Cigarette LabelingFeb 4th, 2012 | By Special Contributor |
Category: Essays Hannah Geiger and Benjamin Frey, Elizabethtown
College It is well known that smoking cigarettes can cause
multiple health problems.Governments around the worldare aware
of this, and many are concerned about the well-being of their
citizens, as well as the coinciding healthcare costs caused by
smoking-related medical problems. For this reason, many
governments are working to dissuade people from picking up the
harmful habit. Recently, governments have passed laws
determining what kind of medical warnings should be on the
packaging of cigarettes.For example, cigarette manufacturers in
Australia are already required to include graphic warning labels
that cover half of the back of cigarette boxes.The Australian
Senate has recently passed a law banning all brand-labeling of
cigarette packaging, and requiring all companies to package
their cigarettes in identical brown boxes containing no company
logos. The Australian government is also pla