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Anti-tobacco warnings for OTT programmes soon, health ministry to amend rulesOTT platforms may soon be mandated to display anti-tobacco warnings and disclaimers as are seen in movies screened in theatres and in telev...- Bring strong anti-tobacco law to save youth, ban designated smoking areas: ExpertsAt a webinar held by Tobacco-Free India, a citizens group, they said gaps in the COTPA Act serve as a tacit approval from the authorities t...
- Reduce tax on 'bidis', keep it out of purview of proposed changes in COTPA: SJMThe government should create alternative employment and livelihood options for those who depend on bidi industry to earn their livelihood b...
- Proposed amendment to tobacco products act puts livelihood of millions of women in jeopardy: StudyThe study delves into the impact this COTPA amendment will have on millions of women beedi rollers in the country. The report said that unt...
- Improvement in ITC’s FMCG business key for investor confidenceThe cigarette segment sales moved up by 3.5 per cent but its net profit declined 8 per cent. The metro markets are yet to recover to their ...
- View: There is a need for high taxes uniformly across all tobacco productsHigher taxes will work in tandem with greater controls, and will help GoI pay for all the direct and indirect costs it incurs due to tobacc...
- Removal of smoking rooms, increasing smoking age, licensing will adversely impact business: NRAIRemoval of smoking areas will mean consumers will have no avenue to smoke at bars, restaurants or at airports, which will not only hugely i...
- Farmers' body FAIFA asks Prime Minister Modi to withdraw bill on cigarette, tobaccoFederation of All India Farmer Associations (FAIFA) General Secretary Murali Babu said that in the amendment bill all the provisions of the...
- FRAI urges PM Modi to order recall of proposed changes in law on cigarettes, other tobacco productsFRAI, which claims to represent 4 crore micro, small and medium retailers from across India with membership of 34 retail associations from ...
- Ensure implementation of new set of health warnings on tobacco products: Centre to statesAccording to rule five of the Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products (Packaging and Labelling) Rules, the specified health warning on tobacc...
- Health Ministry mulling to increase legal age for tobacco consumptionThe committee, besides increasing the legal age of tobacco consumption, has also recommended increasing the fine amount for violation of ru...
- Government re-initiates process of amending Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products ActThe aim is to make it more effective and more inclined to the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC) guidelines, sources sa...
- Tobacco products to carry pictorial warning on 85% of packaging space: SCA bench today made "absolute" its earlier interim order by which it had stayed the High Court order.
- Quitline no, enhanced warnings on tobacco packs from SeptThe Health Ministry issued a notification yesterday making amendments on using the new warnings and including the quitline number.
- World No Tobacco Day: 15% Bengaluru PU students consume tobaccoIn Karnataka, 30% of the adult population, estimated at 1.5 crore is addicted to some form of tobacco.
- India needs comprehensive tax policy for curbing tobacco use: WHOThe Centre, this January, has moved to amend the anti- smoking law and proposed radical changes, including a ban on sale of loose cigarette...
- Narendra Modi government shelves anti-tobacco bill“The tobacco growing farmers have requested that without providing a suitable alternative crop they should not be deprived of their livelih...
- Government to clamp down on CSR activities of tobacco companies; disallow ads on mobile, InternetThe anti-tobacco legislation is being amended to make it more compliant with WHO’s Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC).
- Cigarette packets to now carry health warnings covering 85% of spaceAs per earlier rules, pictorial warnings covered 40% of just the front surface of the cigarette packs in India.
- Post tax hike on cigarettes, tougher anti-tobacco law in the offingFrom banning branding on cigarette packets to raising the age limit on tobacco consumption, the government is considering many amendments t...
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