Cigarette packets should have picture warnings: Experts

China must use graphic picture warnings and expand health messages on cigarette packs to alert more people to the dangers of smoking, according to health experts.

The country is scheduled to introduce new cigarette pack designs next year with "bigger, clearer warnings", according to the World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control.

A recent State Tobacco Monopoly Administration regulation requires written warnings to cover 30 percent of the pack.