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• Spain To Place Gruesome Images On Cigarette Packets -Minister 

Jump to full article: Agence France Presse (AFP) (fr), 2009-04-21

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Spain said Tuesday it plans to force tobacco companies to put gruesome images on cigarette packets to warn smokers of the health risks, a measure already introduced in some European countries.

The images will have "strong visual impact," but it isn't known what they exactly they will be or when the measure will come into force, Health Minister Trinidad Jimenez said on Spanish National Radio.

Tobacco companies are already obliged to put the message "Smoking Kills" in black and white on cigarette packets sold in Spain

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