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  Delhi govt to ban sale of chewable tobacco products soon

  India | March 12, 2015 8:35 IST

  New Delhi: The Delhi government has decided to strengthen the anti-tobacco law to ensure ban sale and storage of raw chewable tobacco and other products like gutkha, khaini and zarda.The city government will soon be

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  PHFI calls for increasing tax on 'bidi', oral tobacco products

  March 06, 2015 7:56 IST

  New Delhi: A public health organisation yesterday called for raising taxation levels for 'bidis' and oral tobacco products to deter people of low income group including women and young from using them as the organisation

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  Centre for raising age of person buying tobacco products to 21 years

  India | January 14, 2015 8:04 IST

  New 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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  Gutka ban is good for India's youth: WHO study

  India | December 22, 2014 8:04 IST

  Thiruvananthapuram: State-level laws banning "gutka" - a form of chewing tobacco - are having a positive impact on Indian youths, according to a study by WHO.The World Health Organization (WHO) study was conducted in Assam,

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  Ban on gutka has positive impact: WHO

  World | December 17, 2014 11:26 IST

  Mumbai: Stringent state-level laws banning gutka have a positive impact as reduced product availability has resulted in decreased consumption of gutka, according to World Health Organisation (WHO).In a study conducted by the WHO in seven

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  Liquor, tobacco products now cost more in Kerala

  India | October 10, 2014 14:49 IST

  Thiruvananthapuram: The price of liquor went up in Kerala on Friday after the government, in its bid to enforce total prohibition, imposed an additional 25 percent tax.Also, an eight percent tax hike on tobacco products

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  Modi asks countrymen to say 'no' to tobacco

  June 01, 2014 18:39 IST

  New Delhi: On the occasion of World Tobacco Day, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today asked the countrymen to say ‘no' to tobacco and lay the foundation of a healthier India.“On World No Tobacco Day, lets

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  74 per cent children in Kerala use tobacco, reveals study

  India | February 27, 2014 17:06 IST

  Thiruvananthapuram: Seventy-four per cent children in Kerala use tobacco, according to a recent multi-site survey conducted by National Drug Dependence Treatment Centre and the All India Institute of Medical Sciences.A total of 119 children in

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  Shocking: Half of Delhi's school kids consuming tobacco

  India | February 20, 2014 6:41 IST

  New Delhi: Is your child suffering from depression or stress? Have you ever asked your child the reason for his/her dejection? Parents now need to be cautious of what their child does the whole day

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  10 warnings India and the world ignored before millions died

  India | November 13, 2013 7:07 IST

  New Delhi: Whether it was a major terrorist mayhem, or an emerging brutal dictator, or a major health warning, or a gruesome natural disaster, warnings were ignored by India and the world at their own

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  Health dept suggests increase tax on Tobacco

  India | August 29, 2013 19:01 IST

  Bhubaneswar: The Health and Family Welfare department of Government of Odisha has suggested for increase in tax on Tobacco expressing concern over the health hazards.Health and Family welfare (H&FW) department secretary in a letter to

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  Maharashtra budget: Liquor, tobacco, cosmetics costlier

  India | March 20, 2013 17:20 IST

  Mumbai, Mar 20: Maharashtra Finance Minister Ajit Pawar today presented the state budget for 2013-14, hiking sales tax on liquor, tobacco and medicated cosmetics. Country liquor will be costlier by Rs 15 per litre, while 

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  India slips 23 places in pictorial campaign against tobacco

  India | November 15, 2012 20:31 IST

  New Delhi, Nov 15: India has been ranked 123 among 193 countries in an international biennial report on pictorial health warning campaign against use of tobacco products - slipping 23 places behind its 100th rank

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  Maharashtra govt to file caveat in HC over gutkha ban

  India | July 12, 2012 20:59 IST

  Mumbai, Jul 12: Maharashtra government is going to file a caveat in the Bombay High Court, so that it can present its case before the court if anybody tries to seek a stay to the

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  Incredible India! Around 95 Percent Families Of A Village Trapped In Life Of Bidi Rolling In West Bengal

  India | March 18, 2012 12:12 IST

  Dhuliyan (West Bengal), Mar 18: Sagira Ansari sits on a dusty sack outside her uneven brick home in this poor town in eastern India, her legs folded beneath her. She cracks her knuckles, then rubs

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  Cricket Australia Pulls Hindi Ads

  Cricket | February 07, 2012 12:11 IST

  Melbourne, Feb 7: Cricket Australia could face heavy fines for using Hindi-script advertisements which potentially breach laws prohibiting the promotion of tobacco during seven matches against India.The advertisements, for an Indian brand of mouthwash, featured