packages, as well as at least 20% of the top. Tobacco manufacturers R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., Philip Morris USA, ITG Brands LLC and Liggett Group LLC filed a joint motion requesting a preliminary injunction on implementing the labels and a ruling to prohibit enforcement in April 2020. They argued that the new packaging would have been a violation of the First Amendment. In December 2022, U.S. district judge J. Campbell Barker of the Eastern District of Texas ordered the new guidelines to be vacated, arguing the multiple interpretation of images cannot prove neutrality. The deadline was pushed to November 6, 2023. The decision was later appealed and overturned by a U.S. Appeals court who ruled unanimously that the warnings were "factual and uncontroversial" and thus was not in violation of the First Amendment. The decision was later appealed again to the U.S. Supreme Court. However, the Court declined to hear the case, thus making the new packaging legal. In September 2024, the FDA announced that enforcement of the new packaging would begin on December 12, 2025.

Cigars

SURGEON GENERAL WARNING: Cigar Smoking Can Cause Cancers of the Mouth And Throat, Even If You Do Not Inhale.
SURGEON GENERAL WARNING: Cigars Are Not A Safe Alternative To Cigarettes.
SURGEON GENERAL WARNING: Tobacco Smoke Increases The Risk of Lung Cancer And Heart Disease, Even in Nonsmokers.
SURGEON GENERAL WARNING: Cigar Smoking Can Cause Lung Cancer And Heart Disease.
SURGEON GENERAL WARNING: Tobacco Use Increases The Risk of Infertility, Stillbirth, And Low Birth Weight.
SURGEON GENERAL WARNING: This Product Contains/Produces Chemicals Known to the State of California To Cause Cancer, And Birth Defects Or Other Reproductive Harm.

Stronger warning labels started to appear in May 2010, but are yet to be officially implemented.

Smokeless tobacco

Effective June 2010, the following labels began to appear on smokeless tobacco products and their advertisements.

WARNING: This product can cause mouth cancer.
WARNING: This product can cause gum disease and tooth loss.
WARNING: This product is not a safe alternative to cigarettes.
WARNING: Smokeless tobacco is addictive.

These warnings are required to comprise 30% of two principal display panels on the packaging; on advertisements, the health warnings must constitute 20% of the total area.

Venezuela

In 1978, Venezuela began printing a warning in small type along one of the sides of cigarette packs: "Advertencia: 'Se ha determinado que el fumar cigarrillos es nocivo para la salud' – Ley de Impuesto sobre Cigarrillos".
On 24 March 2005, as part of the "Venezuela 100% libre de humo" campaign initiated by Hugo Chávez, another warning similar to that of Brazil was introduced: "Este producto contiene alquitrán, nicotina y monóxido de carbono, los cuales son cancerígenos y tóxicos. No existen niveles seguros para el consumo de estas sustancias". The 1978 warning was not removed, so cigarette packs contains both warnings, one on each side, since then. In addition, one of the following warnings with images is randomly printed, occupying 100% of the back of the pack :

Este producto es dañino para la salud y produce adicción
Fumar causa mal aliento, pérdida de muelas y cáncer de boca
Fumar causa cáncer de pulmón, tos, enfisema pulmonar y bronquitis crónica. The picture accompanying this warning is a comparison between a smoker's lung on the left and a healthy lung on the right.
Fumar causa infarto al corazón. Q.E.P.D. al portador, muerto por fumador
Fumar durante el embarazo daña la salud de tu bebé
Los niños y niñas comienzan a fumar al ver adultos fumando
Fumar cigarrillos causa cáncer de laringe
Fumar causa impotencia en los hombres
El humo del cigarrillo afecta también a quien no fuma
Da hoy el primer paso, dejar de fumar es posible

Curiously, these warnings only appear on cigarette packs and not on other tobacco products, which use the 1978 warning.

Vietnam

The following warnings have appeared on Vietnamese cigarette packages since 2013, along with graphic, disturbing images of tobacco-related harms:

Hút thuốc dẫn đến cái chết từ từ và đau đớn
Khói thuốc lá rất có hại cho thai nhi và trẻ nhỏ
Hút thuốc gây bệnh tim mạch
Hút thuốc gây ung thư họng và thanh quản
Hút thuốc gây hôi miệng và hỏng răng
Hút thuốc gây ung thư phổi