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Printing Health Risk Message on Cigarette Packs Delayed 

Jump to full article: 烟草在线, Tobacco China, 2005-08-11
Author: Source from:11 August 2005 MALE, August 11 (HNS)

Intro:

Ministry of Health has decided to extend deadline of printing health risk labels on tobacco packs in Dhivehi Language until October.

The prior date for printing the labels was July 1. Some parties have already printed such labels on cigarette packs.

The Health Ministry said on Wednesday that this decision was taken upon request from some importers of tobacco who said that they had faced some difficulties in getting labels printed on time.

?Therefore, we are giving them more time,? Deputy Director of Health Services Dr. Sheena Moosa said.

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