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  69 percent of Indians believe that warning images on tobacco packs don't work

  Lifestyle | June 01, 2017 10:53 IST

  63 percent of smokers believe that government should come up with strict rules to tackle smoking addiction in country

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  Comply with govt rules on health warnings, Supreme Court tells tobacco industry

  India | May 04, 2016 16:54 IST

  Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered cigarette manufacturers to immediately follow the new federal rules requiring bigger health warnings on cigarette packs.

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  Threat of FDI ban bears heavy on tobacco industry, cigarette stocks tank over 17 per cent

  April 26, 2016 15:00 IST

  Faced with a threat following reports of the government contemplating a complete ban on Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) into the tobacco sector, cigarette stocks today witnessed a massive selling spree, resulting in a fall of up to 17.4 per cent.

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  Tobacco industry to halt production, cites ambiguity in govt policy for pictorial warnings

  April 01, 2016 20:56 IST

  New Delhi: The Indian tobacco industry today announced that it will stop the production of all its products with immediate effect citing ambiguity over Centre’s direction to carry pictorial warnings on the packets of all

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  SC issues notice to Centre, states on plea seeking ban on production of cigarettes

  India | August 14, 2014 13:12 IST

  New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday issued notice on a PIL seeking a complete ban on the production of cigarettes and other tobacco products across the country.An Apex Court bench headed by Chief Justice