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Southeast Asia’s tobacco toll meets India’s tough tax moveTobacco causes more deaths in Southeast Asia than any other preventable factor, claiming 3.2 million lives annually. India is using fiscal ...31 Jan, 2026, 08.36 AM IST- France bans smoking on beaches, in parks and at bus sheltersFrance is implementing a smoking ban in outdoor public spaces like beaches, parks, and bus shelters, aiming to protect children from second...28 Jun, 2025, 12.48 PM IST
- IPL 2025: Why govt wants to keep alcohol and tobacco cos away from the mega stage of brand exposureThe Health Ministry has directed the BCCI and IPL organisers to ban alcohol and tobacco advertisements, including surrogate ads. With the I...10 Mar, 2025, 06.00 PM IST
- Keep tobacco and alcohol ads and their proxies off IPL, Health ministry tells cricket boardThe health ministry has urged the IPL and cricket board to ban all tobacco and alcohol advertising at matches and related events, and on na...10 Mar, 2025, 12.03 AM IST
- Tobacco Harm Reduction - A Missed Public Health Opportunity for India23 Aug, 2021, 03.55 PM IST
- View: Why ban vaping but not the more dangerous bidis?Vaping has certainly caused some deaths and diseases but these pale into insignificance when compared to more than a million deaths a year ...22 Sep, 2019, 10.34 AM IST
- E-cigarette lobby group wants Karnataka to lift ban on its useKarnataka’s Health & Family Welfare department had, by a circular on June 15, 2016, said sale, manufacturing and distribution of e-cigarett...10 May, 2019, 10.47 PM IST
- Tobacco industry profits USD 9k from every smoker's death: ReportTobacco Atlas report describes the latest products and tactics being deployed by the tobacco industry to grow its profits and delay or dera...13 Mar, 2018, 04.50 PM IST
- Include bidi in demerit goods under GST regime, oncologists urge PM Narendra ModiThe demand from leading oncologists and 108 cancer hospitals under the aegis of the state-funded National Cancer Grid (NCG), comes ahead of...22 Apr, 2017, 05.41 PM IST
- Smoking causes one in 10 deaths worldwide: StudyLondon, April 6 (IANS) Smoking causes one in 10 deaths worldwide, half of them in just four countries -- China, India, the US and Russia, a...06 Apr, 2017, 02.00 PM IST
- Tobacco sends $1 trillion up in smoke every yearIn 2013-2014, global tobacco excise taxes generated nearly $269 billion in government revenues. Of this, less than $1 billion was invested ...11 Jan, 2017, 11.58 AM IST
- Women are smoking in abundance: SurveyIn 2005-06, 11% women used tobacco in some form. But according to data, the latest available figure, tobacco consumption has gone up to 20%...29 May, 2015, 03.23 PM IST
- Reports say tobacco use a major risk factor for cancers: JP NaddaNearly half of the cancers affecting men and one-fourth among women are related to tobacco as per a report, the Rajya Sabha was informed to...12 May, 2015, 05.34 PM IST
- WHO urges PM Narendra Modi to implement increased warnings on tobacco productsThe government has put on hold its decision to increase pictorial warnings on tobacco products to 85 per cent from the present 40 per cent.01 May, 2015, 10.04 PM IST
- World Health Organisation calls for raising tax on tobacco to check consumptionThe World Health Organisation (WHO) has called for increasing tax on tobacco products to highlight health risks associated with its use.30 May, 2014, 03.18 PM IST
- Substance abuse is filtering down to developing countriesEven as there is growing concern about the use of tobacco, recent surveys show smoking is on the rise.01 May, 2008, 03.18 AM IST
- Substance abuse filtering from developed to developing countriesEven as there is a growing concern about the use of tobacco, recent surveys show smoking is still on the rise. Worse, alcohol and drug cons...30 Apr, 2008, 04.40 AM IST
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