POLL SAYS MAJORITY OF EU CITIZENS SUPPORT SMOKE-FREE ADVERTISEMENT ON TOBACCO PACKAGING
May 1st, 2009
BY KEITH NUTHALL
ACCORDING to a report released by European Commission opinion polling organisation Eurobarometer, 55% of European Union (EU) citizens agree that adding a colour picture to text-only health warnings on tobacco products packaging would strengthen anti-smoking messages. Support for such images is underlined by EU citizens fearing the weakness of current health warnings, sometimes restricted to words. Indeed, only 30% of EU citizens polled "think that health warnings on tobacco packs are effective in informing them about the health effects of ...
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