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EU adopts specifications for health warnings on cigarette packages

Xinhua, October 9, 2015 Adjust font size:

The European Commission announced in a press release on Friday that it adopted an implementing act that lays out specifications for the new combined health warnings on packages of tobacco products for smoking.

These specifications were required under the Tobacco Products Directive (2014/40/EU), said the European Commission.

As stipulated in the Directive, the new health warnings will comprise a color photograph, a text warning on the harmful effects of smoking and smoking cessation information, which should collectively cover 65 percent of the front and back of packages.

"The implementing decision adopted today provides for technical specifications for the layout, design and shape of the combined health warnings taking into account different packet shapes," said the European Commission.

These new health warnings will appear on packages across the European Union (EU) from May 2016. Endit