from Statista.com
— this post authored by Martin Armstrong
Since Canada became the first country to make the display of graphic anti-smoking images on tobacco product packaging mandatory in 2000, a further 77 have agreed to employ the deterrent.
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Driven by the World Health Organization’s ‘Framework Convention on Tobacco Control’, the approach is based on the premise of “a picture says a thousand words“.
Due to the now extensive use of these images, almost half of the global population (3.5 million) is exposed to the shock tactic. When all WHO-recommended anti-tobacco measures are taken into account, this rises to two thirds of the world’s people. Other techniques include advertising bans, heavy taxation and smoke-free environments.
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