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Hookah is more dangerous than cigarettes, can give Hepatitis, heart attack, cancer: Karnataka HCThe Karnataka High Court has upheld the state government's ban on the sale of hookah items, citing health risks associated with hookah smok...
Karnataka tightens cigarette laws: From sales to public smoking restrictions, new rules hereThe Karnataka government introduced the Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products Bill, 2024, raising the legal age for purchasing cigarettes. ...
Karnataka Assembly passes bill prohibiting hookah bars, use of tobacco products in public placesThe bill titled the Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products (Prohibition of Advertisement and Regulation of Trade and Commerce, Production, S...
Despite ban, e-cigarettes widely available at tobacco shops, sold without age verification: SurveyE-cigarettes are widely available in India despite being banned by law, according to a joint survey covering seven areas, including Delhi a...
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...
Retailers selling cigarettes and liquor in black hike pricesWhile grocery shops are the only ones selling cigarettes since pan-and-cigarette shops remaining closed for the 21 days lockdown, these ret...
Government likely to stub out 'toxic' e-cigarettesAn e-cigarette is a battery-operated device that uses liquid nicotine, propylene glycol, water, glycerin and flavour to give a user the sen...
Union Health Ministry's proposal to classify ENDS devices as 'drugs' sent to Attorney GeneralThe Union Health Ministry's proposal pertains to classifying ENDS devices including e-cigarettes as "drugs" under the Drugs and Cosmetics A...
Budget 2019: FAIFA urges government to correct cigarette taxation error to lessen burdenCigarettes account for 86% of revenue from tobacco taxation, while the contribution to tax collections from beedi and smokeless tobacco are...
E-cigarette lobby group wants Karnataka to lift ban on its useKarnataka’s Health & Family Welfare department had, by a circular on June 15, 2016, said sale, manufacturing and distribution of e-cigarett...
Health ministry calls for halting sales of e-cigarettes, smoking devicesThe health ministry said it was possible that children and non-smokers using such products could switch to cigarettes once they get addicte...
Health ministry planning to issue advisory to states on risks of e-smoking"The public will be advised, in their own interest, not to use any such products, sold or marketed in any form and under any name or brand,...
CII, FICCI oppose 85% pictorial warning on tobacco productsThe chambers in their representation argued that tobacco regulation in India has led to proliferation of illegal and contraband products, i...
ITC, other tobacco firms to restart cigarette production in phasesOn May 5, ITC had said it has shut down its production till the time it is able to comply with "interim requirements" of 85 per cent pictor...
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...
Ban on loose cigarette sale: Health Minister JP Nadda urged to resolve issuesThe proposal of banning the sale of loose cigarettes is likely to be put on the backburner as some Ministers have urged Health Minister JP ...
Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka tobacco farmers seek non-discrimination, hold ‘Growers’ Day’ in DelhiFCV tobacco is grown in AP & Karnataka. According to the association, farmers of FCV tobacco in these states don’t have any viable alternat...
- Output crunch triggers price rally in tobacco, prices may further rise as BAT & Philip Morris buying from India
Tobacco cultivation has taken a hit this year in the prime belt of Karnataka due to patchy monsoon, pushing up auction prices, which may im...
- ITC posts 20% jump in net profit in Q1; cigarette revenue & hotel business impacted
ITC posted a 20% jump in its net profit for the June first quarter at Rs 1602.14 crore even as net sales grew a tad lower at 15% to Rs 6652...
- K’taka tobacco sales back on the roll
With 28 exporters actively participating, a total of 44.1 million kg has been auctioned by December 23 for an average price of Rs 57.33 a k...