Smoking Snapshots Spark Debate in India
November 27th, 2007 By RAMOLA TALWAR BADAM, Associated Press Writer
A man smokes a cigarette at a tobacco shop in Mumbai, India, Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2007. Health activists said Tuesday that powerful tobacco industry groups could scuttle a federal government decision to require photographs of cancer patients on cigarette packs sold in India by next month. (AP Photo/Rajesh Nirgude)
(AP) -- Health activists said Tuesday that powerful tobacco industry groups could scuttle a federal government decision to require photographs of cancer patients on cigarette packs sold in India by next month. Several other countries have tried similar strategies to discourage smoking.
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