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Canada’s Graphic Cigarette Warnings | Edmonton News
Canada’s launching jaw-dropping new cigarette warnings starting August 1st—graphic images like bloody urine and diseased organs designed to shock smokers into action. Thirteen rotating visuals every 2-3 years, plus toxic warnings printed directly on cigarettes, aim to slash smoking to under 5% by 2035. After over a million tobacco-related deaths since 2000, experts say visuals outperform text by making health consequences impossible to ignore. Canada pioneered pictorial warnings in 2001 and keeps updating them to stay fresh. While some urge tougher moves like the UK’s planned ban on sales to…
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