The sin tax is the most talked about among consumers. All eyes will be on Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman as she ...

Underlining the pressing need to regulate flavoured and smokeless tobacco (SLT) products in India, a research paper published in the Journal of Cancer Policy has pointed out that SLT use ...

Despite the decline in smoking among adolescents around the world, the overall rate of tobacco use among this age group has increased. Lung cancer is the leading form of cancer worldwide and is ...

Raising tobacco taxes will not only improve public health but also boost government revenue, providing fiscal space for ...

The problem, say campaigners, is that chewing tobacco has always been seen as socially acceptable in India. Whole families, generally unaware of the danger, will share these products at the end of ...

As India's Union Budget 2025 approaches, speculations are high about the government’s move on taxation and the allocation for ...

BCCI is once again facing backlash for continuing to display smokeless tobacco ads at stadiums despite Health Ministry ...

Amritsar came in second with 2,174 challans, issued under the Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products Act (COTPA), from April 2024 to January 2025 ...

The tobacco industry was to be brought under the control of the Union Government and a cess was to be levied on the entire production of virginia tobacco and on exports of all types of tobacco to fina ...

Hubballi: The Hubballi-Dharwad Municipal Corporation (HDMC) reached out to the educational institutions including high ...

Dibrugarh: In a move to protect the health of students and curb consumption of tobacco products, Charaideo district ...

Nicotine comes from the leaves of any tobacco plant (Nicotiana), lobeline from the blue flower of the Indian tobacco plant (Lobelia inflata), a common U. S. weed which Indians used to smoke with ...