Graphic pictures illustrating the effects smoking can have on health will be printed on all cigarette packets from next year, health secretary Alan Johnson has announced.
The 15 images to be used were chosen following a consultation in 2006, market research and a public vote.
The move makes the UK the first country in the EU to introduce visual warnings on all tobacco products.
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