FMCG major ITC on Saturday said it is not ready to print larger pictorial warnings on its cigarette packs.
Pictorial warnings were being wrongfully equated with a ban on tobacco.
New Delhi: Slamming the decision of tobacco manufacturers to halt production, the Centre on Saturday hardened its stand on the implementation of larger pictorial warnings on such products, saying it will take all the necessary steps to curb tobacco use in the country.
The Union health ministry said there is “no ambiguity” in the policy in this regard and it has been made “crystal clear” that products packaged after April 1 will have to carry larger warnings.
FMCG major ITC on Saturday said it is not ready to print larger pictorial warnings on its cigarette packs.
( Source : Deccan Chronicle with agency inputs )
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