[Headlines Only] [Top Stories Only]
Categories
· Tobacco Control
· Labels/Lights
non-USA, by Country
· India

Now cancerous mouth will replace pictures of scorpion, diseased lung 

New warning on cigarette, gutka packs to come into effect from June 1
Jump to full article: The Hindu Online (in), 2010-03-11
Author: Aarti Dhar

Intro:

The Union Health and Family Welfare Ministry has issued a new pictorial warning for cigarette and tobacco packs. It will come into effect from June 1.

The new picture, notified on March 5, shows a cancerous mouth. The warning reads: "Tobacco causes mouth cancer."

It replaces the earlier pictures of a scorpion and lungs. The scorpion sign was meant for gutka or chewing tobacco packs, while cigarette packs were to carry diseased lungs.

Jump to full article »