Packs of cigarette and beedi or hand-rolled cigars will carry pictorial warnings but not grisly depictions of mouth ulcerations due to cancer, a group of ministers decided after a meeting here on Tuesday evening.

“There will be no more GoMs (group of minister meetings) on this issue. We collectively agreed that pictorial warnings will be carried on beedi, cigarette and all tobacco products,” said Information and Broadcasting Minister Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi. He said the information and broadcasting ministry would decide on the picture and the size and forward it to chairman of the GoM Pranab Mukherjee next week. This would be done in consultation with Health Minister Anbumani Ramadoss, said Dasmunsi.

A visibly downcast Ramadoss said, “The pictures will be visible on the front of the pack. The industry will be given time after the notification, which will take at least two-three months.”