No More 'Light'
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Turning off the deadly 'light' on cigarette packs
No-go too for 'mild', 'low-tar' as they give false sense of safety
Published on Feb 24, 2012
'Light' cigarettes will soon be a thing of the past here due to new rules that ban misleading descriptions on packets.
Tobacco firms will also be barred from using other words such as 'mild', which can lead smokers to believe the brand is healthy.
In fact, there is no evidence that 'light' cigarettes are any less dangerous than regular ones, said Health Promotion Board (HPB) chief executive Ang Hak Seng.
BACKGROUND STORY
LIGHT OR NOT, IT KILLS
'The reality is that smoking kills, regardless of what type of cigarette it is.'
Health Promotion Board chief executive Ang Hak Seng
The ban, which kicks in from March next year, will affect about a quarter of the brands sold in Singapore.
These are the new warning labels that will appear on cigarette packs beginning next year. Graphic images showing the consequences of smoking were first introduced in 2004. -- PHOTO: HEALTH PROMOTION BOARD -
too much pork also kills.
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no more MML! MFM ftw!!
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Mmmm... got light.
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So good.......I admire the latest measures........this is the correct action...
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If I make a universal cigarette box casing [Like iPhone case] that can fit most standard cigarette box, thus covering these grotesque images and comes in cheery and happy designs, I might become rich.
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marlboro menthol lights changed to white menthol quite some time ago