Graphic Cigarette Pack Warnings Begin In South Korea This December

Despite an ongoing fight from tobacco companies, the South Korean government says starting in December, health-warning text & images must be included on the upper part of all cigarette packaging for sale in the ROK. Canada was the first country to make the change about 15 years ago, & Korea FM’s Chance Dorland recently spoke about that first of its kind transition with Canadian Cancer Society Senior Policy Analyst Rob Cunningham & Physicians for a Smoke-Free Canada Executive Director Cynthia Callard to discuss how the new rules went into effect, the opposition they faced from tobacco companies, & how similar regulations could work here in South Korea. Rate & Review this podcast at http://bit.ly/KFMReview This episode is brought to you by Podcast Assist's $30 per hour flat rate podcasting voice overs, editing, mastering, transcriptions & even hosting (select a topic & they'll create & host the podcast). Visit https://www.facebook.com/PodcastAssist/ for more information. Subscribe to this & other Korea FM original content via: iTunes - http://apple.co/1O91B39 Overcast - http://bit.ly/KFMovercast RSS - http://bit.ly/KFMfeed Stitcher - http://bit.ly/KFMstitcher audioBoom - http://bit.ly/KFMaudioBoom Player FM - http://bit.ly/KFMplayerfm Tunein - http://bit.ly/KFMtunein Acast - http://bit.ly/KFMacast