In 1966, the first warning label appeared on the side of cigarette packs in the United States. Stating “Caution: Cigarette Smoking May Be Hazardous to Your Health,” it was also the first such warning ...

The tobacco industry lost their fight against graphic and provocative warning labels on cigarette packaging following a decision by the U.S. Supreme Court. The court ruling allows U.S. government ...

Regulatory hurdles, industry objections, and legal fights have gone on for decades over traditional tobacco. What’s in store for the next generation of smoking? By Clare Watson / Knowable Magazine ...

Last week, U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy said that alcoholic drinks should carry a warning about cancer risks on their label. Alcohol consumption increases the risk of at least seven types of ...

The Supreme Court declined to hear a case about warning labels on cigarettes. Warning labels include pictures of smoke-damaged lungs and feet blackened by low blood flow. FDA officials argue that the ...

Cigarette packages currently come with a tidy black-bordered warning label, reminding users that smoking causes lung cancer, birth defects and heart disease. Dutiful, yes, and easily disregarded. On ...

A new study is the first to provide real-world evidence of the effectiveness of smoking warning labels that include graphic photos of the damage caused by regular tobacco use. Researchers found that ...

Tobacco Control, Vol. 24, No. e1, The Pack and the Retail Environment (March 2015), pp. e72-e80 (9 pages) BackgroundPictorial health warnings are more effective than text warnings in enhancing ...

Objectives To investigate the links between health warning labels (WLs) on cigarette packets and relapse among recently quit smokers. Design Prospective longitudinal cohort survey. Setting Australia, ...

Tobacco warnings on cigarette packages are already hard to miss, but soon they’ll be impossible to ignore. Among the nine new cigarette warning labels chosen by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration ...