Gruesome images of decaying teeth, blackened lungs, tumours and even dead people, will become the latest additions to the warnings on tobacco packets in Malta, this newspaper has learnt.
The colour illustrations are officially scheduled to be printed on cigarette boxes by April 2011, and on other tobacco products by October 2011.
The rules will implement European Union laws introduced back in 2003 on using photographs to depict the health consequences of smoking.
Tobacco packages will now…