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

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

Rajasthan, Jammu and Kashmir hike VAT on tobacco products

Increase in tax in previous years decreased tobacco consumption in Rajasthan

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

‘Mass media campaigns can curb tobacco consumption significantly’

Tobacco is the leading cause of heart diseases among the young. Nandita Murukutla, country director (India) of non-profit World Lung Foundation, …

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