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From Sunday all tobacco products will have to carry pictorial warnings on the front of the pack in a bid to discourage their consumption.
The Supreme Court rejected the allegations by a NGO that a senior UPA Minister heading the Group of Ministers committee on display of pictorial warnings on tobacco products had ensured dilution of the law to favour the powerful tobacco industry.
Tobacco plant -- a potent carcinogenic agent -- may actually offer the means to treat a certain form of cancer.
- Over 14 percent of Indian students are regular tobacco users, reflecting the global trend of most people beginning to smoke before the age of 18 - an alarming statistic that the World Health Organisation (WHO) thinks can be reduced by banning tobacco advertisements.
Tobacco companies are targeting half a billion young people in the Asia-Pacific region by linking smoking to glamorous and attractive lifestyles, the UN World Health Organisation said on Friday.
