Page 4 - Tobacco

Tobacco, smoking are injurious to your interest rates

Rajkot based Peoples Cooperative bank charged 1% additional interest to addicted borrowers

Appeal to GST Council for highest tobacco tax

Appeal is for highest possible tax rate under GST on all types of tobacco in order to discourage their consumption amongst Indians

Tobacco Institute seeks farmer, industry representation in COP 7

Institute says anti-tobacco lobbying has led to drop in demand for locally grown crop, impacting livelihood of Indian farmers

Tobacco farmers' lobby group demands inclusion in upcoming WHO conference

The lobbying body claimed the decisions on tobacco control at WHO's COP7 conference in India will affect the livelihoods of millions of tobacco farmers and farm labour

Plug all loopholes, ensure total ban on FDI in tobacco: NGO

A non-profit body, Crusade Against Tobacco says time has come for bold steps to reduce tobacco consumption in India

Price sag dampens tobacco growers

The demand from bidi and jarda makers in Gujarat drastically declined in the aftermath of larger pictorial warnings mandated on tobacco product covers

HC comes down on sale of tobacco products near educational institutions

Court was hearing a petition filed against shopkeepers who sell tobacco products to students

Tobacco, marijuana use during pregnancy may risk health

Smoking cigarettes during pregnancy is already linked to problems for babies, including low birth weight and early delivery

Tobacco kills 150 persons every hour in South East Asia: WHO

Tobacco is leading to death of 1.3 million people across the region every year - the equivalent of 150 fatalities per hour

SC asks tobacco firms to adhere to new rules on health warning

The apex court said that the tobacco companies have to follow the rules till the Karnataka HC pronounced its final order

SC says tobacco industry should follow stringent package warning rules

Last month, tobacco companies protested against requirements that 85% of a cigarette should be covered

UP tobacco traders protest 85 percent pictorial health warning rule

Traders demanded probe into the alleged 'motives' behind the new rule mandating implementing of 85% graphic health warning on tobacco products

Tobacco retailers sore over Govt's new warning norms

Presently, cigarettes are the most smuggled item in the country after gold.

In health warning showdown, tobacco industry turns to Supreme Court

Industry estimates stoppages cost it as much as $68 million a day, taking cumulative losses to up to $850 million

Tobacco product retailers join stir

Amended rules increased size of health warnings to 85% of both sides from 40% on one side of packs

Doctors urge Narendra Modi for new pictorial warnings on tobacco products

Large pictorial warning on tobacco packets is the most cost effective strategy to prevent youngsters from initiating use and provokes current users to quit the habit, they said

Parl panel wants tobacco production under regulatory regime

Strongly recommends National Tobacco Control Policy should be equitable, pragmatic and implementable

Tobacco off Saudi shelves amid price rise speculation

Few retailers were holding back stock until the government announced higher cigarette prices

Tobacco in India is cheaper than essential food items, says study

Report says existing excise and VAT rates are insufficient to increase the prices of tobacco products, making them easily affordable