Ministry Of Health,Nutrition and Indigenous Medicine to issue a gazette notification soon on introducing a Plain white Cigarette Packet without any printed details except the brand name of the Cigarette on it's surface the Director General Of Health Services Dr.Palitha Mahipala has stated today(07).This Plain Cigarette Packet which is similar to the one introduced by Australia recently will contain the health pictorial warnings covering 80% of the Cigarette Pack surface although there are no other details printed on the pack except the brand name Dr.Mahipala has stated.
The Plain Cigarette Packet will be introduced under the guidance of two World Health Organization Advisers he has stressed.
Ministry Of Health has decided to introduce this plain Cigarette Pack to achieve the target on creating a smoking free nation and to minimize the 20,000 deaths reported from the country annually due to smoking related disorders Director General of Health Services has said while addressing a media briefing held at the Ministry Of Health today.
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