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Karnataka clears Rs 6,253 crore projects in aerospace, food processing, IT, renewable energyThe Karnataka government has green-lit eighty-three industrial projects that amount to an impressive six thousand two hundred fifty-three c...
Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu: Karnataka to decide future course after SC hearing, says ministerKarnataka faces challenges releasing 12,000 cusecs of Cauvery water daily to Tamil Nadu. The state awaits a Supreme Court hearing to determ...
'You are using sword to kill mosquito': Bombay HC tells Tukaram Mundhe-led FDA to use power judiciouslyThe Bombay High Court has told the Tukaram Mundhe-led Maharashtra FDA to use its powers judiciously after Cadila Pharmaceuticals challenged...
Karnataka bans sale of tobacco, nicotine products for one yearKarnataka has banned gutkha and pan masala products for one year. The ban follows warnings from Chief Minister DK Shivakumar about intoxica...
No gutkha, no pan masala: Karnataka announces one-year ban on prohibited tobacco and nicotine productsKarnataka gutkha ban: Karnataka has announced a one-year ban on the sale and distribution of tobacco and nicotine products, including gutkh...
India seeks to quash Adani airport's nicotine pouch court challenge citing illegality, health riskIndia's government argues Adani Group's airport sale of nicotine pouches violates drug laws. The government asserts these sales pose a seri...
Philip Morris India calls for stronger enforcement and collaboration to disrupt illicit tobacco ecosystemAs per the Tobacco Institute of India (TII), in India, illicit cigarettes represent nearly one-fourth of the domestic market, with estimate...
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 ...
AIIMS-Delhi researchers call for relook at ban on e-cigarettesAIIMS-Delhi researchers are advocating for a reassessment of India's ban on electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS), citing evidence th...
Biden planning a parting gift for Americans: Cigarettes without nicotineThe Biden administration plans to propose a limit on nicotine in cigarettes. This move aims to reduce smoking addiction and save lives. The...
Solving for India’s smoking addiction; saving precious lives
Responsive Policymaking For Achieving India’s Tobacco Control Goals
E-cigarette legislation 'all bark no bite', diluted under industry influenceA recipient of 2013 WHO award for fighting tobacco, he said the bill "partially addresses" the usage of e-cigarettes, which is less than 1 ...
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...
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,...
Singapore bans e-cigarettes, other emerging tobacco productsIn a pre-emptive measure to protect public health, Singapore has banned emerging tobacco products like e-cigarettes, smokeless cigars and c...
Harsh Vardhan seeks complete ban on e-cigarettes, ENDSVardhan ruled out their acceptability in the light of research findings by experts which have held that they are no less unsafe than the "r...
- Gujarat government extends gutka ban by a year
During the past one year, state agencies raided 28,172 units of wholeseller and retailers and seized around 8,976 kg of gutka from 31 units...
- Haryana government to ban food articles containing nicotine and tobacco with effect from August 15
Haryana govt has decided to clamp a complete ban on food articles containing nicotine & tobacco in public interest with effect from Aug 15,...