ITC shares fall as GST Council rejects tobacco industry's proposal to reconsider compensation cessThe tobacco industry had sought "uniform additional compensation cess on cigarettes, compensation cess on bidis, additional compensation ce...
04 Oct, 2023, 03.30 PM IST
Proposals in COTPA Amendment Bill curtails consumer freedom: ReportThe report, released on Thursday by PRAHAR (Public Response Against Helplessness and Action for Redressal), said 82% respondents do not sup...
25 Mar, 2021, 02.44 PM IST
Nicotex joins hands with Karnataka, Goa governments to encourage smoking cessation with NRTTo promote safe behaviour, Nicotex has collaborated with the efforts of Karnataka to protect the frontline workers, who are presently engag...
30 May, 2020, 03.49 PM IST
PM's vocal-for-local campaign should be applicable to tobacco control policies in India: FAIFAFederation of All India Farmer Associations (FAIFA) claims to represent farmers and farm workers of commercial crops across Andhra Pradesh,...
29 May, 2020, 01.32 PM IST
Of smoke and mirrors: Will vaping ban stop millennials from lighting up?First-time offenders will get a year’s imprisonment or a fine of up to Rs 1 lakh or both.
22 Sep, 2019, 10.30 AM IST
Ban on e-cigarettes may actually benefit ITCE-cigarettes and other vaping devices are supposed to help smokers quit smoking in search of healthier alternatives.
30 Aug, 2018, 10.32 AM IST
How serious is the threat of regulations for Tobacco industry?The top line is stagnating as the companies have failed to arrest the decline in cigarette volumes.
02 May, 2017, 07.39 PM IST
ITC, other cigarette stocks rally up to 4% as govt hikes excise duty marginallyITC surged 3.91 per cent to hit a high of Rs 268.15. This company had reported negative volume growth for the past three years.
01 Feb, 2017, 05.16 PM IST
For first time, tobacco use is down in country: Family health surveyThe use of tobacco, the leading cause of preventable death, has for the first time begun to decline across country.
08 Mar, 2016, 12.22 PM IST
Budget 2016: Full text of Finance Minister Arun Jaitley's speechJaitley presented his third budget which took on the fiscal and physical health of the nation by setting the fiscal deficit target at 3.5% ...
29 Feb, 2016, 04.45 PM IST
Fashionable puffs: Smoking rising among women because cigarettes are being marketed as signs of successExperience and the latest figures tell us that despite horrific images a great deal of tobacco still goes up in smoke.
02 Apr, 2015, 11.02 AM IST
Health Minister Harsh Vardhan urges states to ban gutka, zarda, khainiVardhan in a letter on Wednesday told the states that India has the highest number of this type of cancer in the world.
09 Aug, 2014, 01.00 PM IST
- Camel cigarette gets brand new image
The iconic Camel cigarette pack has undergone its first makeover since it hit store shelves almost a century ago, as RJ Reynolds Tobacco te...
22 Feb, 2008, 01.32 AM IST
- Philip Morris plans reduced risk tobacco products
With waning cigarette sales due to concerns about health, smoking bans and price increases, Philip Morris USA is staking its future in a ne...
30 Oct, 2007, 06.19 AM IST