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Countries ranked for cigarette warnings

By Korea Herald

Published : Nov. 15, 2012 - 13:58

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Plain packaging for cigarettes, as in this computer-generated image, currently being advocated by the Federal Government is both good policy and good politics. (AP) Plain packaging for cigarettes, as in this computer-generated image, currently being advocated by the Federal Government is both good policy and good politics. (AP)

An international report released by the Canadian Cancer Society ranked Australia for best cigarette package health warnings, officials say.

The report ranked 198 countries and jurisdictions on the size of their health warnings on cigarette packages. Australia led all the countries with more than 82 percent of their cigarette packages covered with health warnings, followed by: 80 percent in Uruguay, 80 percent in Sri Lanka, 75 percent in Canada and 75 percent in Brunei.

The report was released at the fifth session of the Conference of the Parties to the World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control in Seoul this week.

“Canada‘s improvement in the international rankings is very positive, and we recognize the Minister of Health, the Hon. Leona Aglukkaq, for bringing forward highly effective new warnings in Canada,” Rob Cunningham, senior policy analyst at the Canadian Cancer Society, said in a statement.

“Package warnings are a highly cost-effective means to increase awareness of the health effects and to reduce the use of tobacco. A picture says a thousand words. Pictures can convey a message with far more impact than a text-only message.” (UPI)



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이번에 발표된 순위 보고서는 전 세계 198개국을 대상으로 담배갑 표지에 쓰인 건강 경고문의 크기로 순위를 매겼다. 

호주는 담배갑 포장 전체의 82퍼센트가 건강 경고문으로 되어 있어 1위를 차지했다. 2위는 80퍼센트의 우루과이와 스리랑카, 이후 캐나다와 브루나이 등이 뒤를 이었다.

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