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Brazil adopts stronger pictures on cigarette packets in antismoking campaign 

BMJ 2008;336:1333 (14 June), doi:10.1136/bmj.39608.374340.DB
Jump to full article: British Medical Journal, 2008-06-13
Author: Klaus Morales

Intro:

Ten shocking images have been released by the Brazilian health ministry as part of its latest antismoking campaign. Cigarette packets with pictures and health warnings to deter people from lighting up have been in circulation since 2001.

The country was second only to Canada in adopting images as part of a strategy to lower the prevalence of tobacco use. . . .

See www.inca.gov.br/inca/Arquivos/Tabagismo/livroadvertenciascompleto.pdf for the images (text in Portuguese).

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