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State Flying Squad tightens crackdown on illegal 'Sheesha' service in Shim
Updated : 6 months ago IST
Teams from the Health Department, Health Safety & Regulation, Food and Drug Administration, Excise & Taxation Department and the Police jointly inspected several establishments. Officials found that many venues were discreetly offering Sheesha (Hukkah), often under the guise of fl
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Pakistan: Lahore tops global pollution index as hazardous smog engulfs Pun
Updated : 6 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Lahore remained among the world's most polluted cities as hazardous smog covered Punjab. AQI levels reached dangerous highs, prompting health warnings, mask distribution, and a police crackdown that led to arrests, fines, and action against crop burning, smoke-emitting vehicles, and brick ki
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"Misleading, incorrect, baseless": Health Ministry debunks claim of health
Updated : 10 months, 4 weeks ago IST
The Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has debunked media reports claiming that the Ministry has directed the issue of Warning Labels on food products such as samosas, jalebis, and laddoos, calling them "misleading, incorrect, and baseless."
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"Does not target India's rich street food culture": PIB Fact Check debunks
Updated : 10 months, 4 weeks ago IST
After some media reports claimed that Indian snacks like Samosa, Jalebis, etc will carry health warnings, the Press Information Bureau (PIB) on Tuesday issued a fact check stating that display of 'Sugar' and 'Oil' boards is general advisory to make people aware of hidden fats and excess s
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Delhi Police busts illicit cigarette racket; two arrested
Updated : 11 months, 2 weeks ago IST
The police recovered 94,000 packets of foreign cigarettes that did not carry the mandatory statutory health warnings or Maximum Retail Price (MRP) in violation of the COTPA Act.
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Israel: Knesset committees to tackle smoking reforms
Updated : 1 year ago IST
The Finance Committee will discuss cancelling the tax exemption on duty-free tobacco, while the Economy Committee will review regulations mandating graphic health warnings on cigarette packs.
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Israel to add graphic health warnings on tobacco products
Updated : 1 year, 3 months ago IST
The warnings illustrate the harms of smoking itself as well as the harms resulting from exposure to smoke. The regulations will apply to a variety of smoking products, including cigarettes, electronic cigarettes, hookahs, and tobacco intended for chewing and sucking.
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Lahore becomes world's most polluted city, health warnings issued
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
Lahore's air quality reached alarming levels, with the city's Air Quality Index (AQI) apporaching 700 mark on Sunday, according to global monitoring sites, ARY News reported.
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Online hookah sale: Delhi HC asks Centre to consider PIL as representation
Updated : 1 year, 9 months ago IST
The Delhi High Court on Tuesday directed the Centre to consider a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) as representation concerning the alleged illegal sale of hookahs and their variants on e-commerce platforms, which lack health warnings.
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Canada to become 1st country to put health warnings on individual cigarett
Updated : 3 years ago IST
According to health officials, the labels on individual cigarettes will make it "virtually impossible" for smokers to escape warnings.
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Centre issues new health warning for tobacco products packs
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 29 (ANI): The Central government on Friday notified new sets of specified health warnings for all tobacco product packs by making an amendment in the Cigarettes and other Tobacco Products (Packaging and Labelling) Rules, 2008. The amended rules will be applicable with
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Delhi HC refused to entertain plea seeking health warnings on liquor bottl
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 4 (ANI): All liquor bottles already contain health warnings on it according to the excise rules and regulations, the Delhi High Court said on Monday while disposing of a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) seeking direction to prohibit/control the production, distributio
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