Switzerland implemented their current policy to place health warnings on cigarette packages starting no later than January 2010. Including the border, health warnings will be required to cover 48% of the front and 63% of the back of all cigarette packages. Overall, 56% of the package space is appropriated to health warnings. Switzerland will rotate 1 set of 14 images starting in 2010 and then a second and third set of 14 images in 2012 and 2014, respectively.

Switzerland also prohibits the terms "light" and "mild" from appearing on packages.

As well, Switzerland requires tar, nicotine, and carbon monoxide emission numbers to appear on the side of packages. These emission numbers are generated using the ISO machine smoking method.

For more on Switzerland's labelling practices, click here to access Switzerland's labelling page.

Health Warnings on Packages: 2010-2012**

Switzerland

2010-2012

Addiction - clever

Switzerland

2010-2012

Constituents - internal image, benzene, nitrosamines, formaldehyde, hydrogen cyanide

Switzerland

2010-2012

ETS baby - targets pregnant women

Switzerland

2010-2012

ETS children - lived experience, children

Switzerland

2010-2012

Health Effects death - lived experience, morgue, die younger

Switzerland

2010-2012

Health Effects lung - diseased organ, lung cancer, gross

Switzerland

2010-2012

Health Effects mouth - oral cancer

Switzerland

2010-2012

Health Effects sex - lived experience, impotence

Switzerland

2010-2012

Health Effects sex - sperm image, infertility

Switzerland

2010-2012

Health Effects wrinkles - lived experience, wrinkles

Switzerland

2010-2012

Quitting - addiction, efficacy

Switzerland

2010-2012

Quitting - efficacy 2

Switzerland

2010-2012

Quitting - health benefits, coronary heart disease, plain warning

Switzerland

2010-2012

Quitting - stickman image, health benefits, heart and lung disease

Switzerland

2012-2014

ETS children - lived experience, children 1

Switzerland

2012-2014

Addiction - lived experience

Switzerland

2012-2014

Consituents - diseased organ, benzene, nitrosamines, formaldehyde, hydrogen cyanide

Switzerland

2012-2014

ETS baby - internal image of baby, targets pregnant women 1

Switzerland

2012-2014

Health Effects arteries - lived experience, clogged arteries, heart attack, stroke

Switzerland

2012-2014

Health Effects death - average loss of years, plain warning

Switzerland

2012-2014

Health Effects lung - internal image, lung cancer

Switzerland

2012-2014

Health Effects mouth - oral cancer

Switzerland

2014-2016

Health Effects sex - internal image, impotence

Switzerland

2014-2016

Health Effects sex - lived experience, infertility

Switzerland

2014-2016

Health Effects stroke - statistic, plain warning

Switzerland

2014-2016

Health Effects wrinkles - clever

Switzerland

2014-2016

Quitting - image, efficacy

Switzerland

2014-2016

Quitting - lived experience, efficacy

Switzerland

2014-2016

ETS baby - lived experience, baby, targets pregnant women

Switzerland

2014-2016

ETS children - lived experience, children 2

Switzerland

2014-2016

Addiction - lived experience, clever

Switzerland

2014-2016

Consituents - lived experience, benzene, nitrosamines, formaldehyde, hydrogen cyanide

Switzerland

2014-2016

Health Effects arteries - lived experience, clogged arteries, heart attack, stroke, graphic

Switzerland

2014-2016

Health Effects death - lived experience, toe tag, die younger

Switzerland

2014-2016

Health Effects lung - lived experience, lung cancer

Switzerland

2014-2016

Health Effects mouth - oral cancer, gross 2

Switzerland

2014-2016

Health Effects sex - impotence, clever

Switzerland

2014-2016

Health Effects sex - bio image, damage sperm and decrease fertility

Switzerland

2014-2016

Health Effects wrinkles - image, wrinkles

Switzerland

2014-2016

Quitting - efficacy 1

Switzerland

2014-2016

Quitting - efficacy 2

Switzerland

2014-2016

Quitting - lived experience, health benefits, heart and lung disease