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Display of health warning on tobacco packets reduced to 50%

Display of health warning on tobacco packets reduced to 50%
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A parliamentary committee has suggested reduction in the proposed size of health warnings on

cigarette packs, the measure is too harsh on the tobacco packets.

The government had proposed that tobacco makers cover 85 per cent of a cigarette

pack’s display with the health warning. But the parliament committee has suggested in

its report that the warnings be limited to half the size of the cigarette pack to be 50

percent, according to media reports.

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