Import of cigarette or any other tobacco product shall be subject to the rules making it mandatory to carry pictorial warnings on the packets against tobacco consumption, according to a notification by the Directorate General of Foreign Trade.
However, industry and government sources said the import of cigarettes and tobacco products is very minimal and whatever comes into the country is either through smuggling or through duty–free shops.
From May 31 this year, companies manufacturing and marketing cigarettes and tobacco products in India are mandated to carry pictorial warnings on the front of the pack. As per the rules, the tobacco products will have to clearly display a scorpion and lungs as pictorial warnings which should cover at least 40% of the principal display area of the packets.
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Source: Times of India
