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Banned Foreign Cigarettes Worth Over Rs 25 Lakh Seized In Delhi, 4 Arrested
The Delhi Police has busted a cigarette-smuggling racket and seized a massive consignment of foreign-made prohibited cigarettes valued at around Rs 25.76 lakh, an official said on Monday.
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India Ranked 5th In Pictorial Warnings On Cigarette Packets
India has slipped to the fifth position among 206 countries in terms of the largest pictorial warning on cigarette packs with 85 per cent of both sides of the packets covered, according to a report released by the Canadian Cancer Society on Monday.
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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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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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Supreme Court Sets Aside Order On Pictorial Warning On Tobacco Packs
The Supreme Court on Monday stayed the operation of a Karnataka High Court order setting aside 2014 rules mandating that 85 per cent space on both sides of packets of cigarettes and other tobacco products carry pictorial warning on their harmful effects.
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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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Fast Food to Have Warning Labels Like Cigarrete Packets, Suggests Ram Vilas Paswan
Consumer Affairs Minister Ram Vilas Paswan has been pushing for stricter food safety practices. Recently, he pitched for a statutory warning 'not healthy food' to appear on all junk food packets like chips on the lines of the warning on cigarette packs.
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Smaller Warnings On Cigarette Packs, Recommends Parliamentary Committee Again
Just a fortnight before larger pictorial warnings are meant to appear on cigarette packets, a parliamentary committee has said that a requirement of 85 per cent of surface area is too harsh on the tobacco industry.
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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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PM Narendra Modi Backs Larger Health Warnings on Cigarette Packets: Sources
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has reportedly asked Health Minister JP Nadda to go ahead with enforcing larger pictorial warnings on cigarette packets after a parliamentary committee said the move should be delayed because there is no local evidence that smoking causes cancer.
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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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Indonesia Rolls Out Graphic Health Warnings on Cigarette Packs
Cigarette manufacturers in Indonesia, one of the world's biggest tobacco markets, began printing graphic health warnings on packets on Tuesday, but they have yet to appear in shops and the companies involved do not seem too worried about plunging sales.
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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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John Terry eyes legal action over cigarette image
Lawyers for England captain John Terry could take legal action after an apparent image of the footballer was used in a tobacco warning on cigarette packets in India, his spokesman said on Tuesday.
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Banned Foreign Cigarettes Worth Over Rs 25 Lakh Seized In Delhi, 4 Arrested
The Delhi Police has busted a cigarette-smuggling racket and seized a massive consignment of foreign-made prohibited cigarettes valued at around Rs 25.76 lakh, an official said on Monday.
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India Ranked 5th In Pictorial Warnings On Cigarette Packets
India has slipped to the fifth position among 206 countries in terms of the largest pictorial warning on cigarette packs with 85 per cent of both sides of the packets covered, according to a report released by the Canadian Cancer Society on Monday.
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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.
-
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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Supreme Court Sets Aside Order On Pictorial Warning On Tobacco Packs
The Supreme Court on Monday stayed the operation of a Karnataka High Court order setting aside 2014 rules mandating that 85 per cent space on both sides of packets of cigarettes and other tobacco products carry pictorial warning on their harmful effects.
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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.
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Fast Food to Have Warning Labels Like Cigarrete Packets, Suggests Ram Vilas Paswan
Consumer Affairs Minister Ram Vilas Paswan has been pushing for stricter food safety practices. Recently, he pitched for a statutory warning 'not healthy food' to appear on all junk food packets like chips on the lines of the warning on cigarette packs.
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Smaller Warnings On Cigarette Packs, Recommends Parliamentary Committee Again
Just a fortnight before larger pictorial warnings are meant to appear on cigarette packets, a parliamentary committee has said that a requirement of 85 per cent of surface area is too harsh on the tobacco industry.
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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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PM Narendra Modi Backs Larger Health Warnings on Cigarette Packets: Sources
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has reportedly asked Health Minister JP Nadda to go ahead with enforcing larger pictorial warnings on cigarette packets after a parliamentary committee said the move should be delayed because there is no local evidence that smoking causes cancer.
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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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Indonesia Rolls Out Graphic Health Warnings on Cigarette Packs
Cigarette manufacturers in Indonesia, one of the world's biggest tobacco markets, began printing graphic health warnings on packets on Tuesday, but they have yet to appear in shops and the companies involved do not seem too worried about plunging sales.
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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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John Terry eyes legal action over cigarette image
Lawyers for England captain John Terry could take legal action after an apparent image of the footballer was used in a tobacco warning on cigarette packets in India, his spokesman said on Tuesday.
