UK tries pictures to discourage smokers - AP

Cigarette packs will be required next year to display such graphic images as diseased organs in a bid to scare smokers into snuffing out their butts, the government announced Wednesday.
Britain will be the first member of the European Union to require such warnings, Health Secretary Alan Johnson said.

"We have already made a lot of progress with stark written warnings on cigarette packs," Johnson said.

The images include an unhealthy lung, a chest cut open for heart surgery and a large tumor on a man's neck. In all, Britain chose 15 images from a selection developed by the European Commission.