Tobacco Control (Package Labels) Regulations 1992 (WA)

23 December 1992]

GOVERNMENT GAZErrE, WA

6261

TOBACCO CONTROL ACT 1990

TOBACCO CONTROL (PACKAGE LABELS) REGULATIONS 1992

Made by His Excellency the Governor in Executive Council.

Citation

These regulations may be cited as the Tobacco Control (Package Labels)

Regulations 1992.

Commencement

These regulations shall come into operation on 1 July 1993.

Interpretation

3.

(1)

In these regulations, unless the contrary intention appears —

"Executive Public Health" has the same definition as in
the Health Act 1911;
"prescribed warning" means a warning in Schedule 2;
"prescribed information" means the information in Schedule 3;

"required means the labelling required by regulation 4.

(2)	A reference in these regulations to the surface of a package is a

reference to the external surface of the package.

(3)	If a package is individually wrapped in any material and the

material is not wholly transparent so as to allow the required labelling on the
package to be readable, a reference in these regulations (other than

regulation 7) to a package is to be taken as including a reference to thematerial in which the package is individually wrapped.

Labelling of packages

4.

(1)

A package of a class referred to in Column A of Schedule 1 shall be

labelled —

(a) subject to regulation 6, with Part A of one of the prescribed
warnings which shall —
(i) be positioned in the manner; and
(ii) fill the area on the package,

described in Column B of Schedule 1 and be bordered by a black
line;

(b) with Part B of the same prescribed warning which shall —

(i) be positioned in the manner; and
(ii) fill the area on the package,
described in Column C of Schedule 1 and be bordered by a black
line; and

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(c) on and after 1 July 1994, with the prescribed information which
shall —

(i) be positioned in the manner; and
(ii) fill the area on the package,
described in Colunm D of Schedule 1 and be bordered by a black
line.

referred to the Executive Director, Public Health for a determination under (2) A class of package not referred to in Column A of Schedu'e 1 shall be
subregulation (3).

(3) The Executive Director, Public Health shall determine

(a) whether the whole or none or only specified portions of the
prescribed warnings and the prescribed mformation shall be the
required labelling for the class of package; and

(b) the position of the required labelling and the area to be occupiedby it on packages in the class; but shall not require the required
labelling to occupy more than 44% of the surface area of packages
in the class.

(4) A determination by the Executive Director, Public Health under
subregulation (3) shall be in writing.

subregulation (3) shall be labelled in accordance with the determination. (5) A package of a class the subject of a determination under
Type and appearance of required labelling

5. (1) The required labelling on a package shall be —

(a) in Helvetica type; and
(b) in black type on a white background.

consistent within each of the following: (2) The size of the type in the required labelling on a package shall be

(a) Part A of a prescribed warning.
(b) Part B of a prescribed warning.
(c) The prescribed information.

(3) Where in these regulations, or in a determination under regulation
4(3), a word or number in a prescribed warning or in the prescribed
information is in bold type or in upper case the word or number in the
required labelling on a package shall be in type or in upper case, as the
case requires.

(4) The area on a package reQuired to be occupied by required labelling

shall not contain any matter other than that required by these regulations.

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Prescribed warnings to be rotated

If the required labelling for a class of package includes the whole, a Part,

or any portion of one of the prescribed warnings the packer, or a person
causing other persons to pack tobacco products in class of package, shall
ensure that each prescribed warning or the required Part or portion of each
prescribed warning, as the case may 'be, is used on labels on packages in that
class with equal frequency during each period of 12 months commencing on 1

July 1993.

Penalty:

$1 000.

Required labelling not to be removable etc.

7.

(1)

No portion of the required labelling on a package shall be able to

be removed from the package.

(2)	No portion of the required labelling on a package shall be destroyed

or become unreadable when the package is opened in the normal way.

Prohibited words on or in packages

8.

(1)

In this regulation, "prohibited words" means words that —

(a) contradict or tend to contradict the content of any required
labelling on a package;
(b) comment on refer to, or explain the content of, or the

requirement any required labelling on a package; or

(c) directly or indirectly attribute the content of Part A of a
prescribed warning to any person.

(2)	A package shall not be labelled with or bear any prohibited words.
(3)	A package shall not be sold containing anything on which are any

prohibited words.

Penalty:

$1 000.

