澳大利亚计划直接在烟棍上印刷明显的健康警告,以抑制吸烟。 Australia plans to print stark health warnings directly on cigarette sticks to curb smoking.
澳大利亚卫生部长马克·巴特勒(Mark Butler)计划直接在烟棍上印上健康警告图片, 包括“每股烟都有毒”和“导致16种癌症”。 Australia's Health Minister Mark Butler plans to print graphic health warnings directly on cigarette sticks, including phrases like "poison in every puff" and "causes 16 cancers." 目标是降低吸烟率,抵制烟草公司绕过普通包装法的企图。 The goal is to reduce smoking rates and counter tobacco companies' attempts to bypass plain packaging laws. 这些警告与加拿大使用的警告相似,已经由卫生部进行市场测试,将通过立法文书授权,无需议会表决。 The warnings, similar to those used in Canada, have been market-tested by the Health Department and will be mandated through a legislative instrument without requiring a parliamentary vote. 新的措施旨在使澳大利亚再次成为烟草控制方面的世界领先者。 The new measures aim to make Australia a world leader in tobacco control again.