Tobacco firms will from Thursday be required to comply with new rules compelling them to display on cigarette packs health warnings on the effects of smoking. The new directive means that tobacco manufacturers and importers will have to increase the size of health warnings on the packs. A seven-page advertisement in the Daily Nation on Tuesday outlined some of the rules that tobacco firms and traders are required to abide by. Dr Cleopa Mailu, the Cabinet Secretary for Health, said the new regulations will come into effect from September 26. PICTORIAL HEALTH WARNINGS“Wholesalers and retailers of tobacco and tobacco products are expected to stock products that comply with and conform to the packaging requirements of the pictorial health warnings,” Dr Mailu said.

Source: Daily Nation August 30, 2016 20:00 UTC