Dec 23 2011 December 23, 2011 December 23, 2011 NoComment by Administrator

PICTORIAL WARNINGS ON PACKS OF CIGARETTES

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Health Ministry Additional Secretary Palitha Mahipala seen handing over a picture of a sick child to NATA Chairman Carlo Fonseka.

The Legal Draftsman’s Department is drafting a law to make it mandatory for tobacco companies to display pictorial warnings on packets of cigarettes as a major step towards controlling tobacco consumption, National Authority on Tobacco and Alcohol (NATA) Chairman Carlo Fonseka said yesterday.

 

Courtesy: Daily Mirror / Pix by Pradeep Dilrukshana

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