Health warning images for all cigarettes and tobacco product packs should be changed by September 1, announced the government.
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‘The government announced to replace the health warning images on all tobacco products with new pictures by September 1 and warned to punish those who violate the prescribed norms.
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"Any person engaged directly or indirectly in production, supply, import or distribution of cigarettes or any tobacco products shall ensure that all tobacco product packages have the specified health warnings exactly as prescribed," it said in a statement. Those found violating the prescribed norms, the Ministry said, will face punishment as laid out in Section 20 of the Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products (Prohibition of Advertisement and Regulation of Trade and Commerce, Production, Supply, and Distribution) Act, 2003.
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