Tobacco
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Pakistan to stay away from tobacco conference in India
World | Nov 04, 2016, 05:08 PM ISTPakistan has decided against attending a global tobacco-control conference in India beginning next week.
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Study finds nicotine without tobacco safe, helps keep Alzheimer's at bay
Lifestyle | Sep 22, 2016, 02:43 PM ISTNicotine can protect the brain from ailments such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases and also shield the brain from aging, US researchers have said. The study by Texas A&M University (TAMU) reveals that nicotine,
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80 pc of head, neck cancers could be prevented by stopping the use of tobacco, say doctors
Lifestyle | Jul 28, 2016, 01:31 PM ISTStopping the use of tobacco and adopting a healthy lifestyle could prevent almost 80 pc of head and neck cancer cases in India, say doctors. According to a consolidated report of Bengaluru's National Centre for
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World No-Tobacco Day 2016: 1 death in 6 seconds; know 5 major facts about Tobacco usage
Fashion | May 31, 2016, 01:43 PM ISTWorld No-Tobacco Day 2016: 1 death in 6 seconds; know 5 major facts about Tobacco usage
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Selling tobacco products to children will attract 7-year jail term and a fine of Rs 1 lakh
India | May 26, 2016, 12:35 PM ISTNew Delhi: In a bid to curtail use of tobacco among children, The Narendra Modi government in its latest draft of Juvenile Justice act has made selling of tobacco products to children punishable up to
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ITC refuses to print larger warnings; Centre hardens stand on policy
Apr 02, 2016, 08:03 PM ISTNew Delhi: FMCG major ITC today said it is not ready to print larger pictorial warnings on its cigarette packs, as required under a new government norm, and its factories will be shut till clarity
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Tobacco industry to halt production, cites ambiguity in govt policy for pictorial warnings
Apr 01, 2016, 08:56 PM ISTNew 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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Smoking burns Rs 1.04-tn hole in Eco; WHO for large warnings
Mar 25, 2016, 07:40 AM ISTMumbai: The World Health Organisation has said the economic burden attributable to tobacco-related diseases is a staggering Rs 1,04,500 crore annually in the country and has pitched for large-size warnings on packs to control tobacco
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Restrict tobacco advertisements in J&K: DGP
India | Aug 25, 2015, 12:52 PM ISTSrinagar: Director General of Police (DGP) Jammu and Kashmir K Rajendra Kumar today directed all district police heads to restrict tobacco advertisements at the point of sales (POS) across the state.In an order issued here,
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Study warns of increase in manufacture of chewing tobacco items
India | May 31, 2015, 12:56 PM ISTNew Delhi: There has been a steady increase between 2012 and 2015 in the volume of chewing tobacco manufactured in the country which “does not match” with the domestic regulatory environment on smokeless tobacco products,
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Punjab to act against online marketing of cigarettes
India | May 21, 2015, 05:35 PM ISTChandigarh: Punjab on Thursday became the first state in the country to initiate criminal proceeding against companies marketing cigarettes online despite a ban on it.Health Minister Surjit Kumar Jayani sought people's cooperation with the police
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Delhi govt to reply on plea against ban of chewable tobacco
India | Apr 08, 2015, 05:27 PM ISTNew Delhi: The Delhi High Court today sought response of city government on a plea of manufacturers against ban on sale of chewable tobacco in the national capital from March 30.Justice Rajiv Shakdher issued notice
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World Health Day: Govt working out details on increasing pictorial warning on tobacco products
India | Apr 07, 2015, 02:05 PM ISTNew Delhi: Government today said it is working out details for increasing the size of pictorial warning on tobacco products from the present 40 per cent to 85 per cent after the date for its
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Tobacco produces nothing less than death: Harsh Vardhan
India | Apr 05, 2015, 09:03 PM ISTBengaluru: Union Minister for Science and Technology Harsh Vardhan today asserted that tobacco produces nothing less than death as he took exception about member's of a Parliamentary panel commenting on the issue that has raised
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Make larger pictorial warnings on tobacco products: PM Modi tells health ministry
India | Apr 04, 2015, 03:10 PM ISTNew Delhi: Putting at rest all controversies over size of pictorial warnings on tobacco products, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today asked Health Ministry to go ahead with enforcing larger pictorial warnings on cigarette packets.Earlier, the
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Another BJP MP says there is 'no proof smoking causes cancer'
National | Apr 03, 2015, 07:31 PM ISTTezpur: Amidst raging controversy over remarks on smoking by two BJP MPs namely Shyama Charan Gupta and Dilip Gandhi, another BJP parliamentarian Ram Prasad Sarmah on Friday jumped the gun claiming there is no clear
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'No link between tobacco and cancer,' says BJP MP & 'beedi' baron Shyam Charan Gupta
National | Apr 02, 2015, 09:37 PM ISTNew Delhi: A controversy broke out today over remarks by 'beedi' baron and a parliamentary committee member from BJP Shyam Charan Gupta suggesting "nil" effect of smoking, evoking sharp reaction from Opposition parties which sought
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Ban films, ban beef, why not tobacco? Rishi Kapoor asks the government
Bollywood | Mar 31, 2015, 11:48 PM ISTNew Delhi: Veteran actor Rishi Kapoor has lashed out at BJP government over its MP Dilip Gandhi's remark who said that no Indian study suggests tobacco use leads to cancer. In a series of tweets,
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No Indian study confirms tobacco use causes cancer: Parliamentary panel
India | Mar 31, 2015, 12:54 PM ISTNew Delhi: As India is set to defer its April 1 deadline for increasing size of pictoral warnings on tobacco products after pressure from various lobbies, head of a Parliamentary panel said there was no
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Checks to ensure tobacco ban in capital
India | Mar 30, 2015, 06:13 PM ISTNew Delhi: Health teams would fan out in the national capital to conduct surprise checks for ensuring strict implementation of the ban on all forms of chewable tobacco -- including gutka, khaini and zarda --