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• Thailnd Uses Gruesome Images To Show Effects Of Smoking 

Thailand on Friday began requiring all cigarette packs sold locally to include gory images - including rotted teeth, skulls floating amid cigarette smoke and a lung patient on a respirator - meant to highlight the dangerous effects of smoking.

The Health Ministry announced that a long-planned order that is part of its antismoking efforts was finally being enforced, requiring imported and domestically produced cigarettes to carry one of the six graphic images, along with a warning on the dangers of smoking.

In one case, the message "Smoking causes emphysema" is written over a photo of a patient lying in a hospital bed and breathing through a tube attached to his throat. "Smoking causes death" is written on a picture of a smoker with skulls in the background.

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