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<ul><li>The FSSAI has directed companies to carry a statutory warning of 3 mm for alcoholic beverage bottles of more than 200 ml. </li><li>India ranks 5th in the world for the most pictorial warnings on cigarette packets. </li><li>Indian government had introduced regulations for alcoholic beverages in 2018. </li></ul>Next time you pick up a bottle of alcohol, it’s going to be difficult to miss the cautionary message on the bottle. Following a directive from 2018, FSSAI has revised the statutory warning to be placed on <keyword id="2332704" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Alcohol-bottles">alcohol bottles</keyword>. After accommodating industry feedback with industry representatives, the FSSAI has directed that for alcoholic beverage bottles upto 200 ml should not be less than 1.5 mm whereas bottles above 200 ml in size, will have to carry the warning message in a font size of 3mm. All companies have to follow the guidelines and transition to the same by April 1, 2019. In 2018, India’s food regulator, the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India, had directed alcohol companies to carry a statutory warning saying “Consumption of Alcohol is injurious to health” and “Be safe - Don’t drink and drive.” It also said the font size should be be less than three millimetres. India already ranks <a href="http://news">5th</a> in the world for the most pictorial warnings on cigarette packets. The Indian government had introduced regulations for alcoholic beverage bottles for the first time in 2018 to control drunk driving incidents in the country. According to <a href="https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/with-46-lakh-traffic-violations-in-2018-fine-collection-doubled-to-rs-54-crore/articleshow/67596677.cms">reports</a>, fines from drunk driving in India in 2018 was around ₹6 crore. Earlier an NGO called Community Against Drunken Driving had filed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) <a href="https://www.livemint.com/Politics/s4hXlfb5BfcqSyILw1zF6I/FSSAI-mulls-pictorial-warning-on-liquor-bottles.html">requesting</a> the Delhi high court to include a pictorial warning on all alcohol bottles to spread awareness against drunk driving. However, the court had refused the same then, while also directing the FSSAI to look into the matter. Since 1995, the government has banned advertising of tobacco and liquor to ensure that the wrong message is not sent out the adverse health effects are known to people – which has also led to surrogate advertising in India. See Also: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/in-india-cigarettes-will-get-even-costlier/articleshow/67669669.cms">Smokers alert — cigarette prices in India may rise even further</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/smoking-hookah-could-put-people-at-a-significantly-higher-risk-of-diabetes-and-obesity/articleshow/67425159.cms">Smoking hookah could put people at a 'significantly higher' risk of diabetes and obesity</a>

Not just cigarettes, alcohol bottles in India will have a loud and clear warning soon

35-year-old Tejas visits AIIMS hospital in India’s national capital New Delhi almost every month for his mouth cancer treatment. He stands in a long queue and sometimes sleeps on the floor the previous night to be the first one in the line the following day. 
 
A rickshaw-puller by profession, Tejas has been chewing ‘gutka’ since time immemorial to him. He said a friend had asked him to try it out for fun sake in his early teens. He doesn’t remember when the ‘fun’ turned into a ‘habit’. 
 
“It had become a time pass for me that you are chewing something and pulling the rickshaw. It became a habit and I could not do away with it. Last year I was diagnosed with mouth cancer and I had to completely stop it,” said Tejas as he bought medicines. 
 
Tejas is not alone. Like him, many people get addicted to smoking, chewing ‘gutka’ and other tobacco products are an early age. 
 As India marked <keyword id="6575676" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="80" keywordseo="World-Tobacco-Day">World Tobacco Day</keyword> on May 31, people shared with us why it becomes difficult to stop. 
 
Shadab Malik, an officer-goer who is in his early 30s, said he was in college first year when he took first puff of the cigarette. 
 
“I was really tensed about my results and my friends, who used to smoke that time, asked to take a drag. I took two-three puffs. As I was an amateur, I did cough but it soon became a habit,” he said. 
 
When asked if never thought of quitting it, he said, “After one or two times, smoking became a daily routine for me. I used to smoke two cigarettes then. More cool boys became my friends and I liked it. So eventually it became a habit. Now I think of quitting it but it is really very hard.” 
 
On an average, Malik smokes fives cigarettes every day. 
 
“Generally it starts in teens as a fun thing with friends but soon becomes a habit. Youth takes to this due to peer pressure as a fad or it may also be a way to deal with stress. During exams or while coping work stress or stressful situations and challenges in life, people tend to smoke more and get dependent on it. Smoking no matter in whatever amount is harmful for human consumption,” said senior psychiatrist Dr. Gorav Gupta. 
 
Tobacco habits at a younger age impact health also. 
 
“There are multitude of problems faced by teenagers who indulge in smoking such as chronic cough, fatigue, breathlessness, decreased capacity to perform physical work and last but not the least predisposition to cancer of oral cavity to the lung,” added Dr. Gupta. 
 
According to India’s Health Minister J P Nadda, nearly eight to nine lakh people die every year due to diseases related to tobacco use. 
 
The government in 2010 said that nearly 900,000 Indians die every year of tobacco-related diseases and as per the International Tobacco Control Project estimates, this figure could rise to 1.5 million by 2020 if users do not stop it. 
 
To discourage any forms of tobacco, the government increased the size of health warnings on tobacco products. Nadda said that a slew of initiatives were being taken to reduce tobacco consumption including enactment of Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products (Prohibition of Advertisement and Regulation of Trade and Commerce, Production, Supply and Distribution Act 2003. 
 
As per Canadian Cancer Society quoted by Reuters, India ranks 136th on a list of 198 countries that use such warnings to deter smokers. 
 
Meanwhile, regular smokers say it is quite difficult to stub it out. 
 
But as the old adage goes, where there is a will, there is a way, doctors say with focus and proper attention, people can do away with the addiction. 
 
