Last updated: December 9, 2023

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
No
Description of current required warnings/messages:

Set A:

1. Front: Warning: quit smoking now
Back
: Warning: Take the step. Quit now

2. Front: Warning: Smoking causes ageing
Back
: Warning: Smoking causes ageing. Smoking causes premature ageing.

3. Front: Warning: Your smoke may kill your children
Back
: Warning: Your smoke may kill your children. Second-hand smoke causes asthma and other deadly diseases.

4. Front: Warning: Smoking causes mouth cancer
Back
: Warning: Smoking causes mouth cancer. It also causes bad breath, speech problems, and makes it difficult to eat and swallow.

5. Front: Warning: Smoking causes impotence
Back
: Warning: Smoking causes impotence. Smoking decreases the blood flow needed for an erection.

6. Front: Warning: Smoking causes blindness
Back
: Warning: Smoking causes blindness. Smoking causes irreversible damage to the eye.

7. Front: Warning: Smoking caused my lung cancer: quit now and reduce your risk
Back
: Warning: Quit now. “I wish I had quit before it sickened my lungs.” The Late John Maxwell, Jamaican Journalist

8. Front: Warning: Smoking causes stillbirths
Back
: Warning: Smoking during pregnancy also causes miscarriages, premature births, and birth defects. Smoking causes stillbirths.

Set B:

1. Front: Quit now save money 
Back
: Warning: Quit now. You work too hard to burn your money. Calculate what you will save after just 100 days of quitting. Multiply number of packs per day by cost per pack times 100.

2. Front and Back: Warning: Your smoke will poison others. Hydrogen Cyanide. Carbon Monoxide. Ammonia. Naphthalene. Arsenic. Nicotine. Poison.

3. Front: Warning: Your smoke may kill your children 
Back
: Warning: Your smoke may kill your children. Second-hand smoke causes asthma and other deadly diseases.

4. Front: Warning: Smoking causes mouth cancer 
Back
: Warning: Smoking causes mouth cancer. It also causes bad breath, speech problems, and makes it difficult to eat and swallow.

5. Front: Warning: Smoking causes gangrene 
Back
: Warning: Smoking causes gangrene … which can cause amputation of your limbs.

6. Front: Warning: Smoking causes neck cancer 
Back
: Warning: Smoking can cause your death from neck cancer. Smoking causes neck cancer and cancers of the lip, tongue, cheeks and throat.

7. Front: Warning: Smoking causes lung cancer 
Back
: Warning: Smoking can cause your death from lung cancer. 4 out of every 5 persons who smoke risk getting lung cancer.

8. Front: Warning: Smoking causes slow and painful death 
Back
: Warning: Smoking causes slow and painful death from cancer and other diseases.