The Union Health Ministry has asked all states to ensure implementation of a new set of health warnings with enhanced pictorial images on all tobacco products as notified by it.
The tobacco industry invests USD 9 billion every year to advertise its products targeting youngsters, with over 40 million children aged 13 to 15 years presently using nicotine items globally, the World Health Organization has warned.
The Karnataka government has banned spitting of tobacco products and paan at public places, in order to prevent the spread of coronavirus in the state.
Tobacco product packets will now have new health warnings, the Ministry of Health said today. The ministry has notified two 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 effective from September 1, 2020, the ministry said.
The Delhi government has extended the ban on the manufacture, storage, sale or distribution of gutkha, pan masala and any other tobacco products for one year in the national capital.
Mumbai: Actress Sunny Leone, who will star alongside actors Alok Nath and Deepak Dobriyal in an anti-smoking advertisement, feels the “disgusting” habit that so many peoples around the world have, is not at all “cool”.“I
Jaipur: In a move that may increase tobacco consumption in the state, the Rajasthan government slashed taxes on tobacco products, like cigarettes and gutka “in public interest”, by as much as 20 per cent.The move
New Delhi: The Centre has stayed the decision to increase the size of pictorial warnings on tobacco products following a Parliamentary panel's assertion that it needs more time to deliberate on the issue.Health Minister J
New Delhi: Delhi Government has written to various tobacco companies asking them to remove advertisement boards from shops and warned them against free distribution of boards or counters having tobacco ads among vendors.“We have written
New Delhi: Brushing aside opposition, the government on Tuesday moved to amend the anti-smoking law and proposed radical changes, including ban on sale of loose cigarettes and raising the minimum age of a person buying
New Delhi: The Union Health Ministry has accepted a proposal to ban the sale of loose cigarettes in the country.According to Health Minister JP Nadda, the Ministry, besides accepting a proposal seeking banning the sale
New Delhi: In his bid to discourage smoking among youths, Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan has urged states and Union Territories to impose VAT of at least 50 per cent on all tobacco products to
New Delhi, Oct 22: Government has notified new, stricter pictorial warnings for smoking and smokeless forms of tobacco with April 1 next year as the deadline for their implementation.A set of three pictorial warnings each
New Delhi, Feb 17: The Supreme Court today refused to relax its order banning sale of tobacco products like gutka and pan masala in plastic sachets beyond March 1 after taking note of government's submission
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