PICTORIAL WARNINGS ON PACKS OF CIGARETTES
Posted by Editor on December 23, 2011 - 8:19 am
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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