Review of regulations

The Executive Director, Public Heakh shall review these regulations and

report accordingly to the Minister within 5 years after the day on which they

come into operation.

Repeal and transitional

10.

(1)

The Tobacco (Warning Labels) Regulations 1987 are repealed.

(2)	It is a defence to a charge under the Tobacco (Warning Labels)

Regulations 1987 alleged to have been committed on or after 1 June 1993 and
before 1 July 1993 to prove that the labelling on a package would comply
with these regulations it they were then in operation.
These regulations do not apply to a package sold on or after 1 July 1993 and before 1 August 1993 if the labelling on the package would have

(3)

complied with the Tobacco (Warning Labels) Regulations 1987 if they were inoperation.

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SCREDULE 1

LABELLING UEQUIREMENTS FORPACKAGES [reg. 4]

Column A Column B Column C Column D
CLASS OF POSITION OF POSITION OF POSITION OF
PACKAGE PART A OF PART B OF PRESCRIBED
PRESCRIBED PRESCRIBED INFORMATION
WARNING WARNING AND AREA TO
AND AREA TO AND AREA TO BE OCCUPIED
BE OCCUPIED BE OCCUPIED BY IT
BYIT BYIT
1. Box or packet Position: Position: Position:
with flip-top, or On the front of On the back of On one of the
soft packet, or the box, packet the box, packet or kng sides of the
square or or tin, at the top tin, box, packet or
rectangular tin, and across the Area: tin.
containing full width of the The whole of the Area:
cigarettes. box, packet or back of the box, The whok of the
tin, packet or tin. kng side of the
Area: box packet or tin
25% of the exc'uding the
whok front of part that forms
the box, packet part of the lid (if
or tin, any).
2. Pouch or Position: Position: Nil.
wallet On the front of On the back of
containing kose the pouch or the pouch or
tobacco. wallet at the top wallet.
and across the Area:
full width of the 80% of the back
pouch or wallet, of the pouch or
Area: wallet.
25% of the
whok of the
front of the
pouch or waflet.
3. Box or tin Position: Position: Nil.

containing kose On the lid of the On the back of

tobacco or kose box or tin, the box or tin.
cigars. Area: Area:
25% of the 80% of the whole
whok of the lid of the back of the
of the box or tin, box or tin.
4. Package Position:

Nil. NiL
containing p'ug On the package.
tobacco or a Area:
sing'e cigar. 25% of the
surface area of
the package.

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SCHEDULE 2 [regs. 4, 6]

PRESCRIBED WARNINGS

PartA PartB

1.

HEALTH AUTHORITIES WARN
SMOKING CAN KILL YOU

LUNG CANCER LUNG CANCER. Tobacco smoke containsmany cancer-causin9 chemicals. When the
smoke is breathed in, these chemicals can
damage the lungs, and can cause cancer.
Lung cancer is the most common cancer
caused by smoking. cancer usually
grows and spreads before it is noticed. In most
cases, it kiUs rapidly.
Smoking has mmediate bad effects on the
lungs and heart, and after some years may
cause serious Ilnesses such as heart disease,
stroke, and emphysema, as welt as lung
cancer. If you smoke through your life, the
chance your smoking will kill you early is
higher than one in four. The younger you start,
the more you smoke and the longer you
smoke, the greater the danger.
Other people who breathe your smoke can
also be harmed. Your smoking can increase
their risk of chest illnesses, cancer, and heart
disease.

Smoking pregnancy can harm the unbom
child.
Smoking is addictive because of the drug
nicotine.
Strong cravings for nicotine can make it
difficult to quiL
Quitting at any age will help your health and
reduce risk of serious illness.
For more Information or help to quit:
Call the Quit Une on 003 054321.

2.

MEDICAL EXPERTS WARN
SMO KING CAN KILL YOU

HEART HEART DISEASE. Tobacco smoking is a
major cause of heart disease. It is a cause of
blockages in the body's arteries, which can
lead to chest pain and heart attack. Heart
attack is the commonest cause of death in
Australia. Smokers have double the chance of
a heart attack compared to people who don't
smoke.
Smoking has immediate bad effects on the
lungs and heart, and after some years may
cause serious illnesses such as lung cancer,

stroke, and emphysema, as well as heart
disease. f you smoke through your life, the
chance your smoking will kill you early is
higher than one in four. The younger you start,
the more you smoke and the longer you
smoke, the greater the danger.
Other people who breathe your smoke can
also be harmed. Your smoking can ncrease
their nsk of chest illnesses, cancer, and heart
disease.
Smoking In pregnancy can harm the unbom
child.
Smoking is addictive becauso of the drug
nicotine.
Strong cravings for nicotine can make it
difficult to quit
Quitting at any age will help your health and
reduce nsk of serious illness.
For more information or help to quft:
CaD the Quit Une on 008 054321.

