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AS Micro: US ramps up cigarette warnings

Geoff Riley

22nd June 2011

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This Washington Post article reports on a decision by the FDA in the United States to significantly ramp up the mandatory health warnings on cigarette packets. Starting next year, cigarette cartons, packs and advertising will feature graphic warnings, replacing the discreet admonitions that cigarette manufacturers have been required to offer since 1966. This follows a similar move by the Australian government a few months back. When will the UK government finally get the message?

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Geoff Riley

Geoff Riley FRSA has been teaching Economics for nearly forty years. He has over twenty years experience as Head of Economics at leading schools. He writes extensively and is a contributor and presenter on CPD and Revision conferences in the UK and overseas.

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