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Jump to full article: The Times of India, 2008-12-12
Intro: A crackdown on imported cigarettes, which do not carry statutory health warnings, may be in order. Hearing a public interest litigation by NGO Crusade Against Tobacco, the Bombay high court on Thursday ordered the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) as well as customs officials to ensure that such cigarette packs were seized and confiscated.
A division bench of Chief Justice Swatanter Kumar and Justice Sharad Bobde also asked FDA's zonal commissioners to file affidavits on the steps they had taken against foreign-made cigarette packs which violated rules.
According to the petitioners, there are 85 types of foreign-made cigarettes that enter the country, either legally or are smuggled in, which do not have a statutory health warning as required under Indian law. Rules say every cigarette pack has to display a warning declaring: "Smoking is injurious to health.'' The imported cigarettes also do not have details of the date of manufacture or the MRP.
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