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3.

A U HEALTH AUThORITIES WARN
SMOKING CAUSES DISEASE

EMPHYSEMA EMPHYSEMA. breathed into the lungs, the small airways andWhen tobacco smoke is
air sacs become damaged. This is
emphysema. It is hanier for your body to get

the oxygen it needs, and you feel breathless. Emphysema can kill you. Almost all smokers who have smoked for a long time have some
degree of emphysema.
Smoking has immediate bad effects on the
lungs and heart, and after some years may
cause seiious illnesses such as lung cancer,
heart disease, and stroke, as wetl as
emphysema. If you smoke through your life,
the chance your smoking will kill you eatly is
higher than one in four. The younger you start,
the more you smoke and the longer you
smoke, the greater the danger.
Other people who breathe your smoke can
also be harmed. Your smoking can increase
their risk of chest illnesses, cancer, and heart
disease.
Smoking in pregnancy can harm the unborn
child.
Smoking Is addictive because of the drugnicotine.
Strong cravings for nlcotthe can make it
difficult to quit.
Quitting at any age wilt help your health and
reduce iisk of seiious illness.

For more or help to quit:
Call the Quit Une on 008 054321.

4.

A PflA MEDICALEXPERTS WARN
SMOKING IS DANGEROUS

CAUSE OF STROKE STROKE. Tobacco smoking blockages in the blood-carrying arteries andis a cause of
weakens their walls. A stroke happens when
blood to the brain is blocked and part of the
brain dies. Some people die of stroke, and
many others ose the use of part of their body.
Smoking has immediate bad effects on the
lungs and heart, and after some years may
cause serious illnesses such as lung cancer,
heart disease, and emphysema, as well as
stroke. If you smoke through your life, the
chance your smoking will kill you eatly is
higher than one in four. The younger you start,

the more you smoke and the longer you

smoke, the the danger.
Other people who breathe your smoke can
also be harmed. Your srnoking can increase
their risk of chest iUnesses, cancer, and heart
disease.
Smoking in pregnancy can harm the unbom
child.
Smoking is addictive because of the drug
nicotine.
Strong cravings for nicotine can make it
difficult to quit.
Quitting at any age will help your health and
reduce nsk of serious illness.
For more information or help to quit:
Call the Quit Une on 008 054321.

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5.

MEDICAL EXPERTS WARN
SMOKING CAUSES DISEASE

VASCULAR PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE. Tobacco
smoking causes narrowing of the blood-

DISEASE arteries. When blood cannot flow
properly in the legs it is called peripheral vascular disease. In severe cases, a blockage
can develop in the legs. This is very pantul
and serious and a leg may have to be cut oft.

This occurs mostly smokers.
Smoking has immediate bad effects on the lungs and heart, and after some years may
cause setious illnesses such as lung cancer,
heart disease, stroke, and emphysema. f you
smoke through your life, the chanco your
smoking Wifi kill you early is higher than one in
four. The younger you start, the more you
smoke and the longer you smoke, the greater
the danger.
Other people who breathe your smoke can
also be harmed. Your smoking can increase
their risk of chest illnesses, cancer, and heart
disease.
Smoking in pregnancy can harm the unborn
thUd,
Smoking Is addictive because of the drug
nicotine.
Strong cravings for rilcotine can make it
difficult to quft.
Quitting at any age will help your heatth and
reduce iisk of serious illness.
For more information or h&p to quit:
Call the Quit Une on 008 054321.

6.

