PHA-Exchange> India's cabinet approves legislation to ban tobacco ads

[Syed Mahbubul Alam Tahin]

India's cabinet approves legislation to ban tobacco ads
Agence France Presse English Wed 19 Feb 2003
Section: International News Time: 17:17 GMT (13:17 Eastern Time)

NEW DELHI, Feb 19 (AFP) - India's cabinet on Wednesday approved legislation 
banning tobacco advertisements, parliamentary affairs minister Sushma 
Swaraj said. She said the legislation would be introduced in parliament 
during the ongoing budget session. The legislation will also regulate trade,
production, supply and distribution of tobacco products. Swaraj said the 
ban on tobacco adverts would include print media such as newspapers and 
magazines as well as television commercials. The minister said one of the 
main objectives of the ban was to protect vulnerable sections of society
such as adolescents as well as passive smokers from the hazards of 
smoking.India accounts for a third of the world's smoking-related deaths.



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