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Virat Kohli’s One 8 Commune pub in Bengaluru lands in trouble, booked for absence of a designated smoking areaVirat Kohli’s Bengaluru pub, One8 Commune, is facing legal issues after Cubbon Park Police filed a suo motu case for violating the COTPA Ac...02 Jun, 2025, 10.06 PM IST- Are hookah bars illegal? Decision is pending; Raids onTo owners of hookah joints, this is moral policing. According to them, the Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products Act (COTPA) allows for smo...02 Jun, 2023, 04.28 PM IST
- 84% of green offences registered under Tobacco Products Act in 2021Incidentally, the cases registered under environmental-focused legislations form a minuscule portion of the total cases related to offences...07 Sep, 2022, 08.32 AM IST
- Bring strong anti-tobacco law to save youth, ban designated smoking areas: ExpertsAt a webinar held by Tobacco-Free India, a citizens group, they said gaps in the COTPA Act serve as a tacit approval from the authorities t...05 Aug, 2022, 08.49 PM IST
- 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...13 Jan, 2021, 02.44 PM IST
- FRAI urges PM Modi to order recall of proposed changes in law on cigarettes, other tobacco productsFRAI, which claims to represent 4 crore micro, small and medium retailers from across India with membership of 34 retail associations from ...07 Jan, 2021, 12.51 PM IST
- Health Ministry mulling to increase legal age for tobacco consumptionThe committee, besides increasing the legal age of tobacco consumption, has also recommended increasing the fine amount for violation of ru...23 Feb, 2020, 03.09 PM IST
- 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...25 Sep, 2019, 04.23 PM IST
- 'Sarkar' poster: Actor Vijay flayed for using cigarette as film 'marketing strategy'The first look poster of 'Sarkar' was released to much controversy.22 Jun, 2018, 02.46 PM IST
- World No Tobacco Day: 15% Bengaluru PU students consume tobaccoIn Karnataka, 30% of the adult population, estimated at 1.5 crore is addicted to some form of tobacco.31 May, 2016, 12.38 PM IST
- Bengaluru IT companies told to ban smoking on campusAs per Section 4 of the Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products Act 2003, smoking is banned in all public places in India to protect passive ...02 Nov, 2015, 11.23 AM IST
- Restrict tobacco advertisements at point of sales in Jammu and Kashmir: DGPIn an order, the DGP directed all district police chiefs to implement the rules related to section 5 of COTPA (restriction of tobacco adver...25 Aug, 2015, 12.12 PM IST
- Over 23,000 persons booked under COTPA in Jammu and Kashmir: PolicePolice has booked 23,754 people for violating COTPA by smoking in public places from May 2013 to May 2015, they said.02 Jul, 2015, 05.01 PM IST
- Transport department initiates anti-tobacco campaign in AssamThe Commissionerate of Transport in Assam has issued instructions to all District Transport Officers (DTOs) to strictly enforce anti-tobacc...25 Jun, 2015, 03.55 PM IST
- Delhi government acts tough against ads of tobacco productsOn February 28, the department had undertaken a massive awareness and enforcement drive in the city during which 60 shops were raided.08 Mar, 2015, 11.46 AM IST
- 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...04 Dec, 2014, 04.00 AM IST
- India mulls total ban on e-cigarettes, as government panel says safety not establishedAn expert panel on e-cigarettes constituted by the health ministry has recommended a blanket ban on the product, saying its safety has not ...30 Aug, 2014, 01.26 AM IST
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