Found Wikipedia Item: Tobacco Warnings

The Supreme Court ruled today that makers of light cigarettes can be sued for fraud, based on the law that governs the labeling of cigarettes. The labels – listed by country in this Wikipedia article – are already quite strongly worded, though they don’t explain that light doesn’t mean healthier. The most foreboding label comes from Western Europe: “Smoking can lead to a slow and painful death.”


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