70 % of the cigarette packet will carry warnings

Q.  How much percent area of the cigarette packet will carry warnings?
- Published on 31 Mar 16

a. 30%
b. 70%
c. 80%
d. 20%

ANSWER: 70%
 
  • Despite the parliamentary committee batting for reduction in the size of pictorial warning (PW), sources in the Union Health Ministry have confirmed that the government will honour its commitment to display pictorial warnings on 85 per cent space of cigarette packets from April 1, 2016. The new norms suggest that 70 % of the packets will carry warnings and only 30 % will have ads.
  • Today, we have only 40 per cent warning on one side, which means 160 per cent of the space is given to advertisement and promotion.
  • The decision has allayed the fears of medical experts and anti-tobacco activists that the Committee on Subordinate Legislation report — which recommended 50 per cent PWs on both sides of cigarettes packets, and on one side of beedi and smokeless tobacco packets — would dilute their efforts to reduce tobacco consumption among the public.

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