Jump to full article: Indian Express, 2009-06-26
Intro: Kolkata In keeping with the Supreme Court order, cigarette packs with pictorial warnings covering at least 40 per cent of the front of the packet made their entry in city outlets on Thursday.
Cigarettes manufactured by the Hyderabad-based VST Industries Ltd under the brand name "Special" carried a picture of smoke-damaged lungs with the warning "Smoking Kills" in white on a red background above it, and another warning beside the picture that said "Tobacco Causes Cancer".
The Union government had assured the apex court last month that it would ensure pictorial warnings like the skull and cross bones or a cancer-disfigured face were carried on cigarettes packets and other tobacco products from May 31 onwards under the Cigarette and Other Tobacco Products (Packing and Labeling) Rules, 2008.
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