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Images on Cigarette Packs Are Scarier to Smokers Than Text Warnings A new study shows that nothing scares a smoker away from taking another puff more than a picture of how a body will look like after a lifetime of doing so More than 40 countries around the world force cigarette companies to print graphic images of things like decaying teeth, open-heart surgeries and cancer patients on their packs, in an effort to discourage smoking by directly linking cigarettes with their most gruesome effects

Bill and Melinda Gates announced yesterday that they were joining Michael Bloomberg, the mayor of New York, in a $500m campaign against smoking in the developing world

Estonia saw the highest rates at 30%, followed by the Czech Republic at 25% and Luxembourg at 20%