Articles for Health Warnings

Health Ministry denies compromise on OTT smoking rules
1 year, 2 months ago

Health Ministry denies compromise on OTT smoking rules

The Hindu  

The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Saturday denied The Hindu’s report on weak enforcement of anti-tobacco warnings for TV shows and films streamed online. “A reputed news publication has recently made a claim that the Union Government has reached ‘an uneasy compromise’ with OTT streaming services on adding smoking warnings to their content,” the Ministry said in a …

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Canada becomes first country to start putting health warnings on individual cigarettes
1 year, 6 months ago

Canada becomes first country to start putting health warnings on individual cigarettes

Hindustan Times  

Canada has become the first country in the world to stipulate that individual cigarettes carry mandatory health warnings. HT Image While packets carry such warnings of the risks associated with smoking, the Canadian Government is taking this measure to ensure that it becomes “virtually impossible to avoid health warnings altogether.” These regulations will come into effect on August 1 this …

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Health Warning On Both Sides Of The Tobacco Product Packages Be Shown : CBIC
1 year, 11 months ago

Health Warning On Both Sides Of The Tobacco Product Packages Be Shown : CBIC

Live Law  

The Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs has issued an instruction requiring health warnings to be printed on both sides of tobacco product packages, covering 85% of the display area.According to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, the Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products has issued an instruction requiring health warnings to be printed on both sides of tobacco …

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Dog show organisers are slammed as outdoor event goes ahead despite temperatures hitting 29C
2 years, 4 months ago

Dog show organisers are slammed as outdoor event goes ahead despite temperatures hitting 29C

Daily Mail  

Dog show organisers have been slammed for going ahead with their outdoor event yesterday despite sweltering temperatures and health warnings. The heat hit 29C amid health warnings issued by the RSPCA and an amber weather warning for extreme heat in Dorset announced by the Met Office - but Bournemouth Championship Dog Show kicked off anyway. Temperatures hit 29C amid health …

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Editorial: Legal pot needs better warning labels
2 years, 5 months ago

Editorial: Legal pot needs better warning labels

LA Times  

Tina Glen, left, and Nick Isordia look at the vaping products at March and Ash, a cannabis dispensary in the Mission Valley area of San Diego. So state Sen. Richard Pan, a Sacramento Democrat and a longtime pediatrician, introduced legislation to require bigger, bolder health warnings on legal pot products and His original proposal would have required warnings to be …

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Sajid Javid could unveil plans to hike legal smoking age to 21 TOMORROW
2 years, 6 months ago

Sajid Javid could unveil plans to hike legal smoking age to 21 TOMORROW

Daily Mail  

Radical plans to raise the legal smoking age to 21 could be unveiled tomorrow, when an independent report is due to land. Radical plans to raise the legal smoking age could be announced on Thursday, when an independent report is due to land Sir Chris Whitty, England's chief medical officer, will attend the report's launch on Thursday, along with health …

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Sri Lanka ends domestic travel restrictions amidst warnings
3 years, 1 month ago

Sri Lanka ends domestic travel restrictions amidst warnings

The Hindu  

Sri Lanka’s inter-provincial travel ban, which was imposed in May due to the raging third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, ended on Sunday despite warnings from medical professionals. The lifting of the travel ban came as the Sri Lanka Medical Association warned of a possible new wave with restrictions being relaxed. The health ministry’s epidemiology unit said that as of …

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Regulator FSSAI Proposes Bigger Health Warnings on Pan Masala Packets
3 years, 3 months ago

Regulator FSSAI Proposes Bigger Health Warnings on Pan Masala Packets

News 18  

The country’s apex food regulator, the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India, has proposed bigger and more prominent health warnings on pan masala packets, News18.com has learnt. “The proposal is that the warning — ‘Chewing of pan masala is injurious to health’ — should cover half of the front of the packet. “It is concerning because the market of …

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A Difficult Road Ahead For Restaurant Chains Under The FSSAI's Labelling Radar
3 years, 6 months ago

A Difficult Road Ahead For Restaurant Chains Under The FSSAI's Labelling Radar

Live Law  

The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India is all set to extend its labelling regime to restaurant chains operating in multiple states or having outlets at 10 or more locations from 1st January, 2022. The FSSAI has included restaurant chains under its labelling regime vide notification dated 21st August, 2020 amending the erstwhile Food Safety and Standards Regulations, 2011. …

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Dutch municipal health agencies did not prepare for pandemic despite warnings
3 years, 8 months ago

Dutch municipal health agencies did not prepare for pandemic despite warnings

NL Times  

There have been extensive warnings that the Municipal Health Services would not be prepared for a pandemic, but nothing has been done about it. "Infectious diseases are over," a minister literally said to me, "explains Paul van der Velpen, director of three GGDs for 22 years. Former public health agency RIVM CEO Roel Coutinho says that "that is the disadvantage …

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States issue strict new travel warnings after a hotel quarantine guard tests positive in NSW
3 years, 9 months ago

States issue strict new travel warnings after a hotel quarantine guard tests positive in NSW

Daily Mail  

Three states have acted swiftly to issue travel warnings after a Sydney hotel quarantine security guard tested positive to coronavirus. Victorian authorities said anyone who visited Pancakes on the Rocks Beverley Hills in Sydney's south between 10.45am and midday on March 13 must get tested and immediately quarantine for 14 days. Western Australia's Department of Health issued similar advice for …

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Ensure Implementation of New Set of Health Warnings on Tobacco Products: Centre to States
4 years ago

Ensure Implementation of New Set of Health Warnings on Tobacco Products: Centre to States

News 18  

The Union Health Ministry has asked all states to ensure implementation of a new set of health warnings with enhanced pictorial images on all tobacco products as notified by it. "The depiction of specified health warnings would bring greater awareness and sensitization about the serious and adverse health consequences of tobacco use especially among the youth, children and the illiterate. …

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