The budget was completely silent on any tax revisions on bidis or smokeless tobacco, which are consumed by most Indian tobacco users. It is pertinent to mention here that cigarettes account for only 15 per cent of tobacco users in India. There are reports which establish that cigarette smokers switch to bidis when cigarettes become exorbitant; this is equally detrimental to health. For public health professionals this negligible tax increase on cigarettes in the Union Budget and leaving taxes on other tobacco products unaffected was a major disappointment
March 2, 2023Agricultural exporters are expected to get huge orders worth $1 billion at the upcoming Indus Food Fair to be held in Hyderabad on January 7-8 and organised by TPCI
December 23, 2022Tobacco use is a global epidemic that kills six million people annually. Approximately one person dies every six seconds due to tobacco, accounting for one in 10 adult deaths.
November 20, 2022Tobacco and cigarette manufacturer VST Industries registered a 22 per cent growth in sales and logged 15.4 per cent growth in net profit in the quarter ended September 30, 2022.
November 8, 2022Tobacco use continues to be a major contributor to the global burden of disease, causing an estimated 12 per cent of deaths worldwide among people below 30 years of age.
June 2, 2022Death of over 8 million people and widespread destruction of environment, through cultivation, production, distribution, consumption, and post-consumer waste, is a huge cost we are paying due to tobacco consumption, says World Health organization (WHO).
May 31, 2022A significant raise in taxes and implementing the proposed amendments for a stricter anti-tobacco law, COTPA, are the way forward to curbing tobacco consumption.
January 16, 2022The 17 years of working of COTPA was useful to a certain extent in defying the tobacco industry’s tactics to advertise and promote tobacco use in India. However, in spite of the Government’s best efforts to effectively enforce the law and civil society’s efforts to ensure that violations are adequately reported, the industry has been able to target, especially children, through their indirect promotion tactics.
February 22, 2021Efforts to strengthen tobacco control in India were fortified by enacting Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products (Prohibition of Advertisement and Regulation of Trade and Commerce, Production, Supply and Distribution) Act [‘COTPA’] in 2003 and ratification of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control [‘FCTC’] in 2004.
February 3, 2021The use of tobacco is responsible for nearly 50 per cent of all cancers in India and 90 per cent of mouth cancers, an expert said.
May 5, 2020To help people cope with stress, the ministry also issued a helpline number (080-46110007) for advice from a mental health professional.
March 31, 2020Tobacco chewing, especially among the poor, is considered the single biggest cause for oral cancer in India
May 30, 2019The evaluation was done through a new economic metric model unveiled by TARI to measure the total cumulative intrinsic economic value generated by a sector over the years.
May 29, 2019In a letter, they said there is gross misinformation about harmful effects of these products among adolescents as they perceive these as "fun devices" that are safe.
May 14, 2019An official spokesperson said the decision has been taken in pursuance of the Food Safety and Standards (Prohibition and Restrictions on Sales) Regulations, 2011.
October 13, 2018Nicotine triggers the release of dopamine and serotonin, two pleasure-causing chemicals produced by the body.
August 28, 2018They are two times more likely to have a dry cough at night and and 1.5 times more likely to miss school due to illness.
August 22, 2018