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Government to use disturbing graphic warnings on tobacco products to deter consumption

Disturbing images will severe health effects of smoking including rotting lungs, throat cancer and decaying teeth

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by LUKE AWICH

News31 July 2025 - 04:57
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Health PS Mary Muthoni and CS Aden Duale before the National Assembly’s Delegated Legislation Committee yesterday /ENOS TECHE

It will soon be mandatory for tobacco manufacturers to display graphic health warnings on all tobacco product packaging, as the government moves to expose the health risks linked to the substance.

Health CS Aden Duale presented a raft of proposed laws before MPs, requiring that cigarettes must carry large, visible images illustrating the devastating health effects of smoking, including lung cancer, mouth disease and infertility.

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