The Court Of Appeal is scheduled to be given the verdict tomorrow (12) on whether the Tobacco Companies should carry out pictorial warnings of health hazards caused by smoking covering 80% of the Cigarette Pack.Although the government has decided that cigarette packs should carry out pictorial warnings covering 80% of the pack by indicating health hazards of smoking, the local Tobacco Companies have filed a court case against the given percentage.The companies suggesting that the coverage area of Pictorial Warnings appeared in a Cigarette Pack should be less then 80%
The Parliament has recently unanimously approved a gazette notification which enable to implement a law to carry out pictorial warnings covering 80% in Cigarette Packs.
According to the Ministry Of Health around 65 persons have died daily in Sri Lanka due to the illnesses caused by cigarette smoking.around 60% of the cancers among locals are caused by smoking it has
been revealed.
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