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Over 40 pc ads in Cricket World Cup 2023 promoted smokeless tobacco brands: StudyAccording to the study conducted by a group of experts from the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) and Vital Strategies, of the tota...31 May, 2024, 08.30 PM IST- Responsive Policymaking For Achieving India’s Tobacco Control Goals01 Nov, 2022, 04.50 PM IST
- Public health groups, doctors urge govt to hike excise duty on tobacco products in next Union BudgetPublic health groups, along with economists and doctors, have urged the government to increase excise duty on all tobacco products in the U...12 Dec, 2021, 04.33 PM IST
- Tax non-virginia tobacco to earn Rs 40,000 crore revenue: NGO writes to CentreThe NGO Shram has already written to the Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and Health Minister Harsh Vardhan on the issue urging to...24 Aug, 2020, 01.15 PM IST
- Health Minister Harsh Vardhan appeals all states, UTs to ban sale of tobacco products, spitting in publicIn a letter to all state health ministers, Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said smokeless tobacco users have a tendency to spit in public pla...15 May, 2020, 03.53 PM IST
- 28 states, UTs ban smokeless tobacco products, spitting due to coronavirusPublic health experts have welcomed the move by the central government to ban the use of tobacco products and spitting in public places to ...10 May, 2020, 02.50 PM IST
- Covid-19 lockdown the perfect time to get rid of tobacco addiction, say oncologists; urge people to follow govt rulesThe Union Health Ministry had last month asked all states to prohibit the use and spitting of smokeless tobacco.02 May, 2020, 05.55 PM IST
- COVID-19: Prohibit use, spitting of smokeless tobacco in public places, health ministry tells statesIn view of the increasing danger of the coronavirus pandemic, the Indian Council for Medical Research (ICMR) has also appealed to people to...11 Apr, 2020, 10.48 AM IST
- World No Tobacco Day: 50% Indian smokers wish to quit the habit, but fail to do soIndia is the second largest consumer of tobacco in the world.31 May, 2019, 09.01 AM IST
- Tobacco use in India down from 34.6% of adult population to 28.6%Also, there is an increase of one year in the mean age at initiation of tobacco use from 17.9 years in 2009-10 to 18.9 years in 2016-17, th...08 Jun, 2017, 08.50 PM IST
- 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...14 Dec, 2015, 06.49 PM IST
- India, Bangladesh have 80 per cent smokeless tobacco usersThe report says that there is sufficient evidence to conclude that smokeless tobacco causes oral cancer, esophageal cancer and pancreatic c...15 Dec, 2014, 11.15 PM IST
- Health Ministry endorses ban on chewing tobacco, gutkaHealth ministry endorsed a ban on manufacture & sale of all forms of nicotine-laced pan masala, gutka and chewing tobacco.02 Oct, 2013, 11.05 AM IST
- Multi-sectoral policies needed for tobacco-free society: PM Manmohan SinghNoting that use of tobacco imposes serious consequences on economy and society, PM Manmohan Singh said.11 Sep, 2013, 07.33 PM IST
- New law about tougher warning about tobacco goes into forceThe new law making it mandatory for all tobacco products to carry stricter pictorial warnings came into force today but its implementation ...01 Apr, 2013, 09.28 PM IST
- Gutkha ban: Health Ministry mulls penalising companies for ad blitzHealth Ministry is mulling to penalise firms manufacturing smokeless tobacco products for violating key provisions of food safety law.18 Oct, 2012, 11.03 PM IST
- Chief Ministers of 11 states to support an anti-tobacco campaignChief Ministers of 11 states in India have pledged their support to Voice of Tobacco Victims (VOTV), a national campaign against chewing to...20 Jul, 2011, 12.10 PM IST
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