Last updated: September 21, 2022

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)
No
Addictive nature of tobacco
Yes
Adverse economic and social outcomes
Yes
Impact of tobacco use on friends and family
Yes
Quitline phone number and/or website
Yes
Description of current required warnings/messages:

Each tobacco product package must contain the following:
(1) Main warning: “Warning: Tobacco destroys health and leads to death.”
(2) Secondary warning, beneath main warning: “The damaging effects of smoking strike both the smoker and the non-smoker.”
(3) Pictorial warning and relevant text, which rotates.

Beginning in 2012, the warnings were required to include a quitline number.