Tobacco Products

India has the highest number of oral cancer cases among countries in South Asia, driven by increased use of smokeless tobacco products like betel quid with tobacco, gutka, khaini and areca nut, according to a study on Wednesday.

Union Budget 2024: The price of cigarettes will remain unchanged after the government announced no hike in the existing tax rates on tobacco products in the 2024 Union Budget.

The Union Health Ministry is planning to instruct the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) to stop putting hoardings with advertisements for smokeless tobacco products at cricket venues.

The Jammu and Kashmir administration Saturday banned the sale, possession and consumption of cigarettes and other tobacco products in the holy town of Katra, which houses the cave shrine of Mata Vaishno Devi, officials said.

The law would ban the selling of tobacco products to anyone born after January 1, 2009 - effectively raising the smoking age by a year each year until it applies to the whole population.

Spain's government on Tuesday approved a decree that bans the sale of flavoured heated tobacco products as part of efforts to discourage tobacco use, the health ministry said.

Delhi Customs on Wednesday disposed off 328 kg of seized narcotic substance and foreign origin cigarettes worth about Rs 294 crore.

To tackle the threat of young people getting addicted to tobacco, the Karnataka government is planning to ban hookah bars and increase the minimum age for purchasing tobacco products to 21.

The government has made it mandatory for OTT platforms to display an anti-tobacco health warning as a prominent static message at the bottom of the screen during the period of a tobacco product being displayed or used in a programme.

On World No Tobacco Day, the Union health ministry has notified the amended rules under the Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products Act, 2004, making it mandatory for streaming platforms to display anti-tobacco warnings.

OTT platforms may soon be mandated to display anti-tobacco warnings and disclaimers as are seen in movies screened in theatres and in television programmes with the Health Ministry likely to amend the relevant rules. According to the draft notification, publishers of online curated content displaying tobacco products or their use will be required t...

The Supreme Court on Tuesday stayed a Madras High Court verdict quashing a May 2018 notification prohibiting sale, manufacture and transport of gutkha and other tobacco-based products in Tamil Nadu.

Scientists set out to mimic the natural production of cocaine in Nicotiana benthamiana, which occurs in the leaves of the Erythroxylum coca plant.

The Delhi High Court has quashed the notifications of the Food Safety Commissioner prohibiting the manufacture, storage, and sale of gutka, pan masala, tobacco, and similar products in the national capital in the interest of public health.

The Supreme Court on Friday refused to entertain a plea seeking a direction to government authorities to ensure health warnings on liquor bottles like for tobacco products, saying the courts would not interfere in policy matters.

India has the highest number of oral cancer cases among countries in South Asia, driven by increased use of smokeless tobacco products like betel quid with tobacco, gutka, khaini and areca nut, according to a study on Wednesday.

Union Budget 2024: The price of cigarettes will remain unchanged after the government announced no hike in the existing tax rates on tobacco products in the 2024 Union Budget.

The Union Health Ministry is planning to instruct the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) to stop putting hoardings with advertisements for smokeless tobacco products at cricket venues.

The Jammu and Kashmir administration Saturday banned the sale, possession and consumption of cigarettes and other tobacco products in the holy town of Katra, which houses the cave shrine of Mata Vaishno Devi, officials said.

The law would ban the selling of tobacco products to anyone born after January 1, 2009 - effectively raising the smoking age by a year each year until it applies to the whole population.

Spain's government on Tuesday approved a decree that bans the sale of flavoured heated tobacco products as part of efforts to discourage tobacco use, the health ministry said.

Delhi Customs on Wednesday disposed off 328 kg of seized narcotic substance and foreign origin cigarettes worth about Rs 294 crore.

To tackle the threat of young people getting addicted to tobacco, the Karnataka government is planning to ban hookah bars and increase the minimum age for purchasing tobacco products to 21.

The government has made it mandatory for OTT platforms to display an anti-tobacco health warning as a prominent static message at the bottom of the screen during the period of a tobacco product being displayed or used in a programme.

On World No Tobacco Day, the Union health ministry has notified the amended rules under the Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products Act, 2004, making it mandatory for streaming platforms to display anti-tobacco warnings.

OTT platforms may soon be mandated to display anti-tobacco warnings and disclaimers as are seen in movies screened in theatres and in television programmes with the Health Ministry likely to amend the relevant rules. According to the draft notification, publishers of online curated content displaying tobacco products or their use will be required t...

The Supreme Court on Tuesday stayed a Madras High Court verdict quashing a May 2018 notification prohibiting sale, manufacture and transport of gutkha and other tobacco-based products in Tamil Nadu.

Scientists set out to mimic the natural production of cocaine in Nicotiana benthamiana, which occurs in the leaves of the Erythroxylum coca plant.

The Delhi High Court has quashed the notifications of the Food Safety Commissioner prohibiting the manufacture, storage, and sale of gutka, pan masala, tobacco, and similar products in the national capital in the interest of public health.

The Supreme Court on Friday refused to entertain a plea seeking a direction to government authorities to ensure health warnings on liquor bottles like for tobacco products, saying the courts would not interfere in policy matters.