Tobacco majors ITC and Godfrey Phillips India (GPI) have stopped their cigarette production in country from December 1 protesting against the Centre's order over pictorial warnings on Tobacco products.
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Due to the shutdown of Tobacco products, the government has to bear daily nearly Rs 100 crore loss. In fact, the new pictorial warning was effective on first of December. But the companies claimed that types of warnings were not properly mentioned that will be carried on the packages.
The companies said that they did not receive the clear statements from the Health department and the Group of Ministers (GoM) on tobacco warnings. The pictorial warning labels increase knowledge about risks of smoking and its consequences to make people aware of the Tobacco products.
Many poor and middle class people earn their livelihood from such productions,Still i believe bad is bad and when the production of tobacco products falls it is surely going to be beneficial in the long run.
This is good news as well bad news at the same time! While it is laudable that the productions have stopped, at the same time, spare a thought to all those who are employed by these companies, especially the worker class!
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