FDA wishes cigarette labeling to frighten smokers into stopping

Cigarette caution labels are printed on packs of smokes for 25 years — and smokers generally ignore them. The FDA is proposing new, larger smoking warning labeling that use graphic surprise tactics to discourage individuals from smoking cigarettes. A more forceful approach to cigarette warnings is an example of greater power recent legislation has granted the Food and Drug Administration to classify tobacco as a drug and regulate it as such.
New cigarette labels are quite shocking
At fda.gov you are able to see what the FDA posted for public remark that are the new cigarette warning labels that show the consequences of smoking graphically. Half the surface area of the pack would be covered by the FDA's proposed cigarette warning labels. Some of the labels use pictures illustrating the effects of smoking which include a man smoking from a tracheotomy tube in his throat, a woman smoking with a baby in her lap, a body lying in a morgue and a man wearing a t-shirt with the words “I quit.”. Images of blackened teeth along with cancerous mouths and organs already are required as labels on cigarettes in more than 30 countries.
FDA cigarette warnings want public opinion
36 proposed cigarette warning labels will be accessible for public comment until January 9 by the Food and Drug Administration. By June 22, nine cigarette warning labels can be picked. After October 22, 2012, all cigarette packs can have to have the new warning labels to them. The newest warnings are supported by Philip Morris USA which is the nation's largest cigarette manufacturer. The New York Times spoke with director of the Nicotine Dependence Center at the Mayo Clinic, Dr. Richard Hurt, who said that a change in packaging might be done by cigarette makers in order to make the message less hurtful to the product.
Tobacco use statistics
In the U.S., the federal government explains 443,000 deaths occur every year form tobacco. This is after $96 billion is spent on paying for the tobacco. Too numerous teenagers and adults smoke. 46 million adults and 3.5 million teenagers smoke reportedly. Kids and teenagers discover cigarettes and start becoming regular smokers too early. Every day, 1,000 become regular when 4,000 try it.
Citations
New York Times
nytimes.com/2010/11/11/health/policy/11tobacco.html
Washington Post
washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/11/10/AR2010111003255.html
CNN
cnn.com/2010/HEALTH/11/10/cigarette.warnings/index.html?npt=NP1
FDA
fda.gov/TobaccoProducts/Labeling/CigaretteProductWarningLabels/default.htm