Russia to Scare Smokers With Gruesome Images

Russia will have grim images depicting the impact of smoking on health appear on all cigarette packs starting May 2013.

The health and social development ministry published on its website a list of 13 pictures that are to adorn cigarette packs, RIA Novosti reported.

Health Hazards of Smoking Cigarettes
Smoking causes many diseases and affects the overall health of smokers.

The images range from sick infants to blackened lungs while accompanying warnings including "Self-Destruction", "Periodontitis" and "Erectile Dysfunction".

Cigarette and tobacco packs in Russia currently only bear written warnings to smokers.

Russia is the world leader in smoking, with more than 39 percent of the adult population - or 43.9 million people - addicted to tobacco, according to WHO's Global Adult Tobacco Survey held in 2007.

Why smoking can kill you
Every cigarette you smoke is causing irreversible damage to your body; slowly killing you from the inside. It also endangers those around you, your family and children.

Acting Health and Social Development Minister Tatiana Golikova said smoking kills about 400,000 Russians a year.

Source-IANS

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