WHO to India: Stick to Larger Health Warnings on Cigarette Packs

India must implement rules on printing larger health warnings on cigarette and other tobacco packs, the World Health Organization said Wednesday, days after a parliamentary panel called for reduction in the proposed warnings size to protect the industry. The government last year delayed implementation of new rules that asked manufacturers to cover 85 percent of a cigarette pack's surface in warnings, up from 20 percent now, as the panel sought time to assess how the industry would be...

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