title: [Are graphic warnings on cigarette packs useful?].
abstract: Based on the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control recommendations, health warnings and messages should be printed on cigarettes packages. Scientific data show that such messages are effective by delivering important information directly to smokers, who believe these messages more and remember better than they do public education campaigns. These warnings also increase the chance of quitting. This narrative review summarizes the data at the time Switzerland requires such pictures on tobacco products.
authors.affiliation: Institut de médecine sociale et preventive, Faculté de médecine, Université de Genève, 1211 Genève 4.
authors.forename: J F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Etter
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Cornuz
mesh_terms: D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D011356:Product Labeling; D012907:Smoking / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000523:psychology