ANTI-SMOKING CAMPAIGN
Jump to full article: Bangkok Post (th), 2009-10-03
Intro: Health authorities will ramp up their campaign against smoking by introducing new warning pictures on cigarette packs to warn of the dangers of the deadly habit.
The Public Health Ministry's announcement to introduce another 10 visual health warnings has been published in the Royal Gazette and will become effective on March 29, said Deputy Public Health Minister Manit Nopamornbodee.
The warnings include completely new pictures and health announcements, and revisions of existing ones.
Among them are photos of gangrenous feet with the message "smoking causes rotten feet", and a tumour on a smoker's face with a message "smoking causes 10 cancers".
The campaign aims to raise awareness among smokers of the habit's effect on specific organs and parts of the body.
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