Delhi-based entrepreneur Gaurav Kawatra has gone viral after sharing how he lost his Rs 5 lakh-a-month corporate job in 2018 while managing...

Britain passes landmark law to create a smoke-free generation by permanently banning cigarette sales to those aged 17 and under and tighten...

Australia's steep cigarette taxes have created a booming black market. Illicit tobacco now accounts for half of all sales, costing the gove...

From February 1, 2026, cigarettes will cost more -- and it’s not just the brand that matters. Short sticks see smaller hikes, but king-size...

The 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 -- a cheap cigarette made of unprocessed tobacco wrapped in leaves -- is very popular in India, accounting for 81 per cent of the toba...

Madhu Dandvate wanted to discourage smokers with higher taxes, though he interpreted this not as a role of the government but as a familial...

Tobacco is often grown without rotation with other crops, so plants require intensive use of fertilisers & pesticides.

Poor 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...

Given the addictive properties of nicotine, this result increases addiction levels for some consumers.

In a country where about 102 billion cigarette sticks were smoked in FY15, illegal brands and cheap imports aren’t new, although they’re sp...

Victims of tobacco use and their doctors, brought together under umbrella of Voice of Tobacco Victims Kerala, have appealed to PM to ban sa...

There 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...

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Thanks to the near-prohibitive hike in cigarette prices, lighting up will get a new meaning.

A dead man in a coffin, a crying baby, a bald cancer patient are among new graphic warnings the US is proposing for cigarette packs.

A US appeals court on Tuesday put on hold sanctions imposed on cigarette makers by a judge who had found they violated racketeering laws in...