Chewing tobacco products: Storehouse of toxic chemicals

Indian scientists have prepared a database of toxic substances found in different chewing tobacco products sold not only in India and South Asia …

India to be the only south-east Asian country to achieve smoking reduction target by 2025

Globally, only 24 countries seem to be achieving WHO's 2025 target of reducing global prevalence of tobacco use by 30 per cent

Tobacco products will continue to have 85% pictorial warning as SC stays Karnataka court order

The Supreme Court also dismissed the industry’s plea that the package warning be increased from 40 per cent to 50 per cent and not 85 per cent

Health ministry fumes over ads terming gutkha ban unfair

Calls them misleading and unjustified

Odisha follows in the footsteps of states that have banned gutkha

More than 43 per cent people in the state consume tobacco in one form or other

Delhi government decides to ban gutkha

Notification to be issued shortly

Bihar bans gutkha on World No Tobacco Day

The ban is already successful in Madhya Pradesh and Kerala

Madhya Pradesh bans gutkha and other chewing tobacco products

Licences of two gutkha manufacturing companies were cancelled in March