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Pictures: Cigarette Labels

Warning: Some of the photos in this gallery are graphic.

Updated: February 24, 2011 | 7:08 p.m.
February 24, 2011 | 3:31 p.m.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration purposes new warning labels for packages of cigarettes.

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The Food and Drug Administration has proposed new warning labels for cigarette packages. Behold the effects.


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"Smoking can kill you" read the warning labels proposed by the FDA.


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Reminders of death abound in the FDA's proposed labels.


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New cigarette warning labels will include wording and photos, such as this one, that drive home the health risks of smoking.


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Documents that were unsealed in federal court call for new labeling. Tobacco companies will have an opportunity to propose their own labels, though.


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U.S. District Judge Gladys Kessler for the District of Columbia ordered the new report that contains proposed cigarette packaging labels unsealed on Wednesday.


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Some of the proposed statements for labels include a statement from tobacco executives:

“We told Congress under oath that we believed nicotine is not addictive. We told you that smoking is not an addiction and all it takes to quit is willpower. Here’s the truth:

Smoking is very addictive. And it’s not easy to quit."

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