Pictures of rotting lungs, miscarried foetuses and bleeding brains should be put on all tobacco packages as they are effective in preventing tobacco use, the World Health Organisation said Friday.
“Today, WHO urged governments to require that all tobacco packages include pictorial warnings to show the sickness and suffering caused by tobacco use,” said the UN health agency in a statement.
It asked for the pictorial warnings to be plastered on “all main faces of the pack so that the warnings will be visible no matter which side of the pack is displayed at retail.” And it asked countries not to shy away from using shocking images.
“More graphic images are considered to have a greater impact and to be more likely to lead to behavioural change,” it said. (Sapa-AFP, May 2009)
Should this not also be used to alert road users to the dangers of drunk driving, distracted driving etc…?
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