HEALTH AUTHORITIES WARN SMOKING HARMS YOUR BODY

YOUR RTNESS FITNESS. Tobacco smoking raises heart rateand blood pressure, and lowers the amount of
oxygen in the blood. Chemicals in the smoke
irntate the airways of lungs and make them
more narrow. These immediate effects make it
more difficult for your body to work at its best
level.
Smoking has immediate bad effects on the
lungs and heart, and after some years may
cause sotious illnesses such as lung cancer,
heart disease, stroke, and emphysema. If you
smoke your life, the chance your
smoking wili kill you early is higher than one in

four. The younger you start, the more you
smoke and the longer you smoke, the greater
the danger.
Othe people who breathe your smoke can
also be harmed. Your smoking can increase
their nsk of chest illnesses, cancor, and heart
disease.
Smoking in pregnancy can harm the unborn
child.

Smoking addktive because of the drug

nicotine. Stron9 for nicotine can make
it difficult to quit.
Quitting at any age will help your health and
reduce risk of serious illness.
For more information or he'p to quit:
Call the Quit Une on 008 054321.

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7.

IfU II HEALTh WARN

SMOKING

DEATH. Tobacco smoking causes more ifiness
and early death than the use of any drug in
Austmlia. It kills almost three times as many
people as kiHed by alcohol and all other drugs, combined. Six times more people die
from the effects of smoking each year than
from car
Smoking has immediate bad effects on the
lungs and heart, and after some years may
cause seiious illnesses such as lung cancer,
heart disease, stroke, and emphysema. If you
smoke your life, the chance your
smoking will kifi you eaiiy is higher than one in
four. The younger you start, the more you
smoke and the longer you smoke, the greater
the danger.
Other who breathe your smoke can
also be harmed. Your smoking can increase
their risk of chest illnesses, cancer, and heart
disease.
Smoking hi pregnancy can harm the unbom
child.
Smoking

nicotine. addictive because of the drug
Strong cravings for nicotine can make itdifficuft to quIt.
Quitting at any age will help your health and
reduce risk of serious illness.
For more information or help to quit:
CaU the QuR Une on 008 054321.
8.

MOST SMOKERS MEDICAL EXPERTS WARN

DEVELOP PERMANENT SMOKING HARMS YOUR BODY

LUNG DAMAGE. Tobacco smoke contains

LUNG DAMAGE many chemicals which initate and finallydestroy the air sacs and airways in the lungs.
Smokers are more likely to cough and feelshort of breath. Most smokers who have
smoked for a long time have permanent lung
damage.
Smoking has immediate bad effects on the
lungs and heart, and after some years may
cause setious illnesses such as lung cancer,
heart disease, stroke, and emphysema. If you
smoke thnugh your life, the chance your
smoking will kill you early is higher than one in
four. The younger you start the more you

smoke and the longer you smoke, the greaterthe danger.
Other people who breathe your smoke can
also be harmed. Your smoking can increase
their risk of chest illnesses, cancer, and heart
disease.
Smoking lii pregnancy can harm the unborn
child.

Smoking addictive because of the drug
nicotine.
Strong cravings for nicotine can make itdifficu't to quiL
Quftting at any age will help your health and
reduce iisk of sefious illness.

For more or help to quit:
Call the Quit Line on 008 054321.

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9.

VifllI HEALTH AUThORITIES WARN

TOBACCO SMOKE DANGEROUS

CAN HARM OTHERS

HARM TO OTHERS. Other people who

breathe your tobacco smoke can be harmed.

Your smoking can increase their nsk of lung

cancer and heart disease. Chfldren who

breathe your smoke are more ikely to be taken

to hospital with asthma, and chest illnesses.

Smoking has immediate bad effects on the

lungs and heart, and after some years may

cause serious illnesses such as lung cancer,

heart disease, stroke, and emphysema. If you

smoke your life, the chance your

smoking will kill you early is higher than one in

four. The young& you start, the more you

smoke and the longer you smoke, the greater

the danger.

Smoking

pregnancy can harm the unborn

child.

Smoking addictive because of the drug

nicotine. Stron9 cravings for nicotine can make

it difficult to quit.

Quitting at any age will help your health and

risk of serious ifiness.
For more information or he'p to quit:
Call the Quit Une on 008 054321.

10.