“A person who is willing to quit should work hard and whole heartedly towards his goal to quit smoking. They should avoid cues and situations which are associated with smoking or tobacco consumption. Try avoiding friends with whom one frequently smokes. Likewise, at work instead of cigarette breaks take a short nap or a walk in the corridor,” said Dr Gupta. 
 
Dr Gupta expressed that one should be surrounded with positive people and maintain a journal to record how many times they broke the vow of not smoking. 
 
Some even go on to say that people selling tobacco products should be sensitive enough to see to whom they are selling the product to. 
 
“Everybody knows there is an age limit of 18 years but hardly anyone follows it. I have seen schoolchildren smoking. So, the enforcing agencies should also be proactive,” said Vikas Mehra. 
 
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Indians finding it tough to stub out smoking. Here is why!

It’s been a month that India’s leading conglomerate <keyword id="121459" type="CITY" weightage="20" keywordseo="ITC-Ltd">ITC Ltd</keyword> has increased the prices of its cigarettes <keyword id="42407" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="60" keywordseo="Navy">Navy</keyword> Cut and <keyword id="489337" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="Gold-Flake">Gold Flake</keyword>. And with the budget day nearing, the smokers enjoying the winter breeze are anticipating another hole in the pocket very soon. The heat of the hike in price was felt by the people who buy full packet as the price of Navy Cut packet, which has gone up by Rs 11 to Rs 89 now. <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/chinas-tourism-is-much-ahead-of-india-hereswhy/articleshow/56719212.cms">ALSO READ: Why China is ahead of us in tourism?</a> 
 
While the sudden surge in the price hasn’t been explained much by the company, revision of prices is quite common in pre-budget season. 
The demonetization in November has affected the tobacco industry quite deep. Most road side sellers, for first few weeks, didn’t understand how to operate digital payments. And that served as a major setback for the industry. While cigarette is quite important from the economy point of view, doctor’s advice, healthy living and several anti-smoking drives have already unnerved the sector since last few years. 
 
If the prices go further up, which is very highly possible this time, the<a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=tobacco&amp;sortorder=effectivedate"> cigarette companies</a> would need to subsidize on the prices and incur some losses as usual. 
 
<a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/your-air-travel-might-get-expensive-after-the-budget-speech-in-february-heres-why/articleshow/56647465.cms">ALSO READ: Air travel to get dearer after GST</a> 
 The finance ministry is also ready with <keyword id="6354679" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="GST">GST</keyword> rollout, which is now expected to go live on July 1. While cigarettes have been kept at 40% tax limit, experts believe, it should have been at 80%. Since these are a highly demerit product, <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=tobacco&amp;sortorder=effectivedate">40% of GST</a> indicates need for Rs 1902 crore of excise tax per 1,000 sticks in order to make sure the revenue from cigarettes stay intact. 
 
“The taxation on tobacco should also be rationalized by a duty structure which is a mix of fixed and <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=tobacco&amp;sortorder=effectivedate">ad-valorem</a> duty rather than only fixed duty component. By doing this, the Government will be able to generate additional revenue to the tune 20K-30K crore per annum which can be used for social and other activities and will also be discouraging the consumption of tobacco as per the WHO norms. Meanwhile alternative crop for tobacco farmers should also be given top priority, so as to keep their interest,” said <keyword id="67987" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Sanjay-Dalmia">Sanjay Dalmia</keyword>, Chairman of <keyword id="4095501" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="dalmia-group-of-companies">Dalmia Group of Companies</keyword> and also an expert in tobacco and pharmaceutical sector.

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<ul><li>The Indian Institute of Technology is working aggressively to develop a mobile application that can track all unhealthy activities of the users including smoking. </li><li>The research team has claimed the app will not only detect when a user smokes but will also send warning signals for customised intervention. </li><li>However, the application is dependent solely on the will of the users to <keyword id="17797" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Quit-Smoking">quit smoking</keyword>. </li></ul>Even though the packet of cigarettes comes up with dire warnings and graphic images, most people addicted to smoking struggle to quit. Now, the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur is developing a mobile application that can help people kick the habit — but only if they are willing to do so, The Economic Times <a href="https://www.google.co.in/amp/s/m.economictimes.com/news/science/iit-kharagpur-developing-app-to-help-smokers-quit/amp_articleshow/67135030.cms">reported</a>. The mobile app is sensor-based technology that will alert users whenever they try to light a cigarette. The research team says it is aware that merely sending warnings to the users may not sufficient and an intervention is required to discourage the smoker. Thus, the app will also send an alert to a friend or relative or the doctor of the user so that he can be convinced for not smoking. The app will first feed all the data of the users by creating a smoking behaviour profile. It will then analyse the effects of smoking on the user’s life followed by sending warnings about its impact on his or her health. The automated recognition feature of the mobile application is supposed to track down the addictive and depressive behaviour of the users, according to the research team. The technology reportedly can monitor body movements and predict both good and bad daily habits including such as smoking or drinking enough water. Much like a fitness app, it also shares information on sleeping patterns that impact health. The research team is also filing for a patent for its commercial release. (With IANS inputs) See also: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/indias-iit-jodhpur-has-developed-a-future-fuel-made-of-sunlight-and-water/articleshow/66546362.cms">India’s IIT-Jodhpur has developed a ‘future fuel’ made of sunlight and water</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/microsoft-is-offering-the-highest-salaries-to-indias-iit-graduates-for-international-roles-report/articleshow/66879568.cms">Microsoft is offering the highest salaries to India’s IIT graduates for international roles: Report</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/the-indian-government-may-shortlist-14-more-educational-institutes-for-eminence-tag/articleshow/66991082.cms">The Indian government may shortlist 14 more educational institutes for ‘eminence’ tag</a>

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