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Govt plans law to ban tobacco advertising
December 11, 2003 12:07 IST
The government on Thursday said it will soon come out with a comprehensive legislation to ban advertising and control the use of tobacco, with the Cabinet approving ratification of the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control.
With this approval on Wednesday, India will become the seventh nation in the world to ratify this global convention, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said, adding that it would be implemented three months after at least 40 nations ratify it.
As per the convention, a comprehensive legislation is needed by member countries and government will be ready with this legislation within 10 days, she said.
This bill will seek to ban advertising of tobacco products across both print and electronic media by all companies whether of Indian origin or foreign ones selling these products here.