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France Updates Smokeless Tobacco Policy: What It Means For India
- Wednesday April 8, 2026
- Health | ANI
France's health agency finds smokeless tobacco far less harmful than cigarettes. Could India adopt harm reduction policies to cut tobacco deaths?
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www.ndtv.com
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Nicotine Gums Need To Be Regulated Better For Those Who Want To Quit Smoking: Experts
- Thursday March 5, 2026
- Health | Press Trust of India
In India, nicotine gums fall under Schedule K exemptions of the Drugs and Cosmetics Rules, intended to improve access to essential public health interventions.
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www.ndtv.com
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Cigarettes, Pan Masala To Be Costlier From Feb 1 As New Excise Duty Kicks In
- Saturday January 31, 2026
- India News | Indo-Asian News Service
From February 1, the government is bringing a new tax structure for cigarettes, tobacco products and pan masala, aiming to tighten regulation and keep tax levels high on these so-called sin goods'.
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www.ndtv.com
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"Congratulations India": WHO On Anti-Tobacco Warnings On OTT Platforms
- Wednesday May 31, 2023
- India News | Asian News International
Dr Poonam Khetrapal Singh, Regional Director, World Health Organisation South-East Asia Region congratulated India on becoming the first country in the world to regulate anti-tobacco warnings on OTT platforms.
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www.ndtv.com
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Supreme Court To Hear Plea On Pictorial Warning On Tobacco Products Today
- Friday December 22, 2017
- India News | Press Trust of India
The Supreme Court agreed to hear today itself a batch of petitions challenging the Karnataka High Court order which quashed the government regulation that packets of tobacco products must carry pictorial warning covering 85 per cent of packaging space.
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www.ndtv.com
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Chewable Tobacco Major Health Threat, Needs Regulation: Doctors
- Wednesday October 12, 2016
- Health | Press Trust of India
Chewable tobacco is emerging as a major threat in India when it comes to causing cancer that affects 11 lakh people a year, top doctors today said while urging the government to increase taxation on it to reduce its consumption.
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www.ndtv.com
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Plea in Delhi High Court Against Cigarette Sale, Smoking on its Premises
- Tuesday November 3, 2015
- Delhi News | Press Trust of India
Delhi High Court has admitted a PIL which sought a ban on smoking in court complex and removal of all shops selling tobacco and cigarette there citing ill-effects on health and contending that people cannot be "subjected to become passive smokers".
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www.ndtv.com
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US bans bidis made by Indian tobacco company
- Friday February 21, 2014
- India News | Agence France-Presse
US regulators Friday banned the sale and import of small cigarettes known as bidis made by an Indian company, their first such action since being given oversight of tobacco products in 2009.
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www.ndtv.com
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US cracks down on websites selling bidis, Indian cigarettes
- Sunday August 11, 2013
- India News | Press Trust of India
US regulator FDA has warned two websites selling 'bidis' and Indian cigarettes of strict penal action for sale of adulterated tobacco products in America.
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www.ndtv.com
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France Updates Smokeless Tobacco Policy: What It Means For India
- Wednesday April 8, 2026
- Health | ANI
France's health agency finds smokeless tobacco far less harmful than cigarettes. Could India adopt harm reduction policies to cut tobacco deaths?
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www.ndtv.com
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Nicotine Gums Need To Be Regulated Better For Those Who Want To Quit Smoking: Experts
- Thursday March 5, 2026
- Health | Press Trust of India
In India, nicotine gums fall under Schedule K exemptions of the Drugs and Cosmetics Rules, intended to improve access to essential public health interventions.
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www.ndtv.com
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Cigarettes, Pan Masala To Be Costlier From Feb 1 As New Excise Duty Kicks In
- Saturday January 31, 2026
- India News | Indo-Asian News Service
From February 1, the government is bringing a new tax structure for cigarettes, tobacco products and pan masala, aiming to tighten regulation and keep tax levels high on these so-called sin goods'.
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www.ndtv.com
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"Congratulations India": WHO On Anti-Tobacco Warnings On OTT Platforms
- Wednesday May 31, 2023
- India News | Asian News International
Dr Poonam Khetrapal Singh, Regional Director, World Health Organisation South-East Asia Region congratulated India on becoming the first country in the world to regulate anti-tobacco warnings on OTT platforms.
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www.ndtv.com
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Supreme Court To Hear Plea On Pictorial Warning On Tobacco Products Today
- Friday December 22, 2017
- India News | Press Trust of India
The Supreme Court agreed to hear today itself a batch of petitions challenging the Karnataka High Court order which quashed the government regulation that packets of tobacco products must carry pictorial warning covering 85 per cent of packaging space.
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www.ndtv.com
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Chewable Tobacco Major Health Threat, Needs Regulation: Doctors
- Wednesday October 12, 2016
- Health | Press Trust of India
Chewable tobacco is emerging as a major threat in India when it comes to causing cancer that affects 11 lakh people a year, top doctors today said while urging the government to increase taxation on it to reduce its consumption.
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www.ndtv.com
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Plea in Delhi High Court Against Cigarette Sale, Smoking on its Premises
- Tuesday November 3, 2015
- Delhi News | Press Trust of India
Delhi High Court has admitted a PIL which sought a ban on smoking in court complex and removal of all shops selling tobacco and cigarette there citing ill-effects on health and contending that people cannot be "subjected to become passive smokers".
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www.ndtv.com
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US bans bidis made by Indian tobacco company
- Friday February 21, 2014
- India News | Agence France-Presse
US regulators Friday banned the sale and import of small cigarettes known as bidis made by an Indian company, their first such action since being given oversight of tobacco products in 2009.
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www.ndtv.com
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US cracks down on websites selling bidis, Indian cigarettes
- Sunday August 11, 2013
- India News | Press Trust of India
US regulator FDA has warned two websites selling 'bidis' and Indian cigarettes of strict penal action for sale of adulterated tobacco products in America.
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www.ndtv.com