FDA proposes 13 new warnings to appear on all cigarette packets, including images of cancerous neck tumors, diseased lungs and feet with amputated toes.
The Food and Drug Administration on Thursday proposed 13 new warnings that would appear on all cigarettes, including images of cancerous neck tumors, diseased lungs and feet with amputated toes.
The FDA's previous attempt was defeated in court in 2012 on free speech grounds. A panel of judges later upheld the decision, siding with tobacco companies that the agency couldn't force cigarettes to carry grisly images, including cadavers, diseased lungs and cancerous mouth sores. The nation's largest tobacco company, Altria, said it will"carefully review the proposed rule." The company, which makes Marlboro, was not part of the industry lawsuit.
"This is a deadly product," said Fong, who studies anti-tobacco policies at Canada's University of Waterloo."We have more prominent warnings on many other products that don't pose even a fraction of the risk that cigarettes do."Smoking causes more than 480,000 deaths each year in the U.S, even though smoking rates have been declining for decades. Approximately 14 percent of U.S. adults smoke, according to government figures.
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