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  Ensure implementation of new set of health warnings on tobacco products: Centre to states

  India | December 06, 2020 22:13 IST

  The Union Health Ministry has asked all states to ensure implementation of a new set of health warnings with enhanced pictorial images on all tobacco products as notified by it. 

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  40 million children aged 13 to 15 years using tobacco products globally: WHO

  World | May 31, 2020 12:30 IST

  The tobacco industry invests USD 9 billion every year to advertise its products targeting youngsters, with over 40 million children aged 13 to 15 years presently using nicotine items globally, the World Health Organization has warned.

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  Karnataka govt bans spitting tobacco products at public places

  India | May 30, 2020 13:04 IST

  The Karnataka government has banned spitting of tobacco products and paan at public places, in order to prevent the spread of coronavirus in the state. 

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  Tobacco product packets to have new health warning

  India | May 04, 2020 16:26 IST

  Tobacco product packets will now have new health warnings, the Ministry of Health said today. The ministry has notified two sets of specified health warnings for all tobacco product packs by making an amendment in the Cigarettes and other Tobacco Products (Packaging and Labelling) Rules, 2008. The amended rules will be effective from September 1, 2020, the ministry said.

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  Delhi govt extends ban on gutkha, pan masala, tobacco products for one year

  India | May 02, 2019 16:10 IST

  The Delhi government has extended the ban on the manufacture, storage, sale or distribution of gutkha, pan masala and any other tobacco products for one year in the national capital.   

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  Hot Sunny Leone and 'Sanskari' Babu ji ask people to stop SMOKING in new ad

  Bollywood | February 18, 2016 13:02 IST

  Mumbai: Actress Sunny Leone, who will star alongside actors Alok Nath and Deepak Dobriyal in an anti-smoking advertisement, feels the “disgusting” habit that so many peoples around the world have, is not at all “cool”.“I

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  Rajasthan government reduces tax on tobacco products

  India | June 16, 2015 14:09 IST

  Jaipur: In a move that may increase tobacco consumption in the state, the Rajasthan government slashed taxes on tobacco products, like cigarettes and gutka “in public interest”, by as much as 20 per cent.The move

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  Govt defers move to increase size of pictorial warnings on tobacco products

  India | March 31, 2015 23:38 IST

  New Delhi: The Centre has stayed the decision to increase the size of pictorial warnings on tobacco products following a Parliamentary panel's assertion that it needs more time to deliberate on the issue.Health Minister J

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  Delhi Govt acts tough against ads of tobacco products

  India | March 08, 2015 17:43 IST

  New Delhi: Delhi Government has written to various tobacco companies asking them to remove advertisement boards from shops and warned them against free distribution of boards or counters having tobacco ads among vendors.“We have written

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  Government proposes ban on sale of loose cigarettes

  Politics | January 14, 2015 8:00 IST

  New Delhi: Brushing aside opposition, the government on Tuesday moved to amend the anti-smoking law and proposed radical changes, including ban on sale of loose cigarettes and raising the minimum age of a person buying

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  Health Ministry accepts proposal to ban sale of loose cigarettes

  India | November 26, 2014 8:40 IST

  New Delhi: The Union Health Ministry has accepted a proposal to ban the sale of loose cigarettes in the country.According to Health Minister JP Nadda, the Ministry, besides accepting a proposal seeking banning the sale

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  Impose at least 50 per cent VAT on tobacco products: Harsh Vardhan to states

  Politics | July 06, 2014 12:48 IST

  New Delhi: In his bid to discourage smoking among youths, Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan has urged states and Union Territories to impose VAT of at least 50 per cent on all tobacco products to

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  Govt notifies new pictorial warning for tobacco products

  India | October 22, 2012 20:44 IST

  New Delhi, Oct 22: Government has notified new, stricter pictorial warnings for smoking and smokeless forms of tobacco with April 1 next year as the deadline for their implementation.A set of three pictorial warnings each

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  No Sale Of Tobacco Products In Plastic Pouches From March: SC

  India | February 17, 2011 17:09 IST

  New Delhi, Feb 17: The Supreme Court today refused to relax its order banning sale of tobacco products like gutka and pan masala in plastic sachets beyond March 1 after taking note of government's submission