Cigarette packs come with bold “Smoking Kills” warnings — but alcohol bottles don’t, even though drunk driving causes countless accidents every year. And in India, where 1 in 3 people is diabetic or pre-diabetic, sweets are treated as a symbol of celebration, not as a health risk. So the big question is: Why is only one harmful habit regulated while the others are normalized? Why do we accept this selective approach to public health warnings? Let’s talk about the double standards we’ve come to ignore.