IQ A HEALTH AUTHORITIES WARN

II W
SMOKING IS DANGEROUS

ADDICTION, Tobacco smoking is addictive.
Nicotine, a drug in tobacco, makes smokers
feel hke they need to smoke. The you
smoke, the more your body wifi depend on
getting nicotine, and you can find yourself
hooked. Strong cravings for nicotine can make
it difficult to give up.
Smoking has immediate bad effects on the
lungs and heart, and after some years may
cause serious illnesses such as lung cancer,
heart disease, stroke, and emphysema. If you
smoke through your life, the chance your
smoking will kill you early is higher than one in
four. The younger you start, the more you
smoke and the longer you smoke, the greater
the danger.
Other peop'e who breathe your smoke can
also be harmod. Your smoking can increase
their nsk of chest illnesses, cancer, and heart

disease.Smoking in pregnancy can harm the unborn
child.
Quilting at any age will help your health and
reduce risk of serious illness.
For more Information or he'p to quit:
Call the Quit Une on 008 054321.

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11.

MEDICAL EXPERTS WARN
AGAINST SMO KING

REDUCES YOUR OF QUITTING. Quitting tobacco smoking at any
age will help your health and reduces risk of
serious illness. Quitting aBows your body to
recover fnm some of the damage smoking
causes. Even if you have been smoking for a
long time, or have the signs of smoking-
caused illness, it is still worth quithng.

Smoking has immediate bad effects on the lungs and heart, and alter some years may
cause serious illnesses such as lung cancer,
heart disease, stroke, and emphysema. If you
smoke through your life, the chance your
smoking will kill you early is higher than one in
four. The younger you start, the more you
smoke and the longer you smoke, the greater
the danger.
Other people who breathe your smoke can
also be harmed. Your smoking can increase
their risk of chest illnesses, cancer, and heart
disease.
Smoking in pregnancy can harm the unbom
child.
Smoking is addictive because of the drug
nicotine. Stron9 cravings for nicotine can make
it difficult to quit.
For more information or help to quit:
Call the Quit Une on 008 054321.
12.

SMOKING PREGNANCY CAN MEDICAL EXPERTS WARN
a SMOKING IS DANGEROUS
UNBORN BABIES. Tobacco smoking in
pregnancy can harm the unbom child. Poisons
in tobacco smoke reach the baby through the
blood-stream. If you smoke when you are
pregnant you double the chances of having a
baby of ow birth-weight. This risks the baby's
health.
Smoking has immediate bad effects on the
lungs and heart, and after some years may
cause serious illnesses such as lung cancer,
heart disease, stroke, and emphysema, If you
smoke through your life, the chance your
smoking wifi kill you early is higher than one in
four. The younger you start, the more you
smoke and the longer you smoke, the greater
the danger.
Other people who breathe your smoke can

also be harmed. Your smoking can increase
their risk of chest illnesses, cancer, and heart
disease.
Smoking is addictive because of the drug
nicotine. Stron9 cravings for nicotine can make
it difficult to quit.
Quitting at any age will help your health and
reduce risk of serious illness.
For more information or help to quit:
Call the Quit Line on 008 054321.

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SCHEDULE 3
[reg. 4]

PRESCRIBED INFORMATION

For packages containing cigarettes, the following, with such insertions
as are necessary due to the contents of the package, shall be theprescribed information:
The smoke from each cigarette contains:
mflhigrams of tar (condensed tobacco smoke containing many chemicals,

including some that cause cancer);
milligrams of nicotine (a poison and addictive drug);

blood to cany oxygen). milligrams of carbon monoxide (a deadly gas which reduces the ability of

The amount of tar and nicotine in the smoke of a cigarette shall, for the
purposes of this Schedule be determined in accordance with the
International Organization ?or Standardisation standard 3308:1991.
The amount of carbon monoxide in the smoke of a cigarette shall, for
the purposes of this Schedule, be determined in accordance with the
International Organization for Standardisation standard 8454:1987.
By His Excellency's Command,
D. G. BLIGHT,
Clerk of the Council.

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(b)	the position of the required labelling and the area to be occupiedby it on packages in the class; but shall not require the required
labelling to occupy more than 44% of the surface area of packages in the class.

(a)	in Helvetica type; and
(b)	in black type on a white background.

(a)	Part A of a prescribed warning.
(b)	Part B of a prescribed warning.
(c)	The prescribed information.

