As per the Tobacco Institute of India (TII), in India, illicit cigarettes represent nearly one-fourth of the domestic market, with estimate...

China's cigarette consumption has surged by 39% between 2003 and 2023, contrasting with a global decline. Despite fewer young smokers, low ...

Companies are fighting a rising tide of fake goods. Brands from toothpaste to cigarettes are changing packaging and tightening checks. Coun...

Western Canada faces a surge in illegal cigarette trade. This market links with organized crime. It affects public health and diverts gover...

The report by tobacco industry body The Tobacco Institute of India (TII), the steep tax increases on cigarettes have provided a boost to il...

Tobacco Institute of India director Syed Mahmood Ahmad said GST presents a unique opportunity to government to address the growing illegal ...

Under plain tobacco packaging currently followed only in Australia, logos, colours, imagery and promotional information are not allowed on ...

ITGA has claimed that more than $1 billion have been pumped into anti-tobacco movement in last two years by Bill and Melinda Gates Foundati...

It said the lack of clarity has also opened floodgates in terms of illegal imports to the extent of 90 per cent.

ITC, the country’s largest cigarettes seller, did not respond to the mail seeking comment on the latest excise hike in the national budget.

Cigarette prices are set to go up for the fifth successive year in India with the Budget announcing 10-15% increase in excise duty for all ...

The WHO report on tobacco taxation 2015 reveals that at 6.5% of per capita GDP, cigarette taxes in India are amongst the highest in the wor...

Sales volume has declined by as much as 15 per cent in the last two quarters, with the affordable sub-65 mm length cigarettes prices having...

Cigarette smuggling into the country increased four-fold between 2012 and 2014, seizure data from the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (...

High taxation should not be restricted only to cigarettes but all forms of tobacco must be included to counter the growing menace of contra...

Excise duty was increased to 72 per cent on cigarettes of length not exceeding 65 mm and to 11-21 per cent for those of other lengths.

Worried by falling stock prices cigarette makers are lobbying hard to prevent the government from hiking excise duty for the third straight...