A contraband of foreign cigarettes comprising 11,960 packets worth approximately Rs 12 lakh was detected by the STF while being loaded on Tripura Sundari Express at Lumding railway station in Assam on Thursday, NF Railway Chief Public Relations Officer Subhanan Chanda said.
Addressing a press meet organised by bcbpf-The Cancer Foundation, Riccardo Polosa of the Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine at Italy's University of Catania, Ron Borland, Professor of Psychology at the University of Melbourne, and Sameer Kaul, Senior Consultant, Surgical Oncology & Robotics at the Apollo Cancer Institute here, questioned the ban on electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS) in the country.
A delegation of Indian Tobacco Board (ITB) led by its Chairperson K Sunitha held talks with Zhang Jianmin, Chief Commissioner of State Tobacco Monopoly Administration (STMA) on Friday and made out a case for China to open its market for import of tobacco from India, a press release issued by the Indian Embassy said on Saturday in Beijing.
The flavours used in electronic cigarettes (e-cigarette), especially cinnamon and menthol, can increase the risk of cardiovascular diseases.
Unlike cigarette tobacco, hookah tobacco, often colourfully packaged, is sold in candy and fruit flavours, which appeals to younger audiences.
Researchers at the University of California, Los Angeles, have found that smoking Hookah for 30 minutes resulted in the development of cardiovascular risk factors.
Over 50 per cent of teenagers in India smoke cigarettes because they believe it helps reduce stress, and because smoking makes them appear "cool" among their peers, found a survey.
By reducing the nicotine content in cigarettes, the smoking addiction in people might come down by several notches.
A new research has suggested that a surge in the price of cigarette by a dollar can reduce the possibility of older people smoking, by 20%.
Smoking excess cigarette can enhance the effects of stress, reports the latest research.
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said today that the GST Council has hiked cess on cigarettes to take away the "windfall" manufacturers were reaping due to an anomaly that crept in after the GST rate fixation.
Vaping e cigarettes raises an important health concern among the youths and adults.
The highest tobacco consuming state among them is Mizoram where 80.4 per cent men and 59.2 per cent women consumes tobacco.
Choosing between alcohol and cigarettes is like picking the lesser venomous poison among two venoms
A chimpanzee at a zoo in North Korea has become the latest Internet sensation. The chimp is drawing huge crowds after people learnt that she smokes a pack of cigarettes a day. The 19-year-old chimp,
Among number of side-effects, a new study warns that smoking can also cause cardiomegaly or the enlargement of the heart. Smoking is linked with thicker heart walls and reduction in it's pumping ability
India’s biggest cigarette manufacturer, the ITC Ltd. today said it had resumed production at its plants with larger pictoral health warnings as mandated by the new rules of the government.
New Delhi: Diversified group ITC on Sunday said there is “progressive resumption” of production at its cigarette factories, which was suspended from May 4 over the large pictorial warning issue. “The cigarette factories are commenci
New Delhi: In an extreme step in its confrontation with the government regarding the new rules regarding bigger pictorial warnings on cigarette packs, the country’s leading cigarette maker ITC has shut its plants from May
New Delhi: In what could be termed as a new low in remarks against politicians, a member of Mamata Banerjee’s Trinamool Congress today mouthed some untoward comments against actor-turned-politician Roopa Ganguly. "I know the
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