'Although it doesn't help me cut down smoking, cold turkey...it does have a huge subconscious effect on my mind'
As per study, warning labels on sugary drinks will be helpful for people
The mandatory 85-per-cent-pictorial warning is displayed by only 67% cigarette packs in India.
Soft drinks and other sugary drinks that include health warning labels are less likely to be purchased by teenagers, a study has found.
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.
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.
Soon, cigarettes and gutka packets might have larger pictorial warnings to make people aware about the risk of oral cancer
According to a University of Illinois study 'the good intentions of this tobacco control measure may be for naught'. 'What we found is that most people don't like these warning labels, whether they are smokers or non-smokers,' said lead author of the study, Nicole LaVoie, in the paper published in the journal Communication Research.
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.
Do large warning labels make you want to quit smoking?
Indian children not aware of warning labels on cigarette packets
'Although it doesn't help me cut down smoking, cold turkey...it does have a huge subconscious effect on my mind'
As per study, warning labels on sugary drinks will be helpful for people
The mandatory 85-per-cent-pictorial warning is displayed by only 67% cigarette packs in India.
Soft drinks and other sugary drinks that include health warning labels are less likely to be purchased by teenagers, a study has found.
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.
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.
Soon, cigarettes and gutka packets might have larger pictorial warnings to make people aware about the risk of oral cancer
According to a University of Illinois study 'the good intentions of this tobacco control measure may be for naught'. 'What we found is that most people don't like these warning labels, whether they are smokers or non-smokers,' said lead author of the study, Nicole LaVoie, in the paper published in the journal Communication Research.
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.
Do large warning labels make you want to quit smoking?
Indian children not aware of warning labels on cigarette packets
