Thailand’s graphic smoking warnings face backlash from manufacturer

The warning signs are printed on the cigarette packets on sale in Bangkok, Thailand Wednesday, June 26, 2013. Tobacco giant Philip Morris and more than 1,400 Thai retailers will sue Thailand’s health ministry over a rule that would nearly cover cigarette packets with smoking warnings, a tobacco trade representative said Wednesday. The regulation scheduled to take effect Oct. 2 requires that 85 percent of space on the packets’ front and back be dedicated to warning messages and images, some containing graphic pictures of lung cancer patients. <AP Photo/NEWSis/Apichart Weerawong>