Column A	Column B	Column C	Column D
CLASS OF	POSITION OF	POSITION OF	POSITION OF
PACKAGE	PART A OF	PART B OF	PRESCRIBED
PRESCRIBED	PRESCRIBED	INFORMATION
WARNING	WARNING	AND AREA TO
AND AREA TO	AND AREA TO	BE OCCUPIED
BE OCCUPIED	BE OCCUPIED	BY IT
BYIT	BYIT
1. Box or packet	Position:	Position:	Position:
with flip-top, or	On the front of	On the back of	On one of the
soft packet, or	the box, packet	the box, packet or	kng sides of the
square or	or tin, at the top	tin,	box, packet or
rectangular tin,	and across the	Area:	tin.
containing	full width of the	The whole of the	Area:
cigarettes.	box, packet or	back of the box,	The whok of the
tin,	packet or tin.	kng side of the
Area:	box packet or tin
25% of the	exc'uding the
whok front of	part that forms
the box, packet	part of the lid (if
or tin,	any).
2. Pouch or	Position:	Position:	Nil.
wallet	On the front of	On the back of
containing kose	the pouch or	the pouch or
tobacco.	wallet at the top	wallet.
and across the	Area:
full width of the	80% of the back
pouch or wallet,	of the pouch or
Area:	wallet.
25% of the
whok of the
front of the
pouch or waflet.
3. Box or tin	Position:	Position:	Nil.
containing kose	On the lid of the	On the back of

HEART	HEART DISEASE. Tobacco smoking is a
major cause of heart disease. It is a cause of
blockages in the body's arteries, which can
lead to chest pain and heart attack. Heart
attack is the commonest cause of death in
Australia. Smokers have double the chance of
a heart attack compared to people who don't
smoke.
Smoking has immediate bad effects on the
lungs and heart, and after some years may
cause serious illnesses such as lung cancer,

CAUSE OF STROKE	STROKE. Tobacco smoking blockages in the blood-carrying arteries andis a cause of
weakens their walls. A stroke happens when
blood to the brain is blocked and part of the
brain dies. Some people die of stroke, and
many others ose the use of part of their body.
Smoking has immediate bad effects on the
lungs and heart, and after some years may
cause serious illnesses such as lung cancer,
heart disease, and emphysema, as well as
stroke. If you smoke through your life, the
chance your smoking will kill you eatly is
higher than one in four. The younger you start,

VASCULAR	PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE. Tobacco
smoking causes narrowing of the blood-
DISEASE	arteries. When blood cannot flow

YOUR RTNESS	FITNESS. Tobacco smoking raises heart rateand blood pressure, and lowers the amount of
oxygen in the blood. Chemicals in the smoke
irntate the airways of lungs and make them
more narrow. These immediate effects make it
more difficult for your body to work at its best
level.
Smoking has immediate bad effects on the
lungs and heart, and after some years may
cause sotious illnesses such as lung cancer,
heart disease, stroke, and emphysema. If you
smoke your life, the chance your
smoking wili kill you early is higher than one in

LUNG DAMAGE	many chemicals which initate and finallydestroy the air sacs and airways in the lungs.
Smokers are more likely to cough and feelshort of breath. Most smokers who have
smoked for a long time have permanent lung damage.
Smoking has immediate bad effects on the
lungs and heart, and after some years may
cause setious illnesses such as lung cancer,
heart disease, stroke, and emphysema. If you
smoke thnugh your life, the chance your
smoking will kill you early is higher than one in
four. The younger you start the more you

REDUCES YOUR	OF	QUITTING. Quitting tobacco smoking at any
age will help your health and reduces risk of
serious illness. Quitting aBows your body to
recover fnm some of the damage smoking
causes. Even if you have been smoking for a
long time, or have the signs of smoking-
caused illness, it is still worth quithng.
Smoking has immediate bad effects on the lungs and heart, and alter some years may
cause serious illnesses such as lung cancer,
heart disease, stroke, and emphysema. If you
smoke through your life, the chance your
smoking will kill you early is higher than one in
four. The younger you start, the more you
smoke and the longer you smoke, the greater
the danger.
Other people who breathe your smoke can
also be harmed. Your smoking can increase
their risk of chest illnesses, cancer, and heart
disease.
Smoking in pregnancy can harm the unbom
child.
Smoking is addictive because of the drug
nicotine. Stron9 cravings for nicotine can make
it difficult to quit.
For more information or help to quit:
Call the Quit Une on 008 054321.

SMOKING	PREGNANCY CAN	MEDICAL EXPERTS WARN
a	SMOKING IS DANGEROUS