Children, adolescents who use e-cigarettes twice as likely to smoke conventional ones later: WHO

There is growing evidence that e-cigarettes affects brain development in adolescents

Vaping ban in India: Health experts support; tobacco farmers and merchants oppose

Tobacco merchants appeal to the Cabinet to reconsider the draft ordinance intended to ban e-cigarettes

Meeting called by health ministry to regulate e-cigarettes inconclusive

There is abundance of evidence that e-cigarettes are harmful but no progress made in 'national consultations' as some participants demanded more …

Modi govt bans e-cigarettes

All stages from manufacturing to sales banned, says Union minister Nirmala Sitharaman

Number of tobacco users continues to decrease globally: WHO

However, several countries are still not adequately implementing policies to help tobacco users to quit, the WHO said

Large graphical health warnings on tobacco packets more effective: Study

Such warnings help prevent initiation and motivate cessation, find researchers

Vaping likely has dangers that could take years for scientists to even know about

Many people don’t even know what these vaping devices contain

Air India admonished for sale, promotion of e-cigarettes aboard flights

Airline has flouted COTPA law, which prohibits all direct and indirect advertisement of cigarettes and tobacco products

Parliamentary panel recommends reduction of pictorial warnings on tobacco products

The committee has taken the decision in view of the possible loss of livelihood of bidi workers and the increase in illicit trade of tobacco products

Illegal cigarette consumption in EU leads to massive revenue loss

The consumption of illegal tobacco is most prevalent in Poland, Italy, Spain and Greece

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (September 10, 2020)

Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal

Pictorial warnings still missing from cigarette and chewing tobacco packets

No tobacco product sampled in Delhi had new warning mandated from April 1, says survey by non-profit

World No-Tobacco Day: ICMR calls for ban on e-cigarettes

In a white paper released on May 31, the council noted that e-cigarettes and other such devices contained not only nicotine solution, which was …

After gutkha, Bihar government bans smokeless tobacco

Plans to raise tax on cigarettes and bidis by up to 60 per cent

Harsh Vardhan seeks tax of Rs 3.5 per stick on cigarettes, bidis

Earlier increase in tax ineffective in deterring smokers as it focused on length of cigarettes and led to production of shorter length cigarettes,…

At least 85% space on cigarette packets will now carry pictorial warnings

Anyone not following the new norms issued by the Centre can be imprisoned for a term which may extend to two years

Tax hike on cigarettes can prevent four million deaths in India: report

ADB report points out that the amount of money spent by the poorest 10 million male smokers on cigarettes a day can actually help them buy 1,400 …

India fails to curb tobacco use, report

Poor enforcement of laws and affordability of tobacco products are blamed

Look who's invested in ITC

Insurance companies, Indian government are the mainstay of the tobacco-driven company

'It is strange that government promotes products which directly cause cancer'

Pankaj Chaturvedi, associate professor and head and neck cancer surgeon at Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, was recently honoured with the Judy …

Centre directs states to restrict advertisement, promotion of tobacco products

Move follows Supreme Court vacating stay on rules regulating tobacco advertisement and distribution

Health ministry fumes over ads terming gutkha ban unfair

Calls them misleading and unjustified

Researchers find more reasons to quit smoking

Death due to renal failure and intestinal ischemia associated with smoking

SC upbraids Centre for 'conniving with tobacco industry'

Directs it to effectively implement rules that severely restrict advertisement, promotion and sponsorship of tobacco products

Neo-addiction

Youngsters are getting hooked on flavoured e-cigarettes. Studies belie manufacturers’ claims