India has eased Foreign Direct Investment rules for companies with up to ten percent Chinese or Hong Kong shareholding. These firms can now...

PMK leader Anbumani Ramadoss has urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to enact legislation prohibiting cigarette sales to individuals born af...

Rajasthan Royals captain Riyan Parag was filmed vaping in the team dressing room during a live match broadcast. The incident occurred in th...

Britain passes landmark law to create a smoke-free generation by permanently banning cigarette sales to those aged 17 and under and tighten...

Imagine a future where millions of Indian families break free from the grasp of tobacco, climbing up the economic ladder. The most disadvan...

In Murshidabad's beedi belt, children work alongside mothers to meet daily targets. Families earn meager wages for rolling beedis. Contract...

Emphasizing the side effects of tobacco, the Standing Committee has proposed a ban on the sale and production of all single cigarettes to t...

Around eighty per cent or more support banning smoking in all public places.

Currently, FDI is prohibited in manufacturing of cigars, cigarettes and tobacco substitutes. However, it is permitted in technology collabo...

The court asked the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) whether such a step has been taken by the Centre or any of the sta...

Asking the Centre to "urgently plug all loopholes in the FDI policy on tobacco" in order to ensure a comprehensive ban, as the health of th...

Stringent state-level laws banning gutka have a positive impact as reduced product availability has resulted in decreased consumption of gu...

Health ministry endorsed a ban on manufacture & sale of all forms of nicotine-laced pan masala, gutka and chewing tobacco.

FICCI also suggested similar ban to be extended to entities set up by MNCs with the objective of marketing cigarettes.

Health Ministry is mulling to penalise firms manufacturing smokeless tobacco products for violating key provisions of food safety law.

India's tobacco exports to Russia have declined by over 92 per cent to 144 tons in February, compared to 1,576 tons in the same month last ...

Health minister Anbumani Ramadoss said on Tuesday that a national regulatory authority (NRA) would be set up to ensure the effective implem...