"Using graphic images to get the same message across - that smoking kills, that people who smoke will die younger, that smoking actually makes your skin age - these are important messages, and if you can introduce graphics into it as well it has a more dramatic effect." The chief medical officer for England, Sir Liam Donaldson, added: "This will help promote better awareness of the damage that smoking does to lives and families, an essential step towards reducing the number of people who start smoking." Cigarette packs that only feature written warnings will not be allowed on sale in the UK after September 30 next year
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Smokers who used to just exit the nicotine market are now grabbing an e-cigarette on their way out and using it for longer, says David Hammond, a professor at the University of Waterloos School of Public Health Sciences who studies interventions to reduce chronic disease, including tobacco control
Those numbers continue to increase
Every year 4.5 trillion butts are littered globally and they take 10 years to degrade