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Bill on tobacco warning

NEW DELHI: A Bill seeking to provide for pictorial warning on tobacco products with the option of displaying skull and cross bones on their packets was introduced in the Lok Sabha on Monday.

Moving the Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products (Prohibition of Advertisement and Regulation of Trade and Commerce, Production, Supply and Distribution) Amendment Bill, 2007, Health and Family Welfare Minister Anbumani Ramadoss said depiction of skull and cross bones was being made optional taking into account the religious sentiments expressed by certain sections of society.

The amendment was introduced in sub section (1) of Section 7 of the Act passed in 2003 to discourage the use of tobacco and tobacco products to protect public health.

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