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New GST Rates Highlights: GST 2.0 Takes Effect, Food, Cars, TVs Become Cheaper
GST 2.0 Rates Highlights: The new Goods and Services Tax rates have taken effect today, with many items, including daily food and essentials, as well as life and health insurance policies, becoming cheaper.
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Opinion: Policy Consistency Key To Curb Tobacco Consumption - by Shantanu Guha Ray
The decision by the health ministry has raised eyebrows, primarily because it goes against the standard practice of encouraging research to get new insights.
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Canada To Print "Poison In Every Puff" On Individual Cigarettes
The policy seeks to reduce tobacco usage to less than five per cent by 2035. New laws also aim to strengthen health-related visual representations on cigarette packets.
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Supreme Court Rejects Plea Seeking Health Warnings On Liquor Bottles
The Supreme Court on Friday refused to entertain a plea seeking a direction to government authorities to ensure health warnings on liquor bottles like for tobacco products, saying the courts would not interfere in policy matters.
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US To Reduce Nicotine In Cigarettes To Non-Addictive Levels: Report
President Joe Biden's administration is set to announce a new policy requiring cigarette producers to reduce nicotine to non-addictive levels, US media reported Tuesday,a move that would deal a powerful blow to the tobacco industry.
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FDA Takes 'Historic' Step To Lower Nicotine In Cigarettes
According to the notice, an evaluation of one possible policy scenario found a nicotine standard could save 8 million lives by the end of the century
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A New Study Finds, Vaping Among Teens May Lead To Smoking
A British study into smoking and e-cigarette use among UK teenagers has produced mixed results. It prompts the scientists to caution against altering policy decisions or public health advice until evidence becomes clearer. There may be evidence e-cigarettes could be leading UK teenagers to try tobacco smoking.
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85 Percent Tobacco Warning: No Ambiguity In Policy, Says Government
Slamming the decision of tobacco manufacturers to halt production, the Centre today hardened its stand on the implementation of larger pictorial warnings on such products, saying it will take all the necessary steps to curb tobacco use in the country.
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Australia Welcomes Plain Cigarette Packaging 'Win'
An Australian law requiring cigarettes to be sold in plain packaging has received a boost after an international tribunal said it would not hear a tobacco company's legal challenge.
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E-Cigarette Advertisements Trigger Use in Young Adults
Exposure to e-cigarette advertisements may enhance curiosity and usage among young adults, says a study.
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New GST Rates Highlights: GST 2.0 Takes Effect, Food, Cars, TVs Become Cheaper
GST 2.0 Rates Highlights: The new Goods and Services Tax rates have taken effect today, with many items, including daily food and essentials, as well as life and health insurance policies, becoming cheaper.
-
Opinion: Policy Consistency Key To Curb Tobacco Consumption - by Shantanu Guha Ray
The decision by the health ministry has raised eyebrows, primarily because it goes against the standard practice of encouraging research to get new insights.
-
Canada To Print "Poison In Every Puff" On Individual Cigarettes
The policy seeks to reduce tobacco usage to less than five per cent by 2035. New laws also aim to strengthen health-related visual representations on cigarette packets.
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Supreme Court Rejects Plea Seeking Health Warnings On Liquor Bottles
The Supreme Court on Friday refused to entertain a plea seeking a direction to government authorities to ensure health warnings on liquor bottles like for tobacco products, saying the courts would not interfere in policy matters.
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US To Reduce Nicotine In Cigarettes To Non-Addictive Levels: Report
President Joe Biden's administration is set to announce a new policy requiring cigarette producers to reduce nicotine to non-addictive levels, US media reported Tuesday,a move that would deal a powerful blow to the tobacco industry.
-
FDA Takes 'Historic' Step To Lower Nicotine In Cigarettes
According to the notice, an evaluation of one possible policy scenario found a nicotine standard could save 8 million lives by the end of the century
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A New Study Finds, Vaping Among Teens May Lead To Smoking
A British study into smoking and e-cigarette use among UK teenagers has produced mixed results. It prompts the scientists to caution against altering policy decisions or public health advice until evidence becomes clearer. There may be evidence e-cigarettes could be leading UK teenagers to try tobacco smoking.
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85 Percent Tobacco Warning: No Ambiguity In Policy, Says Government
Slamming the decision of tobacco manufacturers to halt production, the Centre today hardened its stand on the implementation of larger pictorial warnings on such products, saying it will take all the necessary steps to curb tobacco use in the country.
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Australia Welcomes Plain Cigarette Packaging 'Win'
An Australian law requiring cigarettes to be sold in plain packaging has received a boost after an international tribunal said it would not hear a tobacco company's legal challenge.
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E-Cigarette Advertisements Trigger Use in Young Adults
Exposure to e-cigarette advertisements may enhance curiosity and usage among young adults, says a study.
