'Smoking kills' reinforced.Like in other European countries, Switzerland, too, has decided to make health warnings more prominent on cigarette packets. As a measure to reiterate re·it·er·ate tr.v. re·it·er·at·ed, re·it·er·at·ing, re·it·er·ates To say or do again or repeatedly. See Synonyms at repeat. re·it , and even highlight, the dangers of smoking, terms such as 'light' and 'mild' will be banned from tobacco products This move has come into force since November 1, however, the manufacturers have 18 months to comply for cigarettes and 30 months for other tobacco products so as to be able to sell existing stock. Warnings, such as 'Smoking can affect sperm and reduces fertility', 'Smoking causes fatal lung cancer' and 'Smoking during pregnancy harms the health of your child', in German, French and Italian will be big black letters, taking up one-third of the space. Another warning will occupy 50 per cent of the back of each packet. The warnings will he printed in German, French and Italian. The tar, nicotine nicotine, C10H14N2, poisonous, pale yellow, oily liquid alkaloid with a pungent odor and an acrid taste. It turns brown on exposure to air. and carbon monoxide carbon monoxide, chemical compound, CO, a colorless, odorless, tasteless, extremely poisonous gas that is less dense than air under ordinary conditions. It is very slightly soluble in water and burns in air with a characteristic blue flame, producing carbon dioxide; content will be displayed prominently on the sides of each cigarette packet. A point of debate is--whether packets should carry colour photos of diseased lungs, as is already the case in Canada. Earlier this month Geneva Geneva, canton and city, Switzerland Geneva (jənē`və), Fr. Genève, canton (1990 pop. 373,019), 109 sq mi (282 sq km), SW Switzerland, surrounding the southwest tip of the Lake of Geneva. University announced it was banning smoking on campus. This was followed by a similar ban in the shopping centre under Zurich railway station. Yet, the country still remains a smokers' paradise, with few limits on lighting up in public places. In addition, prices have been raised by a mere 50 Rappen In Switzerland, one-hundredth of one Swiss franc is called Rappen in German. One- and two-Rappen coins were withdrawn from circulation in around 1973, but one-Rappen coins continued to be struck for internal accounting purposes until 2006. to CHFS CHFS Communications Handling Facility Service .80 ($4.80), and are low when compared with other European countries. About one-third of the [Swiss] adult population smokes--the highest rate in Europe. |
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