Erschienen in:
22.11.2018 | Letter to the Editor
EU anti-smoking graphic warnings on cigarette packets: semiotics and the issue of gender under-representation
verfasst von:
Diane O Doherty, Frank Houghton, Derek McInerney, Bruce Duncan, Daisy Houghton
Erschienen in:
Irish Journal of Medical Science (1971 -)
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Ausgabe 3/2019
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Excerpt
Smoking remains the leading cause of preventable mortality globally and is responsible for significant morbidity [
1]. The mandatory introduction of combined anti-smoking graphic and text warnings on tobacco products within the European Union (EU) therefore has been welcomed as an important element of the necessary war on tobacco [
2]. Emerging evidence suggests that such warnings are an effective tool, particularly when combined with plain packaging [
3,
4]. …