HEALTH

PICTURES: The FDA’s New Cigarette Warning Labels

By Ethan Klapper

Updated: June 21, 2011 | 4:38 p.m.
June 21, 2011 | 9:30 a.m.

(Food and Drug Administration)

Are Obesity Warnings Next?

The Food and Drug Administration announced the first new cigarette warning labels in more than 25 years on June 21. The agency hopes the labels, which will start appearing on cigarette packs late next year, will lead to a decrease in the number of smokers. Here are the nine labels the FDA settled on, some of which are graphic.



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