Published 9 pictures illustrating the harmful effects of tobacco

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has published 9 images to illustrate the harmful effects of tobacco to prevent children smoking and encourage adults to quit smoking.

These 9 illustrations were selected from 36 other images after reviewing the relevant scientific literature, analyzing the results of 18,000 participants in the study and acquiring more than 1,700 comments from the groups. Different objects.

These warning illustrations are the most significant change on cigarette packaging in the last 25 years and will have an impact on every aspect from packaging to advertising. The requirement that all bags and advertisements for cigarettes be printed with a warning about health harm will soon be put into use before September 2012.

Minister of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius said: " These warning patterns are a straightforward, honest and powerful description of the harmful effects of tobacco on human health. Encourage smokers to quit smoking and prevent smoking among children . "

In the United States, tobacco use is the leading cause of unsustainable and preventable deaths . The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says 443,000 people die each year from tobacco-related diseases, the cost of health care and to offset the decline in labor productivity caused by tobacco. It also costs US $ 200 billion annually.

In addition, according to a study published June 22 in the Journal of the American Medical Association of Harvard University School of Public Health (HSPH) and the University of California, people with money cancer Polio and tobacco use are at risk of recurrence and death because this disease is 61% higher than non-smokers.

In the United States, prostate cancer is the most common form of cancer and the second largest cause of death among men. This will be another reason to encourage people not to use tobacco.

The regulation on tobacco warning stickers was proposed in November 2010 as required by the Tobacco Control Act and to prevent smoking in the family. The bill was widely supported by both Democrats and Republicans and signed by President Barack Obama and became law on June 22, 2009.