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From 60 cigarettes a day to 20 years smoke-free: Nana Patekar’s quit-smoking story

August 29, 2026 11:40 am

"Meri car me bhi koi baithta nahi tha itni badboo aati thi (cigarette ki), " Patekar further revealed.

There’s one tobacco product India forgot to tax. And that hurts the poorest

August 21, 2026 2:17 pm

The GST Council should return bidis to the same slab as other tobacco products, raise the central excise in step with the increases levied on cigarettes so the gap between the two stops widening

'Maharashtra will not become Udta Punjab': Pune City Police chief vows strict crackdown on drug addiciton

'Maharashtra will not become Udta Punjab': Pune City Police chief vows strict crackdown on drug addiction

July 17, 2026 6:04 pm

During his speech, Amitesh Kumar said those found in possession of e-cigarettes should be expelled and their parents informed.

cab driver cancels ride after passenger smokes

‘I'm not your servant’: Cab driver cancels ride after passenger lights cigarette, internet reacts

July 10, 2026 12:36 pm

The confrontation escalated after the passenger claimed booking the cab gave him the right to smoke, while the driver insisted his personal vehicle had to be respected.

So far, owing to the limited scientific evidence on long-term health impacts, herbal cigarettes often fall into regulatory grey areas.

Why ‘herbal’ cigarettes are not a healthy alternative, and how they can harm you

June 03, 2026 9:25 am

Tobacco-free 'herbal' cigarettes often market themselves as safer alternatives to tobacco cigarettes. A new study, however, finds that their emissions were comparable to or exceeded those from tobacco cigarettes on nearly every metric measured.

Herbal cigarettes can be as harmful as tobacco cigarettes: IITGN-Illinois University study

May 31, 2026 10:24 pm

Herbal cigarettes produce emissions that can be comparable to – or even more damaging than — tobacco smoke, it says

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Murder over half-burnt cigarette: Supreme Court upholds man’s conviction 27 years on

May 12, 2026 6:09 pm

The Supreme Court upheld the conviction in the 1998 murder, stressing that credible solitary witness testimony and a reliable dying declaration are sufficient in law.

A woman lights a cigarette from a burning photograph of Iran's Ayatollah Khamenei; an ad for Phillip Morris cigarettes. (Source: X@@OOCprogresismo2/Wikimedia Commons)

The long, uneasy history of women, cigarettes, and freedom

January 28, 2026 5:40 pm

Once engineered as a symbol of women’s liberation, the cigarette has travelled a long road from corporate manipulation to cinematic cliché, and now, to acts of rebellion under Iran’s authoritarian rule.

This is what happens to the body when you smoke 2 cigarettes a day for a month

December 21, 2025 3:29 pm

What begins as a small experiment can easily turn into a habit — and that is where lasting damage usually begins. Quitting early gives the body its best chance to recover fully.

The police booked two persons, including the shop owner, in this case, under sections of the Prohibition of Electronic Cigarettes Act, 2019, and Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products (Prohibition of Advertisement and Regulation of Trade and Commerce, Production, Supply and Distribution) Act, 2003.

‘Sale of banned e-cigarettes in Pune’: police intensify action, 3 shops raided in a month

November 28, 2025 7:50 pm

The production, manufacture, import, export, transport, sale, distribution, storage, and advertisement of e-cigarettes have been banned in India since the Prohibition of Electronic Cigarettes Act was enacted in September 2019.