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The Veil law is named after Simone Veil, the French health minister, who took the initiative to fight against tobacco smoking in France in 1976. [8] Veil banned advertising for tobacco or tobacco products and required tobacco companies to print severe warnings on their cigarette packages, such as " Abus Dangereux – [Overuse is Hazardous]."
The first set of warnings was introduced in 1989 under the Tobacco Products Control Act, and required warnings to be printed on all tobacco products sold legally in Canada. The set consisted of four messages printed in black-and-white on the front and back of the package, and was expanded in 1994 to include eight messages covering 25% of the ...
The loi Évin ([lwa e.vɛ̃]; formally: "loi n o 91-32 du 10 janvier 1991 relative à la lutte contre le tabagisme et l'alcoolisme", Law 91-32 of 10 January 1991 relative to the struggle against tobacco consumption and alcoholism) is the French alcohol and tobacco policy law passed in 1991.
Cigarette packs often contain warning messages depending on which country they are sold in. [2] In the European Union, most tobacco warnings are standardised. [1] A patent has been granted for a cigarette package containing a container for disposal of cigarette butts. [3] [4]
Gauloises (pronounced, "Gaulish" [feminine plural] in French; cigarette is a feminine noun in French) is a brand of cigarette of French origin. It is produced by the company Imperial Tobacco following its acquisition of Altadis in January 2008 in most countries, but produced and sold by Reemtsma in Germany.
The justices turned away an appeal by RJ Reynolds and other tobacco companies of a lower court's ruling that found that a set of health warnings required by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration ...
Tobacco companies countered that the warnings went far beyond text warnings that had been allowed since 1984, including that smoking causes lung cancer and quitting reduces health risks.
By Emma Rumney. WASHINGTON/LONDON (Reuters) -Alcoholic drinks should carry a warning about cancer risks on their label, the U.S. Surgeon General said on Friday in a move that could signal a shift ...