Tobacco Products
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Ensure implementation of new set of health warnings on tobacco products: Centre to states
India | Dec 06, 2020, 10:13 PM ISTThe 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 PM ISTThe 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, 01:04 PM ISTThe 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, 04:26 PM ISTTobacco 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, 04:10 PM ISTThe 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 | Feb 18, 2016, 01:02 PM ISTMumbai: 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 | Jun 16, 2015, 02:09 PM ISTJaipur: 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 | Mar 31, 2015, 11:38 PM ISTNew 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 | Mar 08, 2015, 05:43 PM ISTNew 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
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
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Health Ministry accepts proposal to ban sale of loose cigarettes
India | Nov 26, 2014, 08:40 AM ISTNew 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
National | Jul 06, 2014, 12:48 PM ISTNew 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 | Oct 22, 2012, 08:44 PM ISTNew 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 | Feb 17, 2011, 05:09 PM ISTNew 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