The tobacco industry is up in arms over proposed tough EU guidelines for the sale of cigarettes to protect consumers. Among the plans are explicit pictures showing the dangers of smoking.
"Imagine that a jumbo jet with 300 passengers crashed every day. People just wouldn't fly anymore," said Martina Pötschke-Langer of the German Cancer Research Center. Some 110,000 die of smoking-related diseases very year, according to the center.
But that doesn't deter many smokers. "The addiction is just too great," Pötschke-Langer added.
See full Article: http://www.dw.de/eu-wants-shocking-pictures-on-cigarette-packets/a-16458449
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