85 percent pictorial warning will increase smuggling of foreign cigarettes
The rule requiring that packets of tobacco products carry larger pictorial health warning will increase smuggling into India of foreign cigarettes that come without such a warning, said a farmers’ grouping on Friday. “It is a black day for us. By implementing the 85 percent pictorial warning rule, the government is actually trying to murder the tobacco farmers,” MuraliBabu, general secretary of the Federation of All India Farmers’ Associations (FAIFA), told IANS.
The rule increasing the display area of the pictorial health warning on packs of cigarettes and other tobacco products from 40 percent to 85 percent came into effect on Friday. That will be in addition to textual health warning.
Related Posts
Items worth ₹2L seized
Bhopal: Kotwali police seized items worth over Rs 2.32 lakh from a man, who...
CBP finds more than $171,000 hidden in truck in El Paso border cash smuggling attempt.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers seized a cash shipment of $171,992...
Focus on anti-smuggling activities along coast
The newly formed Vijayawada Customs (Preventive) Commissionerate is gearing up...
Foreign cigarettes: A challenge for Assam Police
GUWAHATI: Guwahati has turned into a hub of foreign cigarettes in India. Foreign...