Saif Ali Khan draws ire of anti-tobacco group

Last Updated: Thursday, March 28, 2013, 17:21

An anti-tobacco organisation here Thursday demanded that Bollywood actor Saif Ali Khan should be punished for violating the country`s anti-smoking laws in promoting his latest film ‘Go Goa Gone’.

Modi writes to states to increase tax on tobacco products

Last Updated: Friday, February 22, 2013, 22:51

Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi wrote to finance minister of all states to take a cue from Bihar and increase tax on tobacco products which has killed lakhs of people across the country.

Five children suffocate to death in China

Last Updated: Tuesday, February 19, 2013, 13:34

Five children suffocated to death Monday in a deserted house that was being used to cure tobacco in southwest China`s Guizhou province, authorities said.

HC asks Assam govt to file affidavit on gutkha ban

Last Updated: Sunday, February 3, 2013, 20:37

Guwahati HC has issued a notice to commissioner and secretary of health asking him to file an affidavit on the actions taken to ban gutkha in Assam.

Students stage anti-tobacco rally in Dehradun

Last Updated: Tuesday, January 29, 2013, 18:17

Students of various educational institutions staged an anti-tobacco awareness rally here on Tuesday.

SC asks Centre to regulate tobacco advertisements at shops

Last Updated: Thursday, January 3, 2013, 21:12

The Supreme Court on Thursday paved the way for the Centre to regulate the rules on advertisement of tobacco products.

Odisha bans use of `gutkha`, chewing tobacco

Last Updated: Tuesday, January 1, 2013, 17:46

Odisha government on Tuesday announced a state-wide ban on the manufacture, sale and use of guthka and chewing tobacco containing nicotine.

`Delhi govt to bring stringent anti-tobacco laws`

Last Updated: Tuesday, December 11, 2012, 15:59

Stressing on the need to increase awarenesses among masses about ill-effects of tobacco, Delhi Health Minister A K Walia Tuesday said the city government will work on enacting stringent laws on tobacco in future.

HC rejects traders` plea to sell tobacco near schools, colleges

Last Updated: Sunday, November 11, 2012, 10:13

A plea against the ban on sale of tobacco products within a radius of 100 yards from educational institutions in the city has been dismissed by the Delhi High Court.

Gutkha ban `discriminatory`, cigarettes still sold: STA

Last Updated: Sunday, November 4, 2012, 11:52

With 14 state governments banning gutkha, an association working for the welfare of smokeless tobacco growers has termed the ban as "discriminatory", saying cigarettes and beedis were still being sold

Bihar to launch vigorous drive against tobacco: Sushil Kumar Modi

Last Updated: Tuesday, October 30, 2012, 21:00

With more than half of Bihar`s population consuming harmful tobacco and its products, the state government, which imposed a ban on gutka early this year, has decided to launch a vigorous drive against its sale.

Stricter pictorial warning for tobacco products

Last Updated: Monday, October 22, 2012, 20:04

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.