Health Warnings on Tobacco Packs Issues by Central Government
New Delhi [India]: The Central government on Friday notified new sets of specified health warnings for all tobacco product packs by making an amendment in the Cigarettes and other Tobacco Products (Packaging and Labelling) Rules, 2008. So, The amended rules will be applicable with effect from December 1, 2022. So, The Central government on Friday notified new Health warnings on tobacco packs by making an amendment to the Cigarettes.
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Warnings for Tobacco Product
Hence, “The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India has notified new sets of specified health warnings for all tobacco product packs by making an amendment in the Cigarettes and other Tobacco Products (Packaging and Labelling) Rules, 2008 vide GSR 592 (E) dated 21st July 2022 ‘The Cigarettes and other Tobacco Products (Packaging and Labelling) Third Amendment Rules, 2022’.
The Amended Rules for Tobacco
So, The amended Rules will be applicable w.e.f. 1st December 2022,” the official statement read. All tobacco products manufactured or imported or packaged on or after December 1, 2022, shall display the images provided by the government with the textual Health Warning as ‘TOBACCO CAUSES PAINFUL DEATH’ and those manufactured or imported or packaged on or after December 1, 2023, shall display Image-2 with the textual Health Warning ‘TOBACCO USERS DIE YOUNGER’.
Health Warning For Tobacco Products Packs
So, Any person engaged directly or indirectly in the manufacture, production, supply, import, or distribution of cigarettes or any tobacco products shall ensure that all tobacco product packages shall have the specified health warnings exactly as prescribed.
Therefore, Violation of the above-mentioned provision is a punishable offense with imprisonment or fine as prescribed 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, the official statement said.
So, The existing specified health warning, as per the government data. – notified vide GSR 458(E) dated July 21, 2020, shall continue till November 30, 2022.
