The Odisha government has amassed Rs 6,595.55 crore in tax revenue from tobacco and pan masala sales over 11 years. The revenue grew from R...

Belgium will ban the sale of disposable electronic cigarettes from Jan. 1. The ban is due to health and environmental concerns. Health mini...

Set to take effect from July, the toughest anti-tobacco rules in the world would have banned sales to those born after Jan. 1, 2009, cut ni...

As per the existing provisions under Schedule K of Drugs Rules, 1945, nicotine gum and lozenges containing up to 2mg of nicotine are exempt...

The lung defenses of smokers, vapers, and bystanders are overwhelmed by repeated exposure.

"We want to make sure young people never start smoking so we will make it an offence to sell or supply smoked tobacco products to new cohor...

A recipient of 2013 WHO award for fighting tobacco, he said the bill "partially addresses" the usage of e-cigarettes, which is less than 1 ...

First-time offenders will get a year’s imprisonment or a fine of up to Rs 1 lakh or both.

The health ministry had asked the commerce ministry to issue a notification banning import of Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems (ENDS), ...

The six-day conference was held at Greater Noida near here in which about 1,500 delegates along with other observers participated.

Cigarette and bidi manufacturers may soon have to declare tar and nicotine content on their packets, with government preparing to launch te...

The anti-tobacco legislation is being amended to make it more compliant with WHO’s Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC).

"I do not know when it will happen, but I want to begin the banning of smoking tobacco in the country from Assam," Sarma said.

Maharashtra government today extended the ban on gutkha and pan masala across the state by another year.

Assam has banned manufacture and distribution of gutka and pan masala containing tobacco and nicotine. The ban is for a period of one year.