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Tobacco warning: Ministry asks panel for more picture options [1]

This time, when the Directorate of Advertising and Visual Publicity (DAVP) chooses the new set of pictorial warnings for tobacco products they will have to be extra careful.

With the earlier photo — a blurred image that appeared to be resembling footballer John Terry — creating trouble, the Union health ministry has asked the DAVP to give them more options of photos for the tobacco manufacturers, mandating that pictures should be 'general'.

Publication Date: 
13/02/2012
Asian Age (New Delhi) [2]
Tags:
Tobacco [3], Ministry Of Health And Family Welfare [4], Tobacco Related Cancer [5], Health Effects [6], Smoking [7], Health [8]
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[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/tobacco-related-cancer
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/health-effects
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/smoking
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/health