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New health warning on tobacco products packs notified

 

By TIOL News Service

NEW DELHI, JULY 24, 2020: THE Ministry of Health and Family Welfare 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. The amended Rules will be applicable w.e.f. 1st December, 2020.

The new set of specified health warnings shall be -

Image-1, shall be valid for a period of twelve months following its commencement from 1st December, 2020.

Image-2, which shall come into effect following the end of twelve months from the date of commencement of specified health warning of Image-1.

The said notification alongwith the soft or printable version of the specified health warnings in 19 languages are available on the websites www.mohfw.gov.in and www.ntcp.nhp.gov.in

In view of the above, it is informed that;

All tobacco products manufactured or imported or packaged on or after 1st December, 2020 shall display Image -1 and those manufactured or imported or packaged on or after 1st December, 2021 shall display Image-2 .

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.

Violation of the above mentioned provision is a punishable offence 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 existing specified health warning (Image-2) shall continue till 30th November, 2020.


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