SEOUL, April 13 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea plans to change most of the current graphic warning images used on cigarette packs to encourage smokers to quit, the health ministry said Monday. Of the 12 photos currently used on packs, nine will be replaced with new images starting later this year, according to the Ministry [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s health ministry said Monday that the graphic warnings on cigarette packs will be enlarged starting next year in the latest move to curb smoking. The Ministry of Health and Welfare said it plans to adopt a revised law that mandates expanding the warning images from the current [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea has changed the graphic warnings on cigarette packs in the latest move to curb smoking, the health ministry said Sunday. In 2016, South Korea required tobacco companies to put the pictorial warnings on the upper part of both sides of cigarette packs as part of anti-smoking campaigns [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — The health ministry is pushing to enlarge the size of graphic warning images on cigarette packs, officials said Sunday, a move aimed at discouraging people from smoking. The Ministry of Health and Welfare said it plans to announce the measure in September or October to send a stronger message [...]