New Delhi: Tobacco products manufactured, imported, or packaged on or after December 1, 2022, will see a new health warning image that reads “Tobacco Causing Traumatic Death”. The Union Health Ministry gave this information. This photograph will be valid for a period of one year from December 1. As per the new health warnings notified by the ministry, tobacco products manufactured, imported, or packaged on or after December 1, 2023, will display a picture with a written health warning “Tobacco users die at an early age”.
The Ministry notified new health warnings on July 21, 2022, through amendments to the Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products (Packaging and Labelling) Rules, 2008. The amended rules under the Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products (Packaging and Labelling) Third Amendment Rules, 2022 will come into force with effect from December 1, 2022.
The notification is available on the government’s website in 19 languages. The ministry said in a statement that any person directly or indirectly involved in the manufacture, production, supply, import, or distribution of cigarettes or any tobacco products shall ensure that the health warnings specified on the packets of all tobacco products are given exactly as specified. as has been prescribed.
The government said violation of the guidelines is a punishable offense punishable with imprisonment or fine under section 20 of the Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products (Prohibition of Advertising and Regulation of Trade and Commerce, Production, Supply, and Distribution) Act, 2003. Is.
