Warning effective from June 1.

Warning effective from June 1
TIMES NEWS NETWORK - 31st May 2009

Bangalore: A pictorial warning will be mandatory on all tobacco products manufactured from June 1. Speaking at a function organized by the Institute of Public Health on Satruday, the state’s nodal person for the National Tobacco Control Programme, S Prakash, said: “Pictorial warning will be mandatory on tobacco products manufactured after May 31. Along with excise and customs, other departments must also ensure its implementation.”
    
Bangalore Medical College and Research Institute dean and director G T Subhas said: “It’s unfortunate that educated people who are aware of the ill-effects of smoking, like doctors themselves, are addicted. There is a need for educating people, enforcing laws and eliminating tobacco.” As part of an awareness campaign, a poster-making competition was held. Kidwai Memorial Institute of Oncology organized a walkathon and magic show for schoolchildren.
    
SERIOUS HAZARD
Every 8 seconds, there is a tobacco-related death in India
Per day, 2,500 die due to tobacco consumption