American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network: Create Your Own Cigarette Warning Label

1.	Create a cigarette pack warning label that truly says how deadly these products are. Choose the design and picture you want, then write what you think should be on a warning label.
2.	Print your label and follow the instructions to fold it easily so it looks like a pack of cigarettes.
3.	Take your customized warning label and drop it off at the local office of your Member of Congress. Click here to find the location of the nearest office.

It’s time for your Members of Congress to understand that we must Stop Big Tobacco from killing 400,000 Americans each year with their deadly and addictive products.

Choose your package color
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Choose your warning photo

Type your own warning message

Let everyone know:

•	Cigarettes contain arsenic, polonium-210, formaldehyde, carbon monoxide and hydrogen cyanide
•	Cigarettes kill 400,000 Americans each year -- more than alcohol, car accidents, murders, suicides and fires combined
•	Cigarettes cause 1 in 3 cancer deaths and 90% of lung cancer cases
•	Cigarettes cause 1 in 5 heart disease deaths
•	Cigarettes result in $96 billion in annual health care costs
•	90% of all smokers start before the age of 18
•	Each day, 4000 kids try their first cigarette -- 1000 of them become addicted daily smokers

"The conquest of this disease is within our if we
adopt bold new policies anf make the investments necessary."
-ACS CAB Congressional Cancer Promise

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