The Union education and health ministries have issued a joint advisory to states and Union territories, urging the strict implementation of...

The state government of Karnataka has imposed a ban on hookah bars, including the sale and promotion of hookah and its related ingredients....

Speaking after the meeting, the Health Minister said apart from schools, the sale and consumption of tobacco products had been banned aroun...

According to the associations, the Parliament Standing Committee on Health submitted a pertinent and comprehensive report on cancer care pl...

At 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...

The notification from the Municipal Administration department follows a direction from the Centre to all states to draw up a code of conduc...

The Congress student wing in Goa said this step should be extended to all tobacco products.

Punjab is the third state in the country after Gujarat and Maharashtra where hookah bars or lounges were banned through law.

In 2013-2014, global tobacco excise taxes generated nearly $269 billion in government revenues. Of this, less than $1 billion was invested ...

VHAA demanded at least 40 per cent sin tax with a provision for states' right to impose top-up taxes on all types of tobacco, like cigarett...

While the number of tobacco users is reducing across developed nations, countries like India still have a long way to go.

In 2005-06, 11% women used tobacco in some form. But according to data, the latest available figure, tobacco consumption has gone up to 20%...

In his bid to discourage smoking among youths, Vardhan has urged states and UTs to impose VAT of at least 50% on all tobacco products.

Even as there is growing concern about the use of tobacco, recent surveys show smoking is on the rise.

Even 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...

The Global Youth Tobacco Survey found one in 10 school children consuming tobacco products. Health Ministry now plans to introduce tobacco ...

World Lung Foundation plans to make North campus a smoke-free zone within the next two years.