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COTPA Act to ban hookah bar, tobacco products: Karnataka Health Minister D
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
Rao increased the minimum age for tobacco consumption. He proposed to revise the law for those above 18 years of age to buy tobacco. Rao said that he would amend the COTPA Act to allow people above 21 years of age to consume tobacco.
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Delhi LG extends ban on manufacture, sale of tobacco products for one year
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
Delhi LG VK Saxena has extended the ban on tobacco products (Gutkha / Paan Masala) in Delhi for a further period of one year, said an official statement on Wednesday.
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Belgian couple arrested for tobacco smuggling
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
A couple from Belgium, Yehuda and Yehudit Weiss, stand accused of attempting to smuggle hundreds of thousands of dollars' worth of tobacco products into Israel through Ben-Gurion International airport.
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WHO congratulates India on becoming 1st country to regulate anti-tobacco w
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
On World No Tobacco Day on May 31, Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya released OTT guidelines for the regulation of online depiction of tobacco products in online curated content.
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Gutka, pan masala ban to remain as SC stays Madras HC order quashing state
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
The Supreme Court on Tuesday stayed the Madras High Court order which had quashed the 2018 notification banning the sale of gutka, pan masala, and other tobacco products in Tamil Nadu.
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Mission Harm Reduction: Medical fraternity shares innovative approaches to
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], April 7 (ANI/PRNewswire): On the occasion of World Health Day 2023, it is appropriate to revisit India's commitment to a 25 per cent relative reduction in tobacco use by 2025. According to the latest WHO trends report, it is among the 60 nations likely to achiev
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Mission Harm Reduction: Innovative approaches to save lives at the ET Cons
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], April 6 (ANI/PRNewswire): India is committed to a 25% relative reduction in tobacco use by 2025. According to the latest WHO trends report, it is among the 60 nations likely to achieve this target. Despite stringent tobacco control policies by the Government, th
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Kerala: CPIM Alapuzha area committee member suspended for allegedly transp
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
A Communist Party of India (Marxist) member has been suspended from the party for allegedly transporting banned tobacco products in his vehicle.
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Tamil Nadu: 33 people arrested with ganja, banned tobacco products in Madu
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
In a statement, Police Commissioner Senthil Kumar said, "Police seized 567 packets of banned tobacco, 333 grams of ganja and 60 bottles of liquor illegally stashed in a simultaneous raid across Madurai city."
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Tax arbitrage makes smuggling of cigarettes into India favorable: DRI Repo
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
In order to evade the high rate of tax and cess levied on cigarettes and tobacco products as also to avoid printing of the pictorial and textual warnings, illegal means of importation of cigarettes and tobacco products is resorted to, to meet the demand in the market and rake in exorbitant p
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NGO urges Health Ministry to regulate depiction of tobacco products on OTT
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 8 (ANI): National Organization for Tobacco Eradication (NOTE-India) on Thursday urged Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya to regulate the depiction of tobacco products on OTT platforms to save the young generation from tobacco addiction.
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Foreign cigarettes worth Rs 8 cr seized in Vijayawada by Customs
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Vijayawada (Andhra Pradesh) [India], August 30 (ANI): Sleuths of Customs Commissionerate (Preventive), Vijayawada, seized concealed foreign brand cigarettes worth Rs eight crore in a container truck on Tuesday.
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