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Tobacco Products To Have New Textual Warnings From December 1, 2022
Tobacco products manufactured, imported, or packaged on or after December 1, 2022, will have a new display warning. As per the Union Health Ministry, a new image will have a textual warning, "Tobacco causes a painful death.” The new image will be valid for one year period, following which, the new image will have new warnings, "Tobacco causes younger death". The new amendments came under Tobacco Products (Packaging-and-Labelling) Rules, 2008… read-more
Tags: Tobacco, Cigarettes and other Tobacco Products Act, Union Health Ministry, Indian Ministry, health warnings
Courtesy: The Free Press Journal
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Woman Smuggling 2.41 Kg Gold Arrested At Mangaluru Airport
Customs officials at Mangaluru International Airport on March 11 seized 2.41 kg gold from Mohammad Ali Sameera that she was carrying in her undergarments. As per reports, the seized element is valued at around Rs 1.1 crore and was concealed even in her socks and sanitary pads. Moreover, the Kerala-born inbound from Dubai has violated the Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products Act, 2003, as foreign brand cigarettes were seized from her… read-more
Tags: Mangaluru Airport, Gold Smuggling, Kerala, Cigarettes and other Tobacco Products Act, Custom Officials
Courtesy: India.com
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Indian Govt Plans To Amend Smoking Age From 18 To 21 Years
Drafting the Cigarettes and other Tobacco Products Amendment Act, 2020, the Indian government has been planning on increasing the legal age of smoking from 18 to 21 years. The bill proposes to ban designated smoking rooms in restaurants and airports as well as increase penalties for rule-violation in public areas. The government have sought to ban loose cigarettes and penalize seven years jail-term with Rs 1 lakh fine for selling tobbaco to… read-more
Tags: Government of India, Cigarettes and other Tobacco Products Act, Tobacco Products, National
Courtesy: Business Today
