Smoking Kills: Tell Your Senator to Add Graphic Warning Labels on Tobacco Products

May 31st is World No Tobacco Day – a day that highlights the death and disease caused by tobacco use worldwide. This year World No Tobacco Day focused on health warnings found on tobacco products and the need for packages to include graphic warnings. Warning labels featuring graphic images have been shown to encourage smokers to quit and reduce the appeal of tobacco products among kids – both of which are critical to reducing the deadly burden caused by tobacco use in the United States.

The pending legislation – the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act – would require graphic warning labels be displayed on the top 50 percent of the front and back of all cigarette packs. Each year, tobacco use kills more than 392,000 Americans, or about 1100 a day. And each day, 1100 kids – the so-called “replacement generation” become regular daily smokers. Our nation cannot afford to wait any longer for this legislation to become law.

Please let your Senators know how important it is that they pass the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act in June so that these warning labels – as well as the other many things this legislation would do.

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