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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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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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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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ITC Hits Out At Large Graphic Warning Rule On Cigarette Packs
ITC said the global average size for GHW is only about 30 per cent of the principal display area.
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India's Biggest Cigarette Maker ITC Criticizes Big Health Warnings On Packs
ITC criticized the government's decision to impose bigger health warnings on cigarette packets, saying there was little evidence to link smoking to diseases depicted in those pictures.
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Place Bigger Warnings On Cigarette Packs Immediately, Says Top Court
Tobacco companies, which have been opposing the government order to place bigger pictorial warnings on packs of tobacco products, have been told by the Supreme Court to do so without any further delay.
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Tobacco Industry Packs Must Carry Bigger Warnings: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Wednesday said the tobacco industry must adhere to government rules requiring stringent health warnings on cigarette packs, in a major setback for the $11-billion industry that opposes the new policy.
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2 Lawmakers Oppose Increasing Pictorial Warnings On Cigarette Packs
Two Lok Sabha members today opposed increasing the size of pictorial warning on tobacco products, saying it had adversely affected farmers and bidi workers and their livelihood was in danger.
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Top Court To Hear Cases Challenging Tobacco Pack Warnings On Monday
The Supreme Court said on Friday it will hear petitions filed by the $11 billion tobacco industry against the government's stringent package warning rules next week, when it will also review other similar cases filed in recent years.
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Supreme Court To Hear Cases Challenging Tobacco Pack Warnings On Monday
The cases have been filed by a group that makes traditional cigarettes, called beedis, and the Tobacco Institute of India (TII) that represents large cigarette firms, some backed by "Big Tobacco" firms in the West.
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In Health Warning Showdown, Tobacco Industry Turns To Top Court
India's tobacco industry has sought to delay strict new health warning rules by appealing to the Supreme Court, a move anti-smoking activists say could backfire given that the court has ruled against cigarette makers in the past.
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ITC Says to Keep Cigarette Factories Shut Over Health Warning Rules
India's top cigarette maker ITC Ltd, part-owned by British American Tobacco, said it was not ready to print bigger health warnings on its packs as mandated by the government and will keep its factories shut until clarity emerges on the new rules.
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ITC to Keep Cigarette Factories Shut Over Health Warning Rules
ITC Ltd, India's top cigarette maker, said it was not ready to print bigger health warnings on its packs as mandated by the government and will keep its factories shut until clarity emerges on the new rules.
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Cigarette Factories Close Over New Pictorial Warnings On Packs
As bigger pictorial warnings on tobacco products became mandatory from today, cigarette companies announced they were stopping production, citing "ambiguity" on the issue. The move will result in an estimated loss of Rs 350 crore a day in turnover for the tobacco industry.
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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.
-
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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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.
-
ITC Hits Out At Large Graphic Warning Rule On Cigarette Packs
ITC said the global average size for GHW is only about 30 per cent of the principal display area.
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India's Biggest Cigarette Maker ITC Criticizes Big Health Warnings On Packs
ITC criticized the government's decision to impose bigger health warnings on cigarette packets, saying there was little evidence to link smoking to diseases depicted in those pictures.
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Place Bigger Warnings On Cigarette Packs Immediately, Says Top Court
Tobacco companies, which have been opposing the government order to place bigger pictorial warnings on packs of tobacco products, have been told by the Supreme Court to do so without any further delay.
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Tobacco Industry Packs Must Carry Bigger Warnings: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Wednesday said the tobacco industry must adhere to government rules requiring stringent health warnings on cigarette packs, in a major setback for the $11-billion industry that opposes the new policy.
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2 Lawmakers Oppose Increasing Pictorial Warnings On Cigarette Packs
Two Lok Sabha members today opposed increasing the size of pictorial warning on tobacco products, saying it had adversely affected farmers and bidi workers and their livelihood was in danger.
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Top Court To Hear Cases Challenging Tobacco Pack Warnings On Monday
The Supreme Court said on Friday it will hear petitions filed by the $11 billion tobacco industry against the government's stringent package warning rules next week, when it will also review other similar cases filed in recent years.
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Supreme Court To Hear Cases Challenging Tobacco Pack Warnings On Monday
The cases have been filed by a group that makes traditional cigarettes, called beedis, and the Tobacco Institute of India (TII) that represents large cigarette firms, some backed by "Big Tobacco" firms in the West.
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In Health Warning Showdown, Tobacco Industry Turns To Top Court
India's tobacco industry has sought to delay strict new health warning rules by appealing to the Supreme Court, a move anti-smoking activists say could backfire given that the court has ruled against cigarette makers in the past.
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ITC Says to Keep Cigarette Factories Shut Over Health Warning Rules
India's top cigarette maker ITC Ltd, part-owned by British American Tobacco, said it was not ready to print bigger health warnings on its packs as mandated by the government and will keep its factories shut until clarity emerges on the new rules.
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ITC to Keep Cigarette Factories Shut Over Health Warning Rules
ITC Ltd, India's top cigarette maker, said it was not ready to print bigger health warnings on its packs as mandated by the government and will keep its factories shut until clarity emerges on the new rules.
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Cigarette Factories Close Over New Pictorial Warnings On Packs
As bigger pictorial warnings on tobacco products became mandatory from today, cigarette companies announced they were stopping production, citing "ambiguity" on the issue. The move will result in an estimated loss of Rs 350 crore a day in turnover for the tobacco industry.
