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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8813

23 October 2004
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/health
David Byrne announces fight against smoking to be stepped up with shock pictures to feature on cigarette packets and 72 million EUR for media campaign 2005-2009

Brussels, 22/10/2004 (Agence Europe) - The EU is stepping up its fight against smoking. Following written warnings on cigarette packets, which were introduced in 2003, the same packets will soon feature pictures illustrating the potential effects of smoking, to encourage smokers to kick the habit and especially to discourage young people from falling prey to tobacco addiction. These colour pictures were presented to the press on Friday. But this new initiative, which should be unveiled in...

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