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Will graphic images of corpses,cancer-ridden lungs and a guy ex-haling smoke through a trache-otomy hole in his neck stub outcigarette consumption?

The Food and Drug Administra-tion whichhaschosen nine suchimages to be placed prominentlyon cigarette packs sold in the USAafter September 2012 hopestheyll provide ampleshockvalue.

In the most sweeping anti-to-baccoeffortsince thesurgeongen-erals warning became mandatory

on cigarettepackaging in 1965,theFDA said Tuesday it will begin re-quiring tobacco marketersto coverthe top half of cigarette boxes and20% of tobacco advertisementswith nine bluntly graphic anti-smoking images.

The goal: Slash consumptionamong the nations 43 millionsmokers and prevent millionsmore, especially teens, from everstarting.The FDA selected the gris-ly images, which include picturesof rotting teeth andgums, from 36proposed last year. Cigarette mar-keters also will be required toplace 1-800-QUIT-NOW numberson newpackaging.

These labels are frank, honestand powerful depictions of the

health risks of smoking, saidHealth and Human Services Secre-tary Kathleen Sebelius. Withthese warnings, every person whopicks up a pack of cigarettes isgoing to know exactly what risktheyre taking.

The images are the biggestchange to cigarette warning labelssince 1984, when the governmentbegan requiring that cigarettepacks andtobaccoads carry sever-al health warnings.

Cigarette consump-tionhas dropped fromabout 42% of the pop-ulation since the

mid-1960s but has remained atabout21% since2003,or aboutonein five adults, despite federal andstateexcisetax increasesthat haveboosted prices to more than $5 apack.

Anti-smoking laws restrict orbansmoking in35 statesand3,270municipalities, according to theAmerican Nonsmokers RightsFoundation, an advocacy groupbased in Berkeley, Calif. The gov-ernment hopes to cutthe percent-age of smokers across the USA to12% by 2020 and reduce the num-ber of deaths tied to tobacco use,nowat about443,000 a year.

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WASHINGTON Insurgents are now respon-sible for about 85% of civilian casualties in theAfghanistanWar, anincreasefromlast yearand asign that efforts bythe UnitedStatesandits alliesto limit their firepower are succeeding, a coali-tionassessmentprovidedto USA TODAYshows.

The casualty trend, which could help shiftAfghan public opinion toward the coalition,comes as President Obama tells the nation in anaddress tonight hisplans forreducingU.S. troopsin Afghanistan.There areabout 100,000now.

The Taliban continues to use civilians as hu-man shields and employ suicide attacks androadside bombs indiscrimi-nately, coalitionofficials say.

The vast majority of ci-vilian casualties are causedby the Taliban, said Air

ForceBrig.Gen. Timothy Zadalis, who is part ofajoint Afghan-coalition team that investigates re-portsof civilian casualties.The coalitionincludesNATOmembersand otherU.S. allies.

The coalitions figures on responsibility forcivilian deaths approximate an earlier indepen-dent estimate by the United Nations. A U.N.report blamed the Taliban for 75% of 2,777deathsand78% of4,343injuriesin 2010.

The coalition report that attributes 85% ofcivilian deaths and injuries to the Taliban isbased on figures from January to May of thisyear. The command did not release the numberof civilianskilled or injured during thattime.

The coalition for the past several years hasattemptedto limitairstrikes andother firepowerto reducecivilian casualties.

Independent analysts agree with the trendcited by the coalition. John Nagl, a retired Armyofficer and president of the Center for a NewAmerican Security, a think tank, said the coali-tionhas become moreprecisein its targeting.

NATO airstrikes that mistakenly hit civiliansundermine support for coalition efforts amongthe Afghan public, the Pentagonhas said.

The Taliban regularly accuses the coalition ofkilling and injuring civilians. Afghan PresidentHamid Karzai has also rebuked the coalition forcausing civilian casualties.

Nagl said the Taliban only hurts its cause byattacking non-military targets, such as assassi-nating Afghan government officials.Theyre tar-geting in most cases civilians who have done adecent job of supporting the people, Nagl said.That comesat a pricein credibility.

Winning over public opinion is a central goalof the coalitions warstrategy.

TheAfghan news media arebeginning to seekboth sidesof anincident,saidMarine 1stLt.TylerBalzer, a coalition spokesman. Weve seen asignificant shift from them just reporting whattheTalibansays.Theyhavecometo trustus a lotmore andtheTalibana lotless.

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