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Shack

After suffering a family tragedy, Mack Phillips spirals into a deep depression causing him to question his innermost beliefs.

Protecting people from tobacco is a public health imperative

Pritha Roy Choudhury, CNS Correspondent, India A chance meeting with Rosalina Diengdoh (name changed), a 50 year old woman  from the north eastern state of Meghalaya in India, who is in Delhi for the treatment of her son, reaffirmed my doubts regarding the impact of pictorial warnings on packed tobacco products to dissuade people from using the same. It was in April 2016, after a two year battle, that the Indian government  finally acceded to quadruple in size the graphic health warnings on tobacco packaging. Harrowing images of the health consequences of tobacco use must now be displayed across 85% of the surface area of all tobacco packets -- a measure proven to help users quit and prevent others taking up the habit. I met Rosalina, outside the All India Institute for Medical Sciences (AIIMS). Even though I live in Delhi, I was born and brought up in Shillong—A North eastern state of India. Seeing a lady in front of me, who was dressed in the traditional attire of that state...