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New Twist In the Daughter Whose Dad Was On The Cigarette Packet

New Twist In the Daughter Whose Dad Was On The Cigarette Packet

Was it actually him?

Michael Minay

Michael Minay

You may remember yesterday, that LADbible told you about Jodi Charles, the 42-year-old daughter who believed the image of her dad, David, was being used to front cigarette packets.

She claimed it was "absolutely disgusting" that her dad was being used as a warning to stop smoking, especially as he had died from non-smoking causes.

At the time, the European Commission said that the man in the photograph had given his permission, despite Jodi claiming it's something he would never have done. The Commission also stated that it could confirm it was not David Ross, but no further details could be mentioned.

Credit: SWNS

The image shows a man on a hospital bed, with tubes running from his mouth.

But now people from Wales, Spain, Germany and Italy have come forward to claim the man in the picture is in fact their loved one, and are demanding answers.

Dorothy Bullock, 53, told The Sun Online that the photograph was that of her husband Ken, who is still alive.

"My husband had a stroke in July 2015," she said. "And even though he was a smoker, the stroke was not smoking related.

"I bought the packet of cigarettes and I didn't think anything of it and my daughter said, 'Mummy, Daddy's on this packet of cigarettes.'

"I was really shocked and angry about this by the end of the day, I was fuming."

When asked what she was going to do now, Dorothy claimed she is collecting evidence but remains adamant it is her husband.

Credit: Dorothy Bullock

She said that she did not take any photographs, nor did she given permission for any to be taken. Ken, who now suffers memory loss as a result of the stroke, is aware of the photo. The only permission she did give is for the case to be used to help educate medical students.

Meanwhile, Raffaele Leone, from Italy, told La Stampa last year that the photograph was of his own dead father, Agostino Leone, before he died in 2014.

Credit: Raffaele Leone / Facebook

He said: "From what I understand, the European Union claims to have releases for all 42 photographs used for the anti-smoking campaign, but my father certainly couldn't have signed it as he was no longer able to fully use his right hand after the stroke."

A petition has since been started in response to these upsetting images being used, calling for them to be removed.

The EU Commission said that the images are useful deterrent in getting people to quit smoking but, more importantly, "the Commission has obtained full copyright to all image used as part of those health warnings."

They say, any claim otherwise is unfounded.

In 2014, smoking claimed the lives of 78,000; however in the same year it was revealed that only 19 percent of adults now smoke, compared to a peak of 46 percent in 1974. It would appear, as horrifying as these images may appear, they do work.

Others would argue an increase in price is a significant cause. A packet of fags is now 27 percent less affordable than it was 10 years ago.

Featured Image Credit: SWNS

Topics: Cigarettes, Dad, Cigarettes, Dad