A proposed ban on smokeless tobacco in Assam, India, under which violators would have faced a minimum of three years in prison, has been thrown out by a court.Read More
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Tobacco is starting to lose its allure in some areas of India, where high prices are being offered for Bengal gram, a crop that is relatively easy to produce.Read More
Flue-cured sales in India have become a year-round activity as those in Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka overlap in March and September.Read More
Most tobacco smokers will have observed that their smoke tends to deter annoying insects, and now it seems cigarette-butt extracts can be used to reduce mosquito populations.Read More
Passengers are to be frisked at Metro stations in Lucknow, India, to prevent them from taking tobacco products on to trains.Read More
It seems that India could be edging toward a ban on electronic cigarettes without examining all the evidence.Read More
Tobacco smoking costs lives, but the tobacco industry provides livelihoods, and for an especially-large number of people in India. So how do you weigh lives against livelihoods? Read More
The state of Jammu and Kashmir has been declared a tobacco-free zone, but it is not clear exactly what that means.Read More
In what some would see as an unwarranted interference with personal freedoms, an Indian company is apparently trying to encourage and force its customers and employees to quit tobacco.Read More
Given that 160 countries signed up to the World Health Organization’s Framework Convention on Tobacco Control do not ban electronic cigarettes, the question arises as to why should India do so.Read More
