Cigarette Manufacturers

Cigarette manufacturers will also be required to remind and educate consumers not to throw away butts in public areas.

The Centre has notified amended rules prohibiting manufacture, import, stocking, distribution, sale and use of identified single-use plastic items, including plates,and packing films boxes for sweets and cigarette packets among others.

GST intelligence officials carried out more than 50 search operations in the last one month at various premises of pan masala and cigarette manufacturers in Indore and detected tax evasion worth over Rs 500 crore, according to an official statement issued on Friday.

E-cigarettes banned: The alternative tobacco product has become a major problem, says Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman who banned production, manufacturing, transport, sale and distribution of e-cigarettes with immediate effect. Here are other effective ways to quit smoking.

San Francisco on Tuesday became the first major US city to effectively ban the sale and manufacture of electronic cigarettes.

Philip Morris has for years paid manufacturing costs to Godfrey Phillips to make its Marlboro cigarettes, circumventing a nine-year-old government ban on foreign direct investment in the industry.

The Supreme Court today refused to stay the operation of new amended rules of the Union Health Ministry directing the manufacturers to have graphic warning images on packets of cigarettes and other tobacco products and helpline numbers for those who wanted to quit the habit.

Under new norms introduced by the government, tobacco products would have to carry larger pictorial warnings covering 85 per cent of the packaging space.

"I am a true believer in the fact that it (cigarette) is the worst evil manufactured and sold in this world. It should not exist. As far as anti-smoking disclaimers are concerned, I don't know if that is the right way," Hrithik told IANS here during the promotion of his latest film Mohenjo Daro.

The adoption of the GST regime will make manufacturing cheaper, leading to lower prices of a number of manufactured goods. On the other hand, services are likely to become costlier under the GST.

The proposal to completely ban foreign direct investment (FDI) in the tobacco sector has run into rough weather as NITI Aayog has raised certain issues on the plan.

After making it mandatory to carry larger pictorial warnings on cigarette packets, the government is now working on a proposal to completely ban foreign direct investment (FDI) in the tobacco sector.

ITC manufactures a range of cigarette brands, including India Kings, Classic, Gold Flake, Navy Cut, Capstan, Bristol, Flake, Silk Cut, which are manufactured at plants in Bengaluru, Munger, Saharanpur, Kolkata and Pune.

Beedi manufacturers across India on Thursday joined cigarette makers in stopping production, saying it's "not possible to print" warnings covering 85 per cent of packets as required under a new government rule.

FMCG major ITC on Wednesday said it has adequate cigarette stocks available in the market despite shutting all its manufacturing in the wake of the government rule that requires larger pictorial warnings on packets.

Cigarette manufacturers will also be required to remind and educate consumers not to throw away butts in public areas.

The Centre has notified amended rules prohibiting manufacture, import, stocking, distribution, sale and use of identified single-use plastic items, including plates,and packing films boxes for sweets and cigarette packets among others.

GST intelligence officials carried out more than 50 search operations in the last one month at various premises of pan masala and cigarette manufacturers in Indore and detected tax evasion worth over Rs 500 crore, according to an official statement issued on Friday.

E-cigarettes banned: The alternative tobacco product has become a major problem, says Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman who banned production, manufacturing, transport, sale and distribution of e-cigarettes with immediate effect. Here are other effective ways to quit smoking.

San Francisco on Tuesday became the first major US city to effectively ban the sale and manufacture of electronic cigarettes.

Philip Morris has for years paid manufacturing costs to Godfrey Phillips to make its Marlboro cigarettes, circumventing a nine-year-old government ban on foreign direct investment in the industry.

The Supreme Court today refused to stay the operation of new amended rules of the Union Health Ministry directing the manufacturers to have graphic warning images on packets of cigarettes and other tobacco products and helpline numbers for those who wanted to quit the habit.

Under new norms introduced by the government, tobacco products would have to carry larger pictorial warnings covering 85 per cent of the packaging space.

"I am a true believer in the fact that it (cigarette) is the worst evil manufactured and sold in this world. It should not exist. As far as anti-smoking disclaimers are concerned, I don't know if that is the right way," Hrithik told IANS here during the promotion of his latest film Mohenjo Daro.

The adoption of the GST regime will make manufacturing cheaper, leading to lower prices of a number of manufactured goods. On the other hand, services are likely to become costlier under the GST.

The proposal to completely ban foreign direct investment (FDI) in the tobacco sector has run into rough weather as NITI Aayog has raised certain issues on the plan.

After making it mandatory to carry larger pictorial warnings on cigarette packets, the government is now working on a proposal to completely ban foreign direct investment (FDI) in the tobacco sector.

ITC manufactures a range of cigarette brands, including India Kings, Classic, Gold Flake, Navy Cut, Capstan, Bristol, Flake, Silk Cut, which are manufactured at plants in Bengaluru, Munger, Saharanpur, Kolkata and Pune.

Beedi manufacturers across India on Thursday joined cigarette makers in stopping production, saying it's "not possible to print" warnings covering 85 per cent of packets as required under a new government rule.

FMCG major ITC on Wednesday said it has adequate cigarette stocks available in the market despite shutting all its manufacturing in the wake of the government rule that requires larger pictorial warnings on packets.