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SUBORDINATE LEGISLATION ON CIGARETTE
85 per cent pictorial warning on tobacco products in force from tomorrowThe ministry had made a commitment to Rajasthan High Court on March 28 that it will implement the said rules from April 1, 2016.- Tobacco growers demand downsizing of pictorial warningThe chairman of the Committee on Subordinate Legislations Dilip Gandhi recommended the size of the warnings to be increased from present 40...
- Tobacco pictorial warning: Experts decry back-stepping by centreA recent report of the Lok Sabha Committee on Subordinate Legislation recommended 50 per cent coverage on both sides of cigarette packs.
- Parliamentary panel favours bringing tobacco production under regulatory regimeA Parliamentary panel has recommended framing an "equitable and pragmatic" National Tobacco Control Policy so various organs of govt can wo...
- Pictorial warnings: Parliament panel wants size to be reduced to 50% of pack sizeA parliamentary panel termed as "too harsh" the government's proposed 85 per cent pictorial warnings on tobacco products and recommended a ...
- Tobacco warnings: Bidi baron Shyama Charan Gupta renominated to parliamentary panelBidi baron Shyama Charan Gupta has been nominated to the reconstituted panel looking into the issue of increasing size of pictorial warning...
- Agriculture department for bigger tobacco warningsThe department of agriculture has said it doesn't support tobacco cultivation and has thus "no objection" to the amendment notification.
- 8-9 lakh people die due to tobacco use every year: Government"As per the report of Tobacco Control in India (2004), each year 8-9 lakh deaths in India can be attributed to tobacco use," Health Ministe...
- No going back on bigger warnings on tobacco packs, says Heath ministry"In our submission to the parliamentary committee,we said the same thing. There is no change in the ministry's stand since then" an officia...
- Pro-tobacco MPs Shyam Charan Gupta, Dilip Gandhi and Ram Prasad Sarmah may be axed from panelRam Prasad Sarmah had kicked up a controversy by saying that there was no link between cancer and smoking. He claimed it had "medicinal val...
- Government will take measured decision on pictorial warning on tobacco products: FM Arun JaitleyJaitley's comments came amid reports that PM Modi had directed removal of the members with conflicting interests from the Committee on Toba...
- Parliament panel concerned more about business and not healthThe panel’s report has given some very interesting reasons to emphasise that the size of pictorial warnings should not be increased from 40...
- Smoking row: Another BJP MP says no link of smoking and cancer"Whether cigarette smoking causes cancer or not, there is no full proof till now," Ram Prasad Sarmah, BJP MP from Tezpur, Assam said in Bis...
- No study shows how cancer is caused: BJP MP Dilip GandhiGandhi was far from apologetic in spite of criticism from fellow BJP colleague and Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar who said that ‘sc...
- Parliamentary panel defers decision on tobacco products like cigatette, bidis' pictorial warningCommittee has deferred decision on the grounds that there is no conclusive proof that products like bidis, tendu leaves and cigarettes caus...
- Prakash Javadekar dismisses BJP MP Dilip Gandhi's remarks on tobacco consumption"Do not listen to these things. Science is science. You cannot compromise on science," the Minister said, disapproving the statement of Gan...
- Government set to defer tobacco pictorial warning notificationOn implementation of the notification, India will be the only country in the world with largest pictoral warnings on tobacco products.
- Pakistan, Nepal urge India to issue bigger cigarette pack warningsBoth countries want India to stick to its commitment to cover packs with 85 per cent pictorial covering from April 1; health ministry is ye...
- India mulls putting tobacco pack warning proposal on holdNew rule requiring cigarette makers to cover 85 per cent of their product packs with warnings may be deferred by 3 to 6 months.
- Hold proposal to expand size of pictorial warning on cigarette packs: Parliamentary panelA parliamentary committee has "strongly" appealed to keep on hold its proposal to increase size of pictorial warnings on tobacco packets, c...
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