With US ruling, cigarette makers expect relief in India

Leading Indian cigarette manufactures like ITC and Godfrey Phillips feel that they may get a fillip in their seven-year-old legal battle with the government over the use of graphic health warning (GHW) on cigarette packs. This is because a US court recently dismissed a similar petition stating excessive graphic pictoral warnings terrorise consumers and do not impart education or cautions consumers against the ills of cigarette smoking.

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