Don’t Cover the Graphic Pictures posted on the Cigarette Pack
Tobacco Companies tried to cover up the shocking pictures which were printed on cigarettes packs. That’s why health minister, Datuk Seri 
Liow Tiong Lai, said that ministry has the right to confiscate these companies.
Health Minister said that the ministry could usurp cigarette packs or compound tobacco companies that were found to be using a marketing strategy to cover up the shocking pictures.
He reported: “We can confiscate or take the cig products from the market. But at the moment, we will give severe warning to the companies found blocking the pictures with a marketing escapade.”
He said that now he only gives them a warning without using any kind of marketing strategy to cover up the pictorial warning.
The Ministry had decided that cigarette packs must carry graphic pictures as health warnings and starting with March 2009 and with June 1st its enforcement officers will start confiscating cigarette packs that do not carry the pictorial warning.
A series of graphic photos such as a dead fetus, a cancer-ravaged mouth and throat were among the pictures were used to create awareness on the dangers of smoking.
Health Minister said that they have identified two or three companies that are using marketing ploys for to block the pictures.
He added that these companies had created a transparent plastic cover over the cigarette packs for to cover the warning pictures. And consumers could use the cigarette’s brand name printed on the transparent plastic which cover up the shocking pictures.
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