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India poor in depicting pictorial warning on tobacco packets
Seven Sisters Post | Guwahati (Nov 21)
India figures shamefully low in a new report that ranks countries according to how successfully they have managed to introduce pictorial health warnings on tobacco packets — a proven strategy that deters people from smoking or chewing tobacco. The “Cigarette Package Health Warnings: International Status Report”, was released at the fifth session of the Conference of the Parties to the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) being held in Seoul, South Korea from November 12 to 17.
India ranks 123 among 198 countries surveyed on warning size and fulfillment of requirements for picture-based warnings on cigarette packets. Under the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC), an international treaty signed and ratified by India, the parties are required to carry health warnings on all packages of tobacco products describing the harmful effects of tobacco use.
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