Cigarette Box Graphic Ad Warnings (View All Pictures and Images) New From FDA and Coming September 2012

The FDA has announced the first change to cigarette warnings on cigarette boxes in 25 years.  Starting in September 2012, a series of graphic pictures and images will be displayed on all cigarette boxes in the United States, as an additional reminder to help get smokers to quit smoking for good.

As per the FDA website:

Placement of New Warnings on Cigarette Packages and Advertisements

Starting in September 2012, the new cigarette health warnings will appear

• on the top 50 percent of both the front and rear panels of each cigarette package.
• in the upper portion of each cigarette advertisement, occupying at least 20 percent of the area of the advertisement.

Here's one example of the new graphic cigarette box images to appear in the near future

FDA copyright statement:  Unless otherwise noted, the contents of the FDA Web site (www.fda.gov)--both text and graphics--are not copyrighted. They are in the public domain and may be republished, reprinted and otherwise used freely by anyone without the need to obtain permission from FDA. Credit to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration as the source is appreciated but not required. 

If you want to view all the new warnings, the FDA has  all examples of all nine new cigarette box graphic warning ads.  They even come in Spanish.

Here's what the convenience store counter will look like in just over a year. (cool interactive photo)

For additional smoking resources, visit:

• Quite smoking for good (or you'll get cross eyed)
• Quit smoking right now (the most rapid nicotine detox program ever)
• CPT 99406 and 99407 (How to bill for smoking cessation consults)
• Smoking vaccine?  Really?
• Hospital smoking bans.  Common sense people.
• Hairdresser smoking?  What should I do?
• New York's public smoking ban in outdoors.  Three cheers!
• Free Chantix?  I wouldn't touch the stuff anymore.
• My smoking lecture.
• Tobacco farming insight.  Shocking?  Or not.
• How many people die every year from smoking?  Too many.
• Smoking with oxygen is not safe except under only one circumstance.
• Chain smoking 2 year old.  How sad.
• Chantix lawsuits here we come.
• Average cost of a pack of cigarettes.  Nice.
• Smokers linked to lower IQ. 
• Four pack per day smoker.
• Ever heard for fourth hand smoke?
• Smoking causes pet cancer.  Shame on you.