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BAT to cut 9,000 jobs globally as the world lights fewer cigarettesBritish American Tobacco is slashing approximately 9,000 jobs globally as part of a major restructuring. This significant workforce reducti...- 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 ...
- Measures like tax relief, import curbs can shield India from West Asia crisis: ReportIndia must adopt tax moderation and targeted import curbs to boost exports and shield against the West Asia crisis. A report suggests restr...
- Sudden layoff, no severance package, EMIs on Rs 2 crore home loan, panic attacks. Delhi man shares what he learnt after a tough struggleDelhi-based entrepreneur Gaurav Kawatra has gone viral after sharing how he lost his Rs 5 lakh-a-month corporate job in 2018 while managing...
- UK lawmakers approve lifetime smoking ban for today's under-18sBritain passes landmark law to create a smoke-free generation by permanently banning cigarette sales to those aged 17 and under and tighten...
- How $40-a-pack cigarettes pushed Australians to the black marketAustralia's steep cigarette taxes have created a booming black market. Illicit tobacco now accounts for half of all sales, costing the gove...
- Classic, Gold Flake or Marlboro: How your cigarette bills may get costlier from February 1From February 1, 2026, cigarettes will cost more -- and it’s not just the brand that matters. Short sticks see smaller hikes, but king-size...
- Philip Morris aims to phase out cigarettes in Japan within decadeThe Marlboro maker announced in 2016 a long-term goal to stop selling cigarettes and replace them with alternatives that it says are less h...
- Bidi smoking cost India Rs 80,550 crore last year: StudyBidi -- a cheap cigarette made of unprocessed tobacco wrapped in leaves -- is very popular in India, accounting for 81 per cent of the toba...
- Decoding the rationale behind finance ministers' obsession with tobacco during budget makingMadhu Dandvate wanted to discourage smokers with higher taxes, though he interpreted this not as a role of the government but as a familial...
- From cultivation to consumer waste, here's how tobacco life cycle impacts usTobacco is often grown without rotation with other crops, so plants require intensive use of fertilisers & pesticides.
- 5 cigarettes a day would cost you more than Rs 1 crore by the time you hit 60Poor health due to smoking may also cost you your job. A company may want to promote an energetic person rather than someone who calls in s...
- Higher cigarette taxes may do more harm than good!Given the addictive properties of nicotine, this result increases addiction levels for some consumers.
- How increased excise duty on cigarettes has made the Indian market vulnerable to Chinese brandsIn a country where about 102 billion cigarette sticks were smoked in FY15, illegal brands and cheap imports aren’t new, although they’re sp...
- Ban sale of loose cigarettes: Voice of Tobacco Victims Kerala to PMVictims of tobacco use and their doctors, brought together under umbrella of Voice of Tobacco Victims Kerala, have appealed to PM to ban sa...
- Beedis a bigger killer, tax them like cigarettesThere is a glaring omission in the government's anti-tobacco crusade. Why doesn't it crusade against beedis too, which are a far bigger kil...
- Poke Me: The Smoking Lounge (Readers' react)This week's 'Poke Me', invited your comments on 'The Smoking Lounge'
- Poke Me: The Smoking LoungeThanks to the near-prohibitive hike in cigarette prices, lighting up will get a new meaning.
- US proposes new, graphic warning labels on cigarettesA dead man in a coffin, a crying baby, a bald cancer patient are among new graphic warnings the US is proposing for cigarette packs.
- US appeals court stays sanctions on cigarette cosA US appeals court on Tuesday put on hold sanctions imposed on cigarette makers by a judge who had found they violated racketeering laws in...
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