The idea that tobacco companies should become involved in hospitals was always going to run into opposition. What next? Tobacco schools?Read More
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India’s new goods and services tax will benefit cigarette companies, says equity research analyst. Read More
While the incidence of tobacco use in India has fallen significantly during the past seven years, the country still has about 267,000,000 users.Read More
Following a government announcement, representatives of international companies will be able to operate directly on India’s flue-cured tobacco auctions, rather than through local partners.Read More
Flue-cured tobacco growers in Andhra Pradesh have so far this season received good average prices for their leaf, which is part of a short crop.Read More
The Indian government’s strategy of increasing taxes on cigarettes to reduce smoking is feeding demand for illicit cigarettes; the presence of which on the market is undermining that strategy. Read More
India’s promise is likely to remain where it has been for a long time—on the horizon.Read More
In having to decide on flue-cured tobacco crop sizes, India’s Tobacco Board regularly finds itself between a rock and a hard place; as it has in setting the new Karnataka target. Read More
A group of health experts has petitioned the High Court of Bombay in an effort to force the Indian government to divest its tobacco interests.Read More
The shortness of the flue-cured tobacco crop in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh seems to have pushed the average grower price up to a more satisfactory level than that of last season.Read More
