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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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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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NITI Aayog Concerned Over Total FDI Ban In Tobacco Sector
The proposal to completely ban foreign direct investment (FDI) in the tobacco sector has run into rough weather as NITI Aayog has raised certain issues on the plan.
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ITC Shuts Cigarette Plants From May 4
India's biggest cigarette maker ITC Ltd shut its plants from May 4 to comply with a new stipulated pictorial warnings rule issued by the federal government, the company said in a statement.
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Tobacco Farmers, Retailers Protest 85% Pictorial Warning
Farmers and micro retailers from across Karnataka on Thursday staged a march here demanding rollback of a rule mandating 85 per cent pictorial warnings on tobacco products, calling it a "harsh policy" that does not balance the interests of stakeholders.
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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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Pictorial Warning On Tobacco Products: Court Seeks Centre's Reply
The Delhi High Court on Monday sought the Centre's response on a plea seeking quashing of notifications issued by the Health Ministry on printing 85 per cent pictorial warnings on tobacco products.
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Government Likely To Completely Ban FDI In Tobacco Sector
After making it mandatory to carry larger pictorial warnings on cigarette packets, the government is now working on a proposal to completely ban foreign direct investment (FDI) in the tobacco sector.
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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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Review Warning On Beedi Packets: Labour Minister to J P Nadda
Labour Minister Bandaru Dattatreya on Thursday urged Health Minister J P Nadda to reconsider the mandated pictorial warnings covering 85 per cent of the packaging space on beedi packets, a move that threatens the livelihood of 1.50 crore workers.
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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.
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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.
-
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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NITI Aayog Concerned Over Total FDI Ban In Tobacco Sector
The proposal to completely ban foreign direct investment (FDI) in the tobacco sector has run into rough weather as NITI Aayog has raised certain issues on the plan.
-
ITC Shuts Cigarette Plants From May 4
India's biggest cigarette maker ITC Ltd shut its plants from May 4 to comply with a new stipulated pictorial warnings rule issued by the federal government, the company said in a statement.
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Tobacco Farmers, Retailers Protest 85% Pictorial Warning
Farmers and micro retailers from across Karnataka on Thursday staged a march here demanding rollback of a rule mandating 85 per cent pictorial warnings on tobacco products, calling it a "harsh policy" that does not balance the interests of stakeholders.
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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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Pictorial Warning On Tobacco Products: Court Seeks Centre's Reply
The Delhi High Court on Monday sought the Centre's response on a plea seeking quashing of notifications issued by the Health Ministry on printing 85 per cent pictorial warnings on tobacco products.
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Government Likely To Completely Ban FDI In Tobacco Sector
After making it mandatory to carry larger pictorial warnings on cigarette packets, the government is now working on a proposal to completely ban foreign direct investment (FDI) in the tobacco sector.
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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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Review Warning On Beedi Packets: Labour Minister to J P Nadda
Labour Minister Bandaru Dattatreya on Thursday urged Health Minister J P Nadda to reconsider the mandated pictorial warnings covering 85 per cent of the packaging space on beedi packets, a move that threatens the livelihood of 1.50 crore workers.
