煙草在線據《民族報》報道編譯　　泰國將擁有世界上占卷煙盒面積最大的警語標識。

　　公共衛生部長Pradit Sinthawanarong 2月1日稱，以展示吸煙不健康后果的恐怖圖片為主導的警語面積，將從目前占煙盒55%的面積被擴大到85%。

　　Pradit在會見全國煙草控制委員會后說，該委員會同意發布一個部長宣言，增加警語的面積。

　　將有10副圖片警語，顯示吸煙后果的圖片細節，包括喉癌、心力衰竭、中風、口腔癌、性功能障礙、肺癌、肺氣腫和慢性口臭等。

　　該宣言將在《皇家公報》公布180天后正式生效。

　　在世界范圍內，63個國家的卷煙盒上有圖片警語。在澳大利亞，警語占煙盒82.5%的面積。烏拉圭和斯里蘭卡的警語占80%的面積，文萊和加拿大的警語則占75%的面積。在東南亞，只有泰國、馬來西亞、文萊和新加坡擁有圖片警語。泰國從2005年開始，成為世界上第四個在卷煙盒上使用圖片警語的國家。

Thailand: Cigarette Warning Labels to Get Even Bigger

　　Thailand will have world's largest warning labels on cigarette packs.

　　The size of the warnings, which are dominated by scary photos that show the unhealthy consequences of smoking, will be expanded to cover 85 per cent of the pack, up from the current 55 per cent, Public Health Minister Pradit Sinthawanarong said yesterday.

　　After a meeting with national tobacco control board, Pradit said the board agreed to issue a ministerial declaration to increase the size of the warnings.

　　There will be 10 picture warnings showing in graphic detail the consequences of smoking, including laryngeal cancer, heart failure, stroke, oral cancer, sexual dysfunction, lung cancer, emphysema and chronic bad breath.

　　The declaration will come into effect 180 days after publication in the Royal Gazette.

　　Worldwide, 63 countries have picture warnings on cigarette packs. In Australia, the warnings cover 82.5 per cent of the pack. Uruguay and Sri Lanka have 80 per cent, and Brunei and Canada 75 per cent. In Southeast Asia, only Thailand, Malaysia, Brunei and Singapore have the picture warnings. Thailand became the fourth country in the world to do so, starting in 2005. Enditem