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A 60-year-old man in eastern France says he was stunned to discover that a picture of his amputated leg had been used on cigarette packets, as a warning against smoking, without his consent.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The picture was displayed on cigarette packets, alongside the message \u201csmoking clogs your arteries\u201d.\u00a0<\/p>\n

But the Albanian man, who lives in Metz, says he lost his leg as the result of a 1997 shooting in Albania.<\/p>\n

His lawyer is contacting the European Commission to find out what happened.<\/p>\n

His son discovered the picture \u2013 which bore recognisable burns and scars \u2013 when he bought a packet of rolling tobacco last year in Luxembourg, French media report.\u00a0<\/p>\n

He brought the packet home to his family.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe [my brother] was coming back from Luxembourg. Without saying a word, he put a big box of rolling tobacco on the table,\u201d his sister told regional newspaper Le R\u00e9publicain Lorrain.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe were stunned. We did not believe it.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

The family thought it was indeed a picture of the father\u2019s leg.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s our father\u2019s. His scars are characteristic,\u201d the daughter added.<\/p>\n

But the man says he had never agreed to the picture being used. He believes it was taken at a local hospital he visited to find out whether he could be equipped with some kind of walking apparatus.<\/p>\n

He has been walking using crutches for more than 20 years following a shooting incident in Albania in 1997, in which he lost his leg.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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The family\u2019s lawyer, Antoine Fittante, confirms it is the man\u2019s leg.<\/p>\n

\u201cEach scar is specific, unique. This man also has burn marks on the other leg, it\u2019s very clear. An expert will have no trouble identifying the image.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s rather incredible that a person finds themselves without their agreement on cigarette packets throughout the European Union,\u201d Mr Fittante said.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy client feels betrayed, wounded in his dignity, by seeing his disability [displayed] on cigarette packets in tobacconists; one must admit that\u2019s not very pleasant.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mr Fittante has written to the hospital, to find out how the photos ended up being used.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The European Commission has been contacted as it is responsible for the distribution of such images on all EU cigarette packets.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Mr Fittante says the commission normally uses pictures from a database, which are verified and published with the consent of the person featured.<\/p>\n

Source:\u00a0BBC
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