Caught on camera: Rajasthan Royals captain Riyan Parag filmed vaping in dressing roomRajasthan Royals captain Riyan Parag was filmed vaping in the team dressing room during a live match broadcast. The incident occurred in th...
29 Apr, 2026, 11.20 AM IST
Anti-tobacco warnings now mandatory on OTT platformsAccording to the notification, the publishers of online curated content displaying tobacco products or their use will be required to displa...
01 Jun, 2023, 12.00 AM IST
Govt notifies new image, health warning for tobacco packsAll tobacco products manufactured, imported, or packaged on or after December 1, 2022 will have to display a new image with the textual hea...
29 Jul, 2022, 12.10 PM IST
Warning is mandatory: Govt says anti-tobacco messages a must when smoking showcased in fims, TVDoordarshan runs a scroll on the screen showing the statutory warning whenever smoking scenes appear.
29 Jun, 2019, 03.43 PM IST
SC to hear today plea on pictorial warning on tobacco productsThe court will hear pleas that have challenged the HC verdict of striking down the 2014 amendment rules that mandated pictorial health warn...
22 Dec, 2017, 12.48 PM IST
Karnataka HC strikes down 85% pictorial warning rule for tobacco productsPassing its orders, the high court bench held that the Union Health Ministry does not have any jurisdictional power to make such rules.
15 Dec, 2017, 11.47 PM IST
Industry losing Rs 350 crore per day due to warning on tobacco products: AssochamIt said the lack of clarity has also opened floodgates in terms of illegal imports to the extent of 90 per cent.
12 Apr, 2016, 11.02 PM IST
Cigarette units shut against larger warnings on packsThe ambiguity is related to the 85% graphic warning that cigarette packs must carry from this month under a government notification.
02 Apr, 2016, 01.48 AM IST
Smoking burns Rs 1.04-trillion hole in economy; WHO for large warningsIn case of bidi smokers, as many as 62 per cent notice health warnings on the packs and 29 per cent think of quitting due to the warning.
24 Mar, 2016, 04.20 PM IST
WHO urges PM Narendra Modi to implement increased warnings on tobacco productsThe government has put on hold its decision to increase pictorial warnings on tobacco products to 85 per cent from the present 40 per cent.
01 May, 2015, 10.04 PM IST
India can dip into Bloomberg-Gates fund if tobacco litigation loomsSince the past few years, countries like Uruguay have been defending lawsuits from the tobacco industry at the World Trade Organisation
08 Apr, 2015, 01.33 PM IST
'Implement large graphic health warnings on tobacco packs'Large graphic warnings have proved highly effective in warning people about the health hazards of tobacco, irrespective of the audience's l...
02 Apr, 2015, 09.15 PM IST
Public Health groups unsure on implementation of new tobacco warning ruleHealth groups are growing sceptical on whether the government would enforce a rule that requires cigarette makers to cover 85% of product p...
16 Mar, 2015, 09.58 AM IST
85% of cigarette pack surface to be covered by health warning: Harsh VardhanImplementation will take place from April 1,2015, which is intended to give time to tobacco companies to change their packaging.
15 Oct, 2014, 09.24 PM IST
- New law about tougher warning about tobacco goes into force
The new law making it mandatory for all tobacco products to carry stricter pictorial warnings came into force today but its implementation ...
01 Apr, 2013, 09.28 PM IST
- Big tobacco wins: Pictorial warnings go up in smoke
The new warnings were meant to be much more powerful than cautionary notices on the ill-effects of tobacco.
10 Dec, 2010, 05.40 AM IST
- Pictorial warnings in packs of tobacco products from Sunday
All tobacco products will have to carry compulsory pictorial warnings on their packs highlighting health hazards of its consumption, a long...
31 May, 2009, 01.16 PM IST