Tobacco
Tobacco retailers join manufacturers, down shutters
13 Apr 2016
The tobacco lobby says the size of pictorial warnings in India is much larger than the average of 20 per cent that is prevalent among the top five tobacco producing countries, including Brazil and China, comprising around 90 per cent of global tobacco production
Beedi makers join tobacco firms, halt production
08 Apr 2016
Cigarette firms halt production over new health warning rules
02 Apr 2016
The tobacco industry apex body Tobacco Institute of India said the production halt would cost the industry Rs350 crore a day
EU set to hike taxes on E-cigarettes; Britons may rebel
03 Mar 2016
EU members have unanimously agreed on a call to hike taxes on e-cigarettes by 2017 – but such a move can have serious repercussions on the ‘Brexit’ vote in July, as a significant number of Britons use ‘vapes’ to help quit smoking
Cars, jewellery and cigerattes to cost more
29 Feb 2016
E-cigarettes too can cause cancer, finds study
30 Dec 2015
Electronic cigarettes, often marketed as a safer alternative to conventional cigarettes, may damage cells in ways that could lead to cancer, a new study has warned
Imperial Tobacco to drop `Tobacco’ from its name
16 Dec 2015
Reynolds American to sell Natural American Spirit brand to Japan Tobacco for $5 bn
29 Sep 2015
US tobacco giant Reynolds American Inc today struck a deal to sell the international rights to its additive-free Natural American Spirit brand outside the US to the Japan Tobacco Group of companies
India puts off larger warnings on tobacco packs
29 Sep 2015
India has decided to delay implementation of bigger health warnings on tobacco packaging by a year until April 2016, as pressure mounts on New Delhi to take urgent steps to reduce tobacco consumption
Japan Tobacco in advanced talks to buy Reynolds American's Sante Fe Natural Tobacco unit for $5 bn
29 Sep 2015
Smoking among US adults down to 17%
02 Sep 2015
Smokers comprised 42 per cent of the US population in 1965, which declined to 17 per cent last year
Low-nicotine cigarettes fail to sway smokers
03 Aug 2015
Maharashtra bans sale of loose cigarettes
02 Jun 2015
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