Tobacco Industry Takes a Hit Due to Plain Packaging
176 nations have now sanctioned the legal binding with World Health Organisation’s Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, compelling these countries to introduce the sort of policies to repress smoking. The countries which haven’t sanctioned any legal binding are the tobacco states, such as Zimbabwe, Malawi, Cuba, Haiti and the tobacco industry hub Indonesia, where even now the western rock and pop performances assist tobacco giants to promote smoking at massive musical fests.
Diseases caused by tobacco has turned epidemic which started about 120 years with the invention of safety match, the mechanization of cigarette manufacturing. The efforts of advertising industry and the addiction chemists of the tobacco industry added to the high tobacco sale. Many countries have started using many methods like plain packaging to curb the death toll caused by smoking. However, the world’s largest and poorest nations are yet to consider steps and method to do the same.
Smoking has been a social concern over years now, globally and the governments are making amends to prevent people from consuming tobacco, in India more than smoking, chewing tobacco rates are high, which has lead to sever health issues.
