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2,400,000,000,000: Chinese are smoking nearly half of world's totalChina's cigarette consumption has surged by 39% between 2003 and 2023, contrasting with a global decline. Despite fewer young smokers, low ...- Experts back OTC access to NRT across all formats and dosages, including 2 mg and 4 mg, as India struggles with a Tobacco quit success rate under 5%The report highlights the significant economic burden of tobacco use, particularly among low-income households, and underscores how reducin...
- Govt has eased FDI norms for foreign cos having small Chinese/Hong Kong stake: An explainerIndia has eased Foreign Direct Investment rules for companies with up to ten percent Chinese or Hong Kong shareholding. These firms can now...
- Quitting tobacco could give economic boost to over 20.5 million households in IndiaImagine a future where millions of Indian families break free from the grasp of tobacco, climbing up the economic ladder. The most disadvan...
- IPL teams appeal for tax rematch: 'Treat event as sport, not entertainment'Indian Premier League teams are asking the government to reclassify match tickets. They want IPL games treated as sports, not entertainment...
- US group 'campaign for tobacco-free kids' placed under PRCCentre placed Campaign For Tobacco-Free Kids under PRC, impacting international donations in India. CFTK partners with Michael Bloomberg to...
- Tobacco Harm Reduction - A Missed Public Health Opportunity for India
- PM's vocal-for-local campaign should be applicable to tobacco control policies in India: FAIFAFederation of All India Farmer Associations (FAIFA) claims to represent farmers and farm workers of commercial crops across Andhra Pradesh,...
- Over 100 organisations denounce Philip Morris' attempt to 'infiltrate WHO policymaking'To do so would depart from WHO's strict longstanding policy of not working with the tobacco industry, whose business practices have been pr...
- Tobacco industry profits USD 9k from every smoker's death: ReportTobacco Atlas report describes the latest products and tactics being deployed by the tobacco industry to grow its profits and delay or dera...
- Tobacco industry dissatisfied over non-inclusion in FCTC COP 7The event is vital for the industry since here decisions are taken on future tobacco control policies and regulations that countries should...
- Indian tobacco industry asks stakeholders to include them in FCTC ConferenceThe WHO FCTC Conference of Parties is scheduled to be held in Noida between the 7th and 12th of November 2016.
- Tobacco Institute doesn't want Tobacco policy development to be left to activists aloneThe Indian tobacco industry and farmers have requested the Centre to include them and other stakeholders to the WHO FCTC Conference.
- Government should ensure total ban on FDI in tobacco, demands Crusade Against TobaccoAsking the Centre to "urgently plug all loopholes in the FDI policy on tobacco" in order to ensure a comprehensive ban, as the health of th...
- Parliamentary panel favours bringing tobacco production under regulatory regimeA Parliamentary panel has recommended framing an "equitable and pragmatic" National Tobacco Control Policy so various organs of govt can wo...
- Smuggling of cigarettes into India increases four times: WHOCigarette smuggling into the country increased four-fold between 2012 and 2014, seizure data from the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (...
- Health secretary stresses on need to check illicit tobacco tradeDirectorate of Revenue Intelligence's seizure data indicates a four-fold increase in the value of seizures of smuggled cigarettes in 2014 a...
- World Bank exits event funded by tobacco companiesMinister of state for finance Jayant Sinha has also refused to participate in the event. Sinha's name also featured earlier on the website ...
- 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...
- Multi-sectoral policies needed for tobacco-free society: PM Manmohan SinghNoting that use of tobacco imposes serious consequences on economy and society, PM Manmohan Singh said.
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