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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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8-9 Lakh Deaths Can be Attributed to Tobacco Use: Health Minister JP Nadda
Nearly 8-9 lakh people die every year due to diseases related to tobacco use, the government today said while assuring the Rajya Sabha that a number of multipronged initiatives to reduce its consumption in the country have been undertaken.
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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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'Don't Subscribe to Their Remarks,' Says Health Minister on BJP Lawmakers' Controversial Stand on Tobacco
As a string of comments from BJP parliamentarians over the use of tobacco snowballed into a major embarrassment, Union Health Minister JP Nadda on Friday said the government did not "subscribe" to their remarks that suggested "nil" effect of smoking.
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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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8-9 Lakh Deaths Can be Attributed to Tobacco Use: Health Minister JP Nadda
Nearly 8-9 lakh people die every year due to diseases related to tobacco use, the government today said while assuring the Rajya Sabha that a number of multipronged initiatives to reduce its consumption in the country have been undertaken.
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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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'Don't Subscribe to Their Remarks,' Says Health Minister on BJP Lawmakers' Controversial Stand on Tobacco
As a string of comments from BJP parliamentarians over the use of tobacco snowballed into a major embarrassment, Union Health Minister JP Nadda on Friday said the government did not "subscribe" to their remarks that suggested "nil" effect of smoking.
