Jump to full article: Nhan Dan (vn), 2009-05-30
Intro: In Vietnam, tobacco use is responsible for 5 deaths every hour. That is 40,000 deaths each year, four times the number of people that die on the country’s roads each year, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).
The organisation on May 29 called on governments to use graphic pictures on tobacco products to show the frightening physical results of smoking.
The tobacco industry invest a large sum of money on designing attractive packages that makes a deadly product look safe and appealing. They also spend millions of dollars on advertising and promotional campaigns to divert attention from the deadly effects of its products and to lure new users and keep them from quitting.
To counter that effect, packets should show shocking photos of lung tumours, blood clots in the brain and decaying gums.
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