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• Cigarette packets to carry shock imagery  

Jump to full article: The National Newspaper (ae), 2008-07-17
Author: Mitya Underwood

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Cigarette packets on sale in the UAE will carry photographs of damaged organs and dying cancer patients from early next year.

Tobacco manufacturers will have to print a photograph on the side of every packet of cigarettes to gain entry to the GCC market, it was decided this week. Such photographs are already in use in countries such as Canada and Australia and are believed to have a stronger impact than written warnings.

The decision comes as the Government begins to concentrate on tightening tobacco laws. Residents of the UAE spend about Dh400 million (US$109m) a year on tobacco, while smoking-related products accounted for an additional Dh4 billion between 2004 and 2006.

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