Large graphic images mandated by the FDA to be printed on cigarette packages to show the dangers of smoking and encourage smokers to quit lighting up. The images usually feature disgusting photos of maimed body parts such as sewn-up corpses of smokers and diseased lungs, which are designed to convey the dangers of smoking.

Tobacco companies have questioned the constitutionality of the graphic cigarette warning labels, arguing the warnings don't simply convey facts to inform people's decision whether to smoke, but instead force the cigarette makers to display government anti-smoking advocacy messages more prominently than their own branding.

A U.S. district judge in Washington ruled on February 29, 2012 that the federal mandate forcing tobacco companies to put the images on cigarette packs violates the free speech amendment to the constitution.