Companies are fighting a rising tide of fake goods. Brands from toothpaste to cigarettes are changing packaging and tightening checks. Coun...

May 2026 brings a calendar full of significant events. National holidays like Labour Day and Mother's Day are celebrated. Religious festiva...

ITC and Godfrey Phillips India shares jumped up to 7% on Wednesday after a report said both companies may raise cigarette prices by as much...

The FMCG sector anticipates a steady March quarter, buoyed by stable rural demand and urban recovery, despite subdued pricing in some segme...

All tobacco products manufactured, imported, or packaged on or after December 1, 2022 will have to display a new image with the textual hea...

The Health Ministry issued a notification yesterday making amendments on using the new warnings and including the quitline number.

Declining consumption of tobacco products globally has pushed companies towards innovation; ITC has also introduced differentiated products.

The ambiguity is related to the 85% graphic warning that cigarette packs must carry from this month under a government notification.

In case of bidi smokers, as many as 62 per cent notice health warnings on the packs and 29 per cent think of quitting due to the warning.

The department of agriculture has said it doesn't support tobacco cultivation and has thus "no objection" to the amendment notification.

The government has put on hold its decision to increase pictorial warnings on tobacco products to 85 per cent from the present 40 per cent.

Large graphic warnings have proved highly effective in warning people about the health hazards of tobacco, irrespective of the audience's l...

On implementation of the notification, India will be the only country in the world with largest pictoral warnings on tobacco products.

Both countries want India to stick to its commitment to cover packs with 85 per cent pictorial covering from April 1; health ministry is ye...

New rule requiring cigarette makers to cover 85 per cent of their product packs with warnings may be deferred by 3 to 6 months.

The new law making it mandatory for all tobacco products to carry stricter pictorial warnings came into force today but its implementation ...

It will now be compulsory for packs of cigarettes, bidis and chewing tobacco to carry pictorial warning to discourage tobacco consumption e...