Last updated: August 20, 2024

Warnings/Messages Content

Does the content of the warnings/messages address:
Health impacts
Yes
Advice on cessation (e.g., the benefits of cessation or steps to take to stop smoking)
Yes
Addictive nature of tobacco
Yes
Adverse economic and social outcomes
No
Impact of tobacco use on friends and family
Yes
Quitline phone number and/or website
Yes
Description of current required warnings/messages:

Graphic health warnings required to cover 100% of the back of all tobacco product packages:

1. You age. This product causes premature aging.
2. You suffer. This product causes miscarriages and premature births.
3. You die. This product causes emphysema, lung cancer and death.
4. You become ill. This product causes thrombosis and gangrene.
5. You become ill. This product causes blindness.
6. You lose your erection. This product causes sexual impotence.
7. You suffer. This product causes cancer of the mouth, tongue and esophagus.
8. In consuming this product, you harm the health of even those who don't smoke.
9. You have a heart attack. This product causes heart attacks and other heart diseases.

Text-only health warning required to cover lower 30% of the front of all tobacco product packages:

THIS PRODUCT CAUSES CANCER
STOP SMOKING
DIAL HEALTH
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Ombudsman's Office of the SUS (Health Service)
www.saude.gov.br