VIDEO: Court permits to cover 50-60% of cigarette packet with warning
May 12, 2014 11:01 am
Court of Appeal today permitted the Health Ministry to cover 50-60% of the cigarette packet with a pictorial warning.
The government issued a special gazette on August 8, 2012 making it compulsory to display eight graphic warnings on cigarette packets.
The parliament passed three regulations under the National Authority on Tobacco and Alcohol Act on February 19 this year to discourage the smoking. However, the implementation of the legislation was delayed due to lawsuit.
Ceylon Tobacco Company, a subsidiary of British American Tobacco, filed a petition against Minister of Health Maithripala Sirisena and National Authority on Tobacco and Alcohol over the new regulation.
