Rajasthan, Jammu and Kashmir hike VAT on tobacco products
Increase in tax in previous years decreased tobacco consumption in Rajasthan
Health ministry fumes over ads terming gutkha ban unfair
Calls them misleading and unjustified
Unicef ranks India poorly in child mortality
Bhutan, Nepal and Bangladesh fare better
Enforce gutkha ban in Delhi: high court
Forum of doctors had sought ban; cited increasing incidence of oral and lung cancers
Australia pulls out Indian gutka ad
Kamla Pasand had boundary line advertisements in India-Australia matches
SC upbraids Centre for 'conniving with tobacco industry'
Directs it to effectively implement rules that severely restrict advertisement, promotion and sponsorship of tobacco products
Most cancer patients in India die without medical attention: study
'It is a myth that cancer is prevalent only in urban areas'
LIC’s unhealthy choice
Life Insurance Corporation invested more than Rs 3,500 crore last year in the tobacco industry
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
Kerala becomes second state to ban chewing tobacco
Those who violate ban may be fined up to Rs 5 lakh or imprisoned up to six years
Madhya Pradesh bans gutkha and other chewing tobacco products
Licences of two gutkha manufacturing companies were cancelled in March
Gutkha ban: Supreme Court seeks compliance report from states
Ban remains on paper; activists demand nationwide enforcement
Rural health, malnutrition get attention
Health sector overall allocated even less than what it received last year, say experts