"We appeal to the government to have a taxation policy, that disincentivises cigarette smuggling," FAIFA General Secretary Murali Babu said...

The association's General Secretary Murali Babu said the huge growth of illicit trade of cigarettes is a reflection of the unintended conse...

Keeping up with the global trend of slow cooking, smoked meat is creating a buzz in the city's culinary circles.

As per the bulletin issued by the state Health Department, five persons infected with H1N1 virus died in different parts of the state in th...

Production of flue cured virginia (FCV) tobacco, used for manufacturing of cigarettes, has been going down in the past few years and stood ...

In Karnataka, 30% of the adult population, estimated at 1.5 crore is addicted to some form of tobacco.

FCV tobacco is grown in AP & Karnataka. According to the association, farmers of FCV tobacco in these states don’t have any viable alternat...

A sharp rise in the manufacture and export of tobacco in the last two months has led India to be the second largest producer.

Tobacco Board has decided to impose more penalty on farmers engaged in unauthorised cultivation of tobacco in Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh.

Tobacco auctions will start on February 24 in Andhra Pradesh, the largest producer of flue-cured Virginia (FCV) tobacco and accounts for 70...

The government will impose a hefty penalty of 15 per cent of sale proceeds if farmers produce more export quality tobacco than the quota al...

Growers of FCV tobacco say the 150% to 400% hike in excise duty on non-filter cigarettes will wipe out this segment.

Some five weeks after talking about an action-plan to phase out cultivation of tobacco, Union minister of state for commerce Jairam Ramesh ...

This season’s auction of Karnataka Light Soil (KLS) flue-cured Virginia (FCV and smoked in cigarettes) tobacco has been the best since the ...

The Central Tobacco Research Institute (CTRI) has evolved new high-yielding varieties of Flue-Cured Virginia (smoked in cigarettes) tobacco.

This year’s auction of FCV (Flue-Cured Virginia and smoked in cigarettes) tobacco in Andhra Pradesh has concluded.

The product - which is a health hazard when processed and smoked - has in a crop form sustained a substantial part of the rural economy in ...