Tobacco

Budget 2020: Smokers to pay more on cigarettes, excise duty hiked on tobacco

The government on saturday raised the excise duty by way of national calamity contingent duty on cigarettes, tobacco products.

India's move to ban e-cigarettes flawed: Cancer experts

Addressing a press meet organised by bcbpf-The Cancer Foundation, Riccardo Polosa of the Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine at Italy's University of Catania, Ron Borland, Professor of Psychology at the University of Melbourne, and Sameer Kaul, Senior Consultant, Surgical Oncology & Robotics at the Apollo Cancer Institute here, questioned the ban on electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS) in the country.

Hookah more toxic than other forms of smoking tobacco: Study

The researchers measured the chemical composition of gases and solids emitted during a hookah session in real time.

Issues of tobacco farmers raised in Rajya Sabha

Raising the issue during the Zero Hour, G V L Narasimha (BJP) said the quality of tobacco crop, including in the West Godavari district, was poor due to consecutive five-year drought in the area and farmers were not getting a reasonable price for their produce.

India pushes for tobacco exports to China

A delegation of Indian Tobacco Board (ITB) led by its Chairperson K Sunitha held talks with Zhang Jianmin, Chief Commissioner of State Tobacco Monopoly Administration (STMA) on Friday and made out a case for China to open its market for import of tobacco from India, a press release issued by the Indian Embassy said on Saturday in Beijing. 

Cancer patient fan appeals Ajay Devgn to not promote tobacco products

 Ajay Devgn has often been slammed for endorsing tobacco products.

Allahabad HC quashes order stopping two annual increments of employee for consuming, possessing tobacco

The court was of the view that permanently stopping the two increments was a major punishment as provided under the UP Government Servants (Discipline and Apple) Rule 1999.

Wish someone warned me against tobacco usage 40 years ago, says Sharad Pawar

Pawar, a cancer survivor, was speaking at the launch of the Indian Dental Association's (IDA) mission to eradicate oral cancer by 2022.

E-cigarettes are drawing more youth towards tobacco addiction

The research also showed that almost 90 percent of adult smokers smoked their first cigarette by the time they were 18

Arjun Rampal fined for smoking in public in Jharkhand

The Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products Act prohibits smoking in public places and anybody found guilty could be penalized for the same.

Pan sellers' body urges JP Nadda to roll back advisory barring them from selling non-tobacco products

The advisory bars authorised shops selling tobacco products from dealing with other products such as toffee, candy, chips, biscuits and soft drinks -- products essentially meant for children.

Two-thirds of women cancer patients belong to lower sections of society- Study

30 per cent of cancer burden in India is contributed by women, out of which two thirds of women belong to lower section of society.

BEWARE!! This tobacco product, may be the reason for Insomnia and Asthma

16,082 people were never-smokers and roughly 18 percent of men and 5 percent of women used snus.

Tobacco consumption down by almost 6% in India, according to GATS Study

A latest study has shown that there has been a remarkable decline in the consumption of Tobacco in India.

Nicotine Addiction: Why quitting smoking gets so difficult?

Despite, constantly getting informed about the serious health effects of smoking, a majority of the population are smokers and are trying really hard to quit smoking but, in vain.

Tobacco doubles death risk in HIV patients: Lancet

Tobacco use, including snuff, chewing and smoking, is twice likely to cause death in HIV patients as the infection itself, thereby increasingly becoming the 'silent killer', researchers have warned.

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

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

Government releases new pictorial warnings for tobacco products

Beware! Early tobacco exposure linked to behavioural problems in kids

Tobacco smoking not only has an adverse impact on the life of the smoker but also affects the mental and physical abilities of the people exposed to the smoke. The worst sufferers are the children

Pakistan to stay away from tobacco conference in India

Pakistan has decided against attending a global tobacco-control conference in India beginning next week.