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No Compromise On Anti-Tobacco Warnings For Streaming Platforms: Ministry
There is no compromise on OTT Rules 2023 requiring online streaming platforms to incorporate anti-tobacco warnings in their content, the Union Health Ministry asserted on Saturday and warned of action in case of non-compliance.
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"Congratulations India": WHO On Anti-Tobacco Warnings On OTT Platforms
Dr Poonam Khetrapal Singh, Regional Director, World Health Organisation South-East Asia Region congratulated India on becoming the first country in the world to regulate anti-tobacco warnings on OTT platforms.
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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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Anti-Tobacco Warnings for OTT Programmes Soon, Health Ministry to Amend Relevant Rules
OTT platforms may soon be mandated to display anti-tobacco warnings and disclaimers as are seen in movies screened in theatres and in television programmes with the Health Ministry likely to amend the relevant rules. According to the draft notification, publishers of online curated content displaying tobacco products or their use will be required t...
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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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Delhi Government Suggests Revised Text Warning For Cigarettes, Tobacco
The Delhi government has suggested the Union Health Ministry to add the word 'early' to its recently revised text warning -- 'Tobacco causes painful death' -- which, it said, does not clearly explain the fact that the life span of tobacco users get shortened.
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85 Percent Tobacco Warning: No Ambiguity In Policy, Says Government
Slamming the decision of tobacco manufacturers to halt production, the Centre today hardened its stand on the implementation of larger pictorial warnings on such products, saying it will take all the necessary steps to curb tobacco use in the country.
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For Cigarette Warnings, Health Ministry Stubbed Out its Own Advice
Delaying bigger health warnings on cigarette packets "has no precedent" and "may not stand legal scrutiny," was what the Health Ministry advised. But two days later, in March, Health Minister JP Nadda said an earlier decision to cover 85% of a cigarette packet with warnings would miss its scheduled April rollout.
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Tobacco Packets to Devote 85 Per Cent Space to Warnings
India on Wednesday made it mandatory for tobacco companies to devote 85 per cent space on packets of cigarettes and other tobacco products to warnings against the ill effects of tobacco consumption.
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John Terry resemblance prompts govt to pick new image for cigarette packs
On every packet of cigarettes sold in India since December last year, a photograph of a man with cloudy lungs accompanies the warning "Smoking Kills." The man is in silhouette. Now, that picture has to change, after complaints that it was based on an internet photo of English footballer John Terry. Sources say that tobacco company Godfrey Philips ...
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Will graphic warnings on tobacco products work?
On the occasion of World No Tobacco Day, the government issued guidelines to all the companies making tobacco products to carry graphic pictorial warnings.
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No Compromise On Anti-Tobacco Warnings For Streaming Platforms: Ministry
There is no compromise on OTT Rules 2023 requiring online streaming platforms to incorporate anti-tobacco warnings in their content, the Union Health Ministry asserted on Saturday and warned of action in case of non-compliance.
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"Congratulations India": WHO On Anti-Tobacco Warnings On OTT Platforms
Dr Poonam Khetrapal Singh, Regional Director, World Health Organisation South-East Asia Region congratulated India on becoming the first country in the world to regulate anti-tobacco warnings on OTT platforms.
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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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Anti-Tobacco Warnings for OTT Programmes Soon, Health Ministry to Amend Relevant Rules
OTT platforms may soon be mandated to display anti-tobacco warnings and disclaimers as are seen in movies screened in theatres and in television programmes with the Health Ministry likely to amend the relevant rules. According to the draft notification, publishers of online curated content displaying tobacco products or their use will be required t...
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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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Delhi Government Suggests Revised Text Warning For Cigarettes, Tobacco
The Delhi government has suggested the Union Health Ministry to add the word 'early' to its recently revised text warning -- 'Tobacco causes painful death' -- which, it said, does not clearly explain the fact that the life span of tobacco users get shortened.
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85 Percent Tobacco Warning: No Ambiguity In Policy, Says Government
Slamming the decision of tobacco manufacturers to halt production, the Centre today hardened its stand on the implementation of larger pictorial warnings on such products, saying it will take all the necessary steps to curb tobacco use in the country.
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For Cigarette Warnings, Health Ministry Stubbed Out its Own Advice
Delaying bigger health warnings on cigarette packets "has no precedent" and "may not stand legal scrutiny," was what the Health Ministry advised. But two days later, in March, Health Minister JP Nadda said an earlier decision to cover 85% of a cigarette packet with warnings would miss its scheduled April rollout.
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Tobacco Packets to Devote 85 Per Cent Space to Warnings
India on Wednesday made it mandatory for tobacco companies to devote 85 per cent space on packets of cigarettes and other tobacco products to warnings against the ill effects of tobacco consumption.
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John Terry resemblance prompts govt to pick new image for cigarette packs
On every packet of cigarettes sold in India since December last year, a photograph of a man with cloudy lungs accompanies the warning "Smoking Kills." The man is in silhouette. Now, that picture has to change, after complaints that it was based on an internet photo of English footballer John Terry. Sources say that tobacco company Godfrey Philips ...
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Will graphic warnings on tobacco products work?
On the occasion of World No Tobacco Day, the government issued guidelines to all the companies making tobacco products to carry graphic pictorial warnings.
