> Warning pictures on all Tobacco Packs in India

Safin

The Union health ministry has issued the final notification, according to which 40% of the space on tobacco packs will have to carry the warnings.

The notification says the pictorial warnings will be changed every 12 months. While the warning "Smoking Kills" on cigarette and beedi products and "Tobacco Kills" on smokeless or chewing tobacco products will appear in white font on a red background, every specified health message will be in bold black font on a white background.

The notification says, "Each health warning has been specified in English and regional languages. Not more than two languages can be used on a single pack. Every person engaged directly or indirectly in the production, supply, import and distribution of tobacco products should ensure that every package has the specified health warning. The warnings will have to occupy 40% of the principal display area of the pack. None of the elements of the specified warning are severed, covered or hidden in any manner when the packet is sealed. No package can be sold unless it carries the health warnings."

Experts say the mild pictorial warnings would defeat its purpose — of scaring away smokers and deterring them from smoking.

Health minister Anbumani Ramadoss wanted pictures with shock value — like those depicting gory images of cancerous tumours, rotting teeth and diseased throats — that would make smokers quit.

Hmm actually for a change Ramadoss is right. Showing absolutely no effect images will defeat the whole purpose.

vijay.sharma

where is the PICTURE

Agnel

Originally Posted by Safin

The Union health ministry has issued the final notification, according to which 40% of the space on tobacco packs will have to carry the warnings.

The notification says the pictorial warnings will be changed every 12 months. While the warning "Smoking Kills" on cigarette and beedi products and "Tobacco Kills" on smokeless or chewing tobacco products will appear in white font on a red background, every specified health message will be in bold black font on a white background.

Hmm actually for a change Ramadoss is right. Showing absolutely no effect images will defeat the whole purpose.

Why are you so annoyed?

xXx

hmm............Good Move by that Idiot Ramadoss

patch01

For a long time here in Oz, they put the smoking kills, smoking causes cancer, no one really paid all that much attention....... then they started putting pictures of smoke damaged lungs, gangrenous toes, etc etc

You know what happened, people started comparing the pictures on their box of smokes, like they were football cards........

It simply goes to show, that people who want to smoke will smoke & governments will get rich on the taxes levied on the product..........

Agnel

^^ One point to be noted is that, ppl who smoke get into that habit to kill themselves. So all these signs aren't gonna stop them

helking

but where is the image

Private Ryan

They shud put up gross images of cancer patients on the cigarette and tobacco packs...

atleast those images will deter ppl from smoking..or atleast make them think about the consequences...maybe some of them will ultimately leave tht habit...

Agnel

^^ some stick with bad habits for some reason i mention above

. Doing that will only help their notion