Current and potential warning labels
| Current US Surgeon General's warnings |
| • Cigarette smoke contains carbon monoxide |
| • Smoking by pregnant women may result in fetal injury, premature birth, and low birth weight |
| • Smoking causes lung cancer, heart disease, emphysema, and may complicate pregnancy |
| • Quitting smoking now greatly reduces risks to your health |
| Potential warnings |
| • If you think smoking is cool you are dead wrong |
| • Smoking reduces your athletic ability |
| • Smoking can kill you |
| • Smoking is addictive |
| • 400 000 Americans die each year because of smoking |
| • Smoking damages your heart and lungs |
| • Your smoking can harm others |
| • Tobacco smoke pollutes the air and is a health hazard |
| • Tobacco smoke can harm children |
| • Smoking when pregnant harms your baby |