ITC declined after the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare during market hours today, 22 October 2012, said it has notified new pictorial health warnings to be depicted on tobacco product packs. Three sets of warnings each have been notified for smoking as well as smokeless forms of tobacco product packages. The new warnings will come into effect from 1 April 2013.
The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said in its statement that well-designed health warnings and messages are part of a range of measures to communicate health risks due to tobacco use. Pictorial health warnings communicate health risks in a visible way, provoke a greater emotional response and increase the motivation of tobacco users to quit and to decrease their tobacco consumption, the ministry's statement said. Graphic warning labels have a greater impact than text-only labels and can be recognized by low-literacy audiences and children, the statement added. -- CA. Rajesh Desai -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""GLOBAL SPECULATORS"" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/globalspeculators?hl=en.
