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Mandatory For Streaming Platforms To Display Anti-Tobacco Warning: Centre
The government has made it mandatory for OTT platforms to display an anti-tobacco health warning as a prominent static message at the bottom of the screen during the period of a tobacco product being displayed or used in a programme.
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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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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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Tobacco Products To Carry Pictorial Warning On 85 % Of Packaging Space
Tobacco products would continue to carry pictorial warning covering 85 per cent of the packaging space, the Supreme Court today said.
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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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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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Supreme Court To Hear Plea On Pictorial Warning On Tobacco Products Today
The Supreme Court agreed to hear today itself a batch of petitions challenging the Karnataka High Court order which quashed the government regulation that packets of tobacco products must carry pictorial warning covering 85 per cent of packaging space.
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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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Mandatory For Streaming Platforms To Display Anti-Tobacco Warning: Centre
The government has made it mandatory for OTT platforms to display an anti-tobacco health warning as a prominent static message at the bottom of the screen during the period of a tobacco product being displayed or used in a programme.
-
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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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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Tobacco Products To Carry Pictorial Warning On 85 % Of Packaging Space
Tobacco products would continue to carry pictorial warning covering 85 per cent of the packaging space, the Supreme Court today said.
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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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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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Supreme Court To Hear Plea On Pictorial Warning On Tobacco Products Today
The Supreme Court agreed to hear today itself a batch of petitions challenging the Karnataka High Court order which quashed the government regulation that packets of tobacco products must carry pictorial warning covering 85 per cent of packaging space.
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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.
