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UK lawmakers approve lifetime smoking ban for today's under-18sBritain passes landmark law to create a smoke-free generation by permanently banning cigarette sales to those aged 17 and under and tighten...22 Apr, 2026, 05.01 PM IST- Maldives becomes world’s first country to enforce generational tobacco ban, outlawing smoking and vaping for anyone born after 2007The Maldives has enacted a historic generational ban on tobacco. Individuals born after January 1, 2007, will never legally buy or use toba...03 Nov, 2025, 11.46 AM IST
- Karnataka cracks down on tobacco use: Legal age raised to 21, hookah bars banned under new lawKarnataka has implemented a strict anti-tobacco law. Hookah bars are now banned. The legal age to buy tobacco has increased to 21. Penaltie...31 May, 2025, 04.37 PM IST
- New Zealand passes world's first law to ban smoking for future generationNew Zealand became the world's first country to ban smoking for future generations. The bill was passed in parliament on Tuesday.13 Dec, 2022, 09.56 PM IST
- New Zealand imposes lifetime ban on youth buying cigarettesThe new law also reduces the number of retailers allowed to sell tobacco from about 6,000 to 600 and decreases the amount of nicotine allow...13 Dec, 2022, 02.04 PM IST
- Sale of single cigarettes to be banned by Parliament to reduce tobacco consumptionEmphasizing the side effects of tobacco, the Standing Committee has proposed a ban on the sale and production of all single cigarettes to t...12 Dec, 2022, 12.15 PM IST
- Bring strong anti-tobacco law to save youth, ban designated smoking areas: ExpertsAt a webinar held by Tobacco-Free India, a citizens group, they said gaps in the COTPA Act serve as a tacit approval from the authorities t...05 Aug, 2022, 08.49 PM IST
- 80 per cent people believe use of cigarettes, bidis is a very serious problem, says surveyAround eighty per cent or more support banning smoking in all public places.15 Feb, 2021, 04.09 PM IST
- Second-hand smoke kills over 1 lakh people in China: WHOOn current trends, one in three young Chinese men will be killed by tobacco, the team wrote in The Lancet medical journal.19 Oct, 2015, 05.34 PM IST
- Smoking ban: Government collects Rs 57 lakhs in finesFurther, a survey on prevalence of tobacco usage in the city recorded that 41% men and 3.7% women use some kind of tobacco product.04 Oct, 2014, 03.59 PM IST
- Police plan to turn Kerala capital 'tobacco-free'City Police Commissioner H Venkitesh said major state-run firms & their premises would be declared smoke-free zones & strict vigil would pu...23 Sep, 2014, 12.43 PM IST
- Government to launch fresh campaign against smokingGovernment will launch a fresh campaign against tobacco smoking to warn people about the health hazards and the penalties to be faced by vi...30 Sep, 2013, 10.15 PM IST
- Grim images to appear on US cigarette packsImage of cancerous lungs is among the nine graphic warnings tobacco companies must start placing on cigarette packs sold in the US next yea...22 Jun, 2011, 03.50 AM IST
- Tobacco cos get ready for life after 'no-smoking' banIndian tobacco companies are getting ready for a life after the no-smoking ban that comes into effect from Oct 2. HRgiri: India Inc adopts ...02 Oct, 2008, 06.59 AM IST
- Singapore's ban on tobacco ads will apply to Grand PrixSingapore's strict laws banning tobacco advertisements will apply to the city-state's inaugural Formula One Grand Prix in September.16 Mar, 2008, 09.38 AM IST
- Tough anti-smoking rules for hospitality industry demandedAn NGO in Panaji says the hospitality industry should be made more responsible to adhere to the Anti-Tobacco Act.08 Oct, 2007, 12.10 PM IST
- Maid will decide if you can smoke at home!If you want to smoke at home, you will have to seek the permission of your maid.21 Jul, 2007, 01.45 AM IST
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