Bengaluru: Union Minister for Science and Technology Harsh Vardhan today asserted that tobacco produces nothing less than death as he took exception about member's of a Parliamentary panel commenting on the issue that has raised
New Delhi: Putting at rest all controversies over size of pictorial warnings on tobacco products, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today asked Health Ministry to go ahead with enforcing larger pictorial warnings on cigarette packets.Earlier, the
Tezpur: Amidst raging controversy over remarks on smoking by two BJP MPs namely Shyama Charan Gupta and Dilip Gandhi, another BJP parliamentarian Ram Prasad Sarmah on Friday jumped the gun claiming there is no clear
New Delhi: A controversy broke out today over remarks by 'beedi' baron and a parliamentary committee member from BJP Shyam Charan Gupta suggesting "nil" effect of smoking, evoking sharp reaction from Opposition parties which sought
New Delhi: Veteran actor Rishi Kapoor has lashed out at BJP government over its MP Dilip Gandhi's remark who said that no Indian study suggests tobacco use leads to cancer. In a series of tweets,
New Delhi: As India is set to defer its April 1 deadline for increasing size of pictoral warnings on tobacco products after pressure from various lobbies, head of a Parliamentary panel said there was no
New Delhi: Health teams would fan out in the national capital to conduct surprise checks for ensuring strict implementation of the ban on all forms of chewable tobacco -- including gutka, khaini and zarda --
Kolkata: India needs to draft a comprehensive tax policy for all tobacco products if it wants to cut down the easy access to the plethora of low-cost and locally produced tobacco products available in the
New Delhi: The Delhi government has decided to strengthen the anti-tobacco law to ensure ban sale and storage of raw chewable tobacco and other products like gutkha, khaini and zarda.The city government will soon be
New Delhi: A public health organisation yesterday called for raising taxation levels for 'bidis' and oral tobacco products to deter people of low income group including women and young from using them as the organisation
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
Thiruvananthapuram: State-level laws banning "gutka" - a form of chewing tobacco - are having a positive impact on Indian youths, according to a study by WHO.The World Health Organization (WHO) study was conducted in Assam,
Mumbai: Stringent state-level laws banning gutka have a positive impact as reduced product availability has resulted in decreased consumption of gutka, according to World Health Organisation (WHO).In a study conducted by the WHO in seven
Thiruvananthapuram: The price of liquor went up in Kerala on Friday after the government, in its bid to enforce total prohibition, imposed an additional 25 percent tax.Also, an eight percent tax hike on tobacco products
New Delhi: On the occasion of World Tobacco Day, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today asked the countrymen to say ‘no' to tobacco and lay the foundation of a healthier India.“On World No Tobacco Day, lets
Thiruvananthapuram: Seventy-four per cent children in Kerala use tobacco, according to a recent multi-site survey conducted by National Drug Dependence Treatment Centre and the All India Institute of Medical Sciences.A total of 119 children in
New Delhi: Is your child suffering from depression or stress? Have you ever asked your child the reason for his/her dejection? Parents now need to be cautious of what their child does the whole day
New Delhi: Whether it was a major terrorist mayhem, or an emerging brutal dictator, or a major health warning, or a gruesome natural disaster, warnings were ignored by India and the world at their own
Bhubaneswar: The Health and Family Welfare department of Government of Odisha has suggested for increase in tax on Tobacco expressing concern over the health hazards.Health and Family welfare (H&FW) department secretary in a letter to
Mumbai, Mar 20: Maharashtra Finance Minister Ajit Pawar today presented the state budget for 2013-14, hiking sales tax on liquor, tobacco and medicated cosmetics. Country liquor will be costlier by Rs 15 per litre, while
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