World No Tobacco Day 2018: How does graphic pictorial warning on the cigarette packs affects psychologically? Smokers speak
'Although it doesn't help me cut down smoking, cold turkey...it does have a huge subconscious effect on my mind'
'Although it doesn't help me cut down smoking, cold turkey...it does have a huge subconscious effect on my mind'
Criticising Karnataka high court's decision to reverse pictorial warnings on tobacco products, doctors say that they help in reducing smoking.
Currently, the graphics have to cover 85% of the packet, but the retailers argue that smuggled cigarettes don't carry such large warnings.
India and Thailand have the next largest warnings at 85 per cent of the front and back.
The mandatory 85-per-cent-pictorial warning is displayed by only 67% cigarette packs in India.
Tobacco companies in India implement the usage of pictorial warnings covering 85 per cent of the packages
In a bid to help cut down the perils associated with tobacco, the World Health Organisation (WHO) on Monday urged the various stakeholders to make plain packaging of tobacco products mandatory across the world.
The government should reconsider the rule requiring 85 percent of tobacco product packaging to show pictorial health warning.
It said even if the same companies have accepted the pictorial warnings world wide, they are refusing to do so in India.
According to the new norm, packets of cigarettes and other tobacco products will have 85 per cent of their area covered by pictorial warnings besides the text warning which has existed for long, said an official statement.
Federation of All India Farmers Associations asks PM Modi to align pictorial warnings on tobacco packages with other countries
With 275 million adult users, India is the second largest consumer of tobacco products, globally. Tobacco causes a gamut of serious diseases including cancer, cardiovascular diseases, chronic pulmonary diseases and stroke.
The requirement to print pictorial health warnings on 50 percent of the two sides of the packs of tobacco products is 'excessive' and will adversely impact tobacco farming and industry, said a cigarette industry body.
Health experts on Thursday demanded pictorial and health warnings on junk food packets in order to provide information to people on health issues caused by them.
Implementing 85% pictorial warnings on tobacco products delayed till April 2016
Nadda: Imported cigarette packets will also carry larger pictorial warnings
Canadian Cancer Soc. urges Modi to implement 85% pictorial warnings on tobacco products
'Although it doesn't help me cut down smoking, cold turkey...it does have a huge subconscious effect on my mind'
Criticising Karnataka high court's decision to reverse pictorial warnings on tobacco products, doctors say that they help in reducing smoking.
Currently, the graphics have to cover 85% of the packet, but the retailers argue that smuggled cigarettes don't carry such large warnings.
India and Thailand have the next largest warnings at 85 per cent of the front and back.
The mandatory 85-per-cent-pictorial warning is displayed by only 67% cigarette packs in India.
Tobacco companies in India implement the usage of pictorial warnings covering 85 per cent of the packages
In a bid to help cut down the perils associated with tobacco, the World Health Organisation (WHO) on Monday urged the various stakeholders to make plain packaging of tobacco products mandatory across the world.
The government should reconsider the rule requiring 85 percent of tobacco product packaging to show pictorial health warning.
It said even if the same companies have accepted the pictorial warnings world wide, they are refusing to do so in India.
According to the new norm, packets of cigarettes and other tobacco products will have 85 per cent of their area covered by pictorial warnings besides the text warning which has existed for long, said an official statement.
Federation of All India Farmers Associations asks PM Modi to align pictorial warnings on tobacco packages with other countries
With 275 million adult users, India is the second largest consumer of tobacco products, globally. Tobacco causes a gamut of serious diseases including cancer, cardiovascular diseases, chronic pulmonary diseases and stroke.
The requirement to print pictorial health warnings on 50 percent of the two sides of the packs of tobacco products is 'excessive' and will adversely impact tobacco farming and industry, said a cigarette industry body.
Health experts on Thursday demanded pictorial and health warnings on junk food packets in order to provide information to people on health issues caused by them.
Implementing 85% pictorial warnings on tobacco products delayed till April 2016
Nadda: Imported cigarette packets will also carry larger pictorial warnings
Canadian Cancer Soc. urges Modi to implement 85% pictorial warnings on tobacco products