Nepal standing firm on 90 percent health warnings

Nepal’s Minister for Health and Population Khaga Raj Adhikari said yesterday that the government had no plans to reverse a directive requiring cigarette manufacturers to increase the size of pack health warnings from 75 percent to 90 percent, presumably of the two main faces.

According to a story in the Himalayan Times relayed by the TMA, the government was standing firm in the face of ‘lobbying from various quarters’.

The new warnings are made up of graphic images taking up 70 percent of the surface area and written warnings in Nepali on 20 percent.

They are due to come into effect on May 16.