Tobacco Packaging
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Supreme Court refuses to stay Centre’s order on new pictorial warnings on tobacco packs
It also declined to put on hold the government’s decision to set up a helpline for those seeking assistance to quit tobacco use.
Scroll Staff
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From September, tobacco packs will carry toll-free helpline number along with new pictorial warnings
The packets will also carry text warnings like ‘tobacco causes painful death’ and ‘tobacco causes cancer’.
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Why India must enforce 85% graphic health warnings on tobacco packs
The tobacco industry is determined to derail a plan to enforce large graphic health warnings.
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The workers are used as pawns by the industry to demand less tobacco control, say activists.
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13,500 tobacco deaths since April 1: Activists launch campaign to push for cigarette pack warnings
The 'Answer Sunita' campaign aims to keep up the pressure on Modi.
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