they put warnings on cigarette packs in 1971.
when did they put warnings on cigarette packs?
1971
the tobacco regulation act only requires text health warnings, despite the who framework convention on tobacco control treaty which was adopted in may 2003 and of which the philippines is a signatory. in 2010, the department of health issued an administrative order requiring the inclusion of graphic warning labels on packs and prohibiting the use of misleading descriptors such as "mild" and "light" on tobacco product packaging and labels pursuant to article 11 of the who fctc. in response, the tobacco companies filed five cases against the department of health questioning its authority. in june 2014, a legislative committee composed of senators and congressmen passed a bill, called "the graphic health warnings law", compelling cigarette manufacturers to print pictures and illustrations that warn about the dangers of smoking on cigarette packs. the images would occupy the lower half of the front and rear panels of a cigarette pack and could include pictures of cancerous lungs and throats.
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some countries also impose legal requirements on the packaging of tobacco products. for example, in the countries of the european union, turkey, australia and south africa, cigarette packs must be prominently labeled with the health risks associated with smoking. canada, australia, thailand, iceland and brazil have also imposed labels upon cigarette packs warning smokers of the effects, and they include graphic images of the potential health effects of smoking. cards are also inserted into cigarette packs in canada. there are sixteen of them, and only one comes in a pack. they explain different methods of quitting smoking. also, in the united kingdom, there have been a number of graphic nhs advertisements, one showing a cigarette filled with fatty deposits, as if the cigarette is symbolizing the artery of a smoker.
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