Scorpions and lungs
Today is the antismoking day and all tobacco products of India would, henceforth, have to compulsorily display the caution on the packets that smoking is injurious to health – not just in words, because of the large scale of illiteracy, but through pictorial displays as well. The design of the warning picture should show a scorpion and lungs and should cover at least 40% of the area of the cover. The Government had earlier suggested the well known design of the skull and crossbones but, there have been second thoughts. Probably there is a thinking that those who are illiterate would find it easier to relate with scorpions and lungs – how they would identity the lungs is another matter! The main purpose is to send out the message - so long as that goes out, no questions would be asked.
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- News Source: The Hindu | 4 months agoPictorial warning on all tobacco products that has become mandatory from May 31 is based on this simple logic. There is overwhelming evidence from countries that have implemented pictorial warnings on cigarette packets to prove this point. In Brazil,...
- News Source: Uinta County News | 5 months agoThe government’s decision to make mandatory the display of pictorial warnings on the packs of tobacco products is a step in the right direction. The picture of scorpions and lungs on the packs will serve as a grim reminder of the ill-effects of...
- News Source: BBC South Asia | 5 months agoPackets of cigarettes, bidis (small hand-rolled cigarettes common in India) and chewing tobacco will now have to display the scorpion and lung symbols. Authorities have also launched a multimedia campaign urging people to quit tobacco consumption...A...
- News Source: Androscoggin News | 5 months agoTo commemorate World No Tobacco Day, Artemis Health Institute, a multi-specialty hospital in Gurgaon, is offering specialised CT-lung screening tests at its premises this Sunday. Announcing that the test was being offered at Rs.1,500, Artemis CEO...
- Blog Source: www.livepunjab.comAlthough the usage of strong warnings like skull and cross-bones or a cancer-disfigured face is optional, it is mandatory to have a picture of a scorpion -- pictorial sign for cancer -- and diseased lungs on all tobacco products. ...
- Blog Source: www.themedguru.comThe Union government has laid down the rules governing the packaging and labeling of cigarette and tobacco products. According to the new rules, all cigarette and tobacco packs must have a pictorial message. The following pictures have ...
- Blog Source: www.waltercassano.comThe govt order has come despite stiff resistance from tobacco manufacturers. The products will now clearly display “scorpion” and “lungs” as pictorial warnings. This entry was posted on Sunday, May 31st, 2009 at 9:17 am and is filed ...
cigarettes wet from the rain once. I gave them to my In-laws who are bad
smokers. They dried the cigarettes out in the sun and put them in their sleeping quarters on a window ledge. Some time later there tobacco was missing. we searched and in a corner found it was mostly eaten by chooks.
My solution against smoking is, feed the tobacco to the chickens. 1/6/2009.
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