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Now smoking will cost you more! ITC hikes cigarette prices by 10-20% post budget announcement
Business | Jan 25, 2021, 01:19 PM ISTMarket leader ITC increased cigarette prices by 10-20 per cent across some of its brands in all of its markets, following the hike in the National Calamity Contingency Duty (NCCD) announced in the Union Budget this year.
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Illegal sale of imported cigarettes on rise in Punjab
India | Sep 19, 2019, 01:40 PM ISTThey say selling illegal cigarettes, an organised crime, is not only evading state's high taxes but also playing with the lives of smokers, mainly the first-timers, because of inferior manufacturing processes and low quality tobacco with high levels of tar and nicotine.
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Candies, soft drinks and chips may soon go off shelves at your local cigarette shop
India | Sep 27, 2017, 05:05 PM ISTThe government is planning to bar cigarette shops from selling biscuits, soft drinks, candies, toffees, chips and other items that might attract non-smokers.
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India ranks third in largest pictorial warning on tobacco products. Find out which country tops the list
Lifestyle | Nov 11, 2016, 12:13 PM ISTIndia has moved to third position this year from 136 in 2014 in having pictorial health warning on tobacco products in the world, according to a latest report by the Canadian Cancer Society. The top
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Government proposes ban on sale of loose cigarettes
National | Jan 14, 2015, 08:00 AM ISTNew 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