烟草在线据加拿大新闻专线报道编译　　烟盒上已经印制了十余载的健康警语将很快成为历史。

　　包装上印有新的、面积更大的健康警语的卷烟——由加拿大卫生部去年9月宣布使用——今年春天逐步进入商店。截至6月19日，零售商只能出售新健康警语包装的卷烟和小雪茄。

　　新的警语图片更为明显，覆盖了整个包装正面和背面75%的面积，而以前仅占50%。

　　一些图片警语内容包括生命和健康受到吸烟负面影响的加拿大同胞，如阿尔伯达省的Barb Tarbox。

　　Tarbox女士2003年因多年吸烟引起的肺癌去世，她让摄影师记录下了她生命的最后几天。这些震撼心灵的照片中，有两个被选定为新的健康图片警语。“看看卷烟的摧毁力，”一条警语这样写道。“记住这张脸，吸烟杀了我。”

　　新警语还包括与吸烟相关的最近疾病信息，包装内还有关于戒烟益处的提示。

　　每个健康警语还包括一个免费的戒烟热线电话号码和网页地址，为吸烟者提供免费的戒烟咨询和其他戒烟资源，这样的信息是第一次作为加拿大的烟草产品健康警语使用。

　　“我很高兴，这些警示标签将为数百万烟民提供全新的、与时俱进的健康警示和信息。”卫生部长利昂纳·阿卢卡克（Leona Aglukkaq）表示，“这一举措将有助于提高烟民对烟草使用的危害和戒烟对健康的好处的认识。”

　　2000年，加拿大是世界上第一个要求卷烟包装上使用图片警语的国家。在降低烟草使用及吸烟率方面，这些警语已经开始起效，2000年15岁及以上的烟民吸烟率为24%，2010年，下降至17%。

Canada: Deadline approaches for new health warnings on cigarette packs

　　The health warnings that smokers have seen on their cigarette packs for more than a decade will soon be history.

　　New, larger health warning messages—announced by Health Canada last September—have been phased into stores throughout the spring. As of June 19, retailers may only sell cigarettes and little cigars in packaging that displays the new health warnings.

　　The warning labels are more noticeable, covering 75 per cent of the front and back of packages, up from 50 per cent previously.

　　Some include messages from fellow Canadians whose lives and health have been negatively affected by tobacco use, such as Barb Tarbox of Alberta.

　　Ms. Tarbox, who died in 2003 from lung cancer caused by years of smoking, allowed a photographer to document the final days of her life. Two of these powerful photos were selected for the new health warnings. "Look at the power of the cigarette," one message reads. "Remember this face and that smoking killed me."

　　There are also new warnings about diseases recently linked to smoking and information, on the inside of packs, about the benefits of quitting.

　　Each health warning also includes a toll-free quitline number and web address to connect users to free counselling and other quit smoking resources—a first for tobacco health warnings in Canada.

　　"I am pleased that these labels will put new, updated health warnings and information into the hands of millions of smokers," said Leona Aglukkaq, Minister of Health. "This initiative will help to increase awareness of the health hazards associated with tobacco use and the benefits of quitting."

　　Canada was the first country in the world to require graphic health warnings on tobacco packages, in 2000. Those warnings have played a role in reducing tobacco use, as well as smoking rates - which declined from 24 per cent of the population aged 15 and over in 2000 to an all-time low of 17 per cent in 2010.