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Cigarette butt collection drive in Bengaluru for tightening public smoking rules
May 12, 2022 8:09 pm
If the Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products Act amendment bill is passed, the fine for smoking in public will go up from Rs 200 to 2,000, the legal age to buy tobacco products will go up from 18 to 21 years and the loose sale of cigarettes will be disallowed.
Rajasthan HC: Implement bigger warnings on tobacco packets
July 09, 2015 7:38 am
The Rajasthan High Court also asked the state to explain why it reduced VAT from 65 per cent to 45 per cent when its stated policy is to reduce consumption of cigarettes.
Huge tobacco use in India seen killing 1.5 million a year
September 12, 2013 3:22 pm
India,with a population of 1.2 billion,currently has around 275 million tobacco users.
Gutkha lobby on ad blitz,ministry plans counter-offensive
October 15, 2012 2:46 am
A series of surrogate advertisements by the gutkha lobby against the ban on it in 14 states in quick succession is now threatening to erupt into a full-scale ad war
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