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Like Cinemas, Netflix, Amazon Prime, Others To Carry Anti-Tobacco Warnings
On World No Tobacco Day, the Union health ministry has notified the amended rules under the Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products Act, 2004, making it mandatory for streaming platforms to display anti-tobacco warnings.
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Supreme Court Rejects Plea Seeking Health Warnings On Liquor Bottles
The Supreme Court on Friday refused to entertain a plea seeking a direction to government authorities to ensure health warnings on liquor bottles like for tobacco products, saying the courts would not interfere in policy matters.
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Tobacco Packs To Get New Image, Health Warning From December 1
Tobacco products manufactured, imported, or packaged on or after December 1, 2022 will display a new image with the textual health warning "Tobacco causes painful death," the Union Health Ministry has said.
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Health Ministry Notifies New, Enhanced Health Warnings For Tobacco Products
The Union Health Ministry on Monday notified new sets of enhanced health warnings to be printed on packets of all tobacco products.
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New Health Warning Images On Cigarette Packs From September 1
The government on Monday announced that the existing health warning images on the packs of cigarettes and other tobacco products will be replaced with new sets of images for all tobacco product packs, which will be effective from September 1.
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No Harm In Pictorial Warnings For Tobacco Products: Supreme Court Rules
The Supreme Court today refused to stay the operation of new amended rules of the Union Health Ministry directing the manufacturers to have graphic warning images on packets of cigarettes and other tobacco products and helpline numbers for those who wanted to quit the habit.
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Top Court To Hear Tobacco Items 85% Warning Label Case Next Month
The Supreme Court today declined to pass an interim stay on a judgement of the Karnataka High Court that struck down a Union Health Ministry rule, which made it compulsory for makers of tobacco products to show pictorial health warning covering 85 per cent of the product's package
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Tobacco Product Retailers Seek Roll Back Of 85% Pictorial Warnings
Over 1,000 retailers of tobacco products on Thursday protested outside the Union Health Ministry office here, demanding reduction in the size of the graphical health warnings on cigarette packets.
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Karnataka High Court Strikes Down 85% Pictorial Warning Rule For Tobacco Products
The Karnataka High Court today struck down the 2014 amendment rules that mandated pictorial health warnings to cover 85 per cent of tobacco product packaging space, holding that they violated Constitutional norms.
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Health Ministry Releases New Pictorial Warnings For Tobacco Products
Replacing the existing images, the Health Ministry has released a new set of pictorial warnings for mandatory display on packets of cigarettes, bidis, and chewing tobacco with effect from April 1 this year.
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India Has Third Largest Pictorial Warning On Tobacco Products
India is third among countries with the largest pictorial warning on tobacco products, according to a report released today.
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Health Ministry In Talks With HRD To Introduce Anti-Tobacco Warnings
After increasing the size of pictorial warnings on tobacco products, the Health Ministry is in talks with HRD Ministry to introduce messages related to ill effects of consumption of tobacco in schools.
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Tobacco Notification Challenged In Gujarat High Court; Notice To Centre
The Gujarat High Court on Tuesday issued a notice to the Centre on a petition challenging the Union Health Ministry's notification which makes 85 per cent pictorial warning on both sides of tobacco product packages mandatory from April 1.
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Maharashtra FDA Seizes Cigarettes Worth Rs 273 Crore
The Maharashtra Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has seized cigarettes worth Rs 273 crore from several parts of the state for alleged violation of the Centre's new rule on the size of health warnings on packets.
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Government Moves To Enforce Bigger Pictorial Warnings On Tobacco Products
The Health Ministry has written to the states and ministries to strictly enforce bigger pictorial warnings on tobacco product packs that became mandatory from April 1.
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Like Cinemas, Netflix, Amazon Prime, Others To Carry Anti-Tobacco Warnings
On World No Tobacco Day, the Union health ministry has notified the amended rules under the Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products Act, 2004, making it mandatory for streaming platforms to display anti-tobacco warnings.
-
Supreme Court Rejects Plea Seeking Health Warnings On Liquor Bottles
The Supreme Court on Friday refused to entertain a plea seeking a direction to government authorities to ensure health warnings on liquor bottles like for tobacco products, saying the courts would not interfere in policy matters.
-
Tobacco Packs To Get New Image, Health Warning From December 1
Tobacco products manufactured, imported, or packaged on or after December 1, 2022 will display a new image with the textual health warning "Tobacco causes painful death," the Union Health Ministry has said.
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Health Ministry Notifies New, Enhanced Health Warnings For Tobacco Products
The Union Health Ministry on Monday notified new sets of enhanced health warnings to be printed on packets of all tobacco products.
-
New Health Warning Images On Cigarette Packs From September 1
The government on Monday announced that the existing health warning images on the packs of cigarettes and other tobacco products will be replaced with new sets of images for all tobacco product packs, which will be effective from September 1.
-
No Harm In Pictorial Warnings For Tobacco Products: Supreme Court Rules
The Supreme Court today refused to stay the operation of new amended rules of the Union Health Ministry directing the manufacturers to have graphic warning images on packets of cigarettes and other tobacco products and helpline numbers for those who wanted to quit the habit.
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Top Court To Hear Tobacco Items 85% Warning Label Case Next Month
The Supreme Court today declined to pass an interim stay on a judgement of the Karnataka High Court that struck down a Union Health Ministry rule, which made it compulsory for makers of tobacco products to show pictorial health warning covering 85 per cent of the product's package
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Tobacco Product Retailers Seek Roll Back Of 85% Pictorial Warnings
Over 1,000 retailers of tobacco products on Thursday protested outside the Union Health Ministry office here, demanding reduction in the size of the graphical health warnings on cigarette packets.
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Karnataka High Court Strikes Down 85% Pictorial Warning Rule For Tobacco Products
The Karnataka High Court today struck down the 2014 amendment rules that mandated pictorial health warnings to cover 85 per cent of tobacco product packaging space, holding that they violated Constitutional norms.
-
Health Ministry Releases New Pictorial Warnings For Tobacco Products
Replacing the existing images, the Health Ministry has released a new set of pictorial warnings for mandatory display on packets of cigarettes, bidis, and chewing tobacco with effect from April 1 this year.
-
India Has Third Largest Pictorial Warning On Tobacco Products
India is third among countries with the largest pictorial warning on tobacco products, according to a report released today.
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Health Ministry In Talks With HRD To Introduce Anti-Tobacco Warnings
After increasing the size of pictorial warnings on tobacco products, the Health Ministry is in talks with HRD Ministry to introduce messages related to ill effects of consumption of tobacco in schools.
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Tobacco Notification Challenged In Gujarat High Court; Notice To Centre
The Gujarat High Court on Tuesday issued a notice to the Centre on a petition challenging the Union Health Ministry's notification which makes 85 per cent pictorial warning on both sides of tobacco product packages mandatory from April 1.
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Maharashtra FDA Seizes Cigarettes Worth Rs 273 Crore
The Maharashtra Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has seized cigarettes worth Rs 273 crore from several parts of the state for alleged violation of the Centre's new rule on the size of health warnings on packets.
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Government Moves To Enforce Bigger Pictorial Warnings On Tobacco Products
The Health Ministry has written to the states and ministries to strictly enforce bigger pictorial warnings on tobacco product packs that became mandatory from April 1.
