Jump to full article: The Times of India, 2009-06-01
Intro: The Union health ministry directive that all tobacco products sold in the country carry pictorial warnings from May 31, went almost unimplemented in large parts of Chennai on Sunday.
A few days ago, Additional Solicitor-General Gopal Subramaniam gave an undertaking to a Supreme Court bench headed by Justice B N Agrawal saying the government would make it mandatory for every tobacco company to carry the pictorial warning on cigarette packets from May 31, World No Tobacco Day.
According to the cigarette and tobacco products (packaging and labelling) rules issued by the Union government, all cigarette and tobacco packs should carry pictorial messages and a revised statuory warning, "smoking kills and tobacco causes cancer" on 40% of the principal display area.
"I brought a cigarette packet thinking I would see a gory picture. But there was nothing. When I asked the shop keeper, he was not even aware of the rule," said N Sudarshan of Mylapore.
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