Tobacco excise duty increase lowest in the last five years
The continuation of differential taxes based on filter or non-filter and four different tiers based on cigarette lengths defeats the
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Sounding the smoke alarm on sale of tobacco to minors
Thanks to the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015, tobacco companies in India may find it hard
Read MoreAlcohol users in India face higher health risk, mortality
Alcohol use is responsible for about 4 per cent of global burden of disease. But current drinking has been found
Read MoreEditorial: This tobacco warning should stay
Following a controversy sparked recently over remarks by some Members of Parliament on tobacco use, a group of leading film-makers
Read MoreA pictorial warning must shock
What is the connection between a scorpion, tobacco and cancer? Well, absolutely nothing. If any, it is the crab that
Read MoreSmokers die 10 years sooner
That smoking can cause up to two-thirds of deaths in current smokers in Australia has come out patently clear in
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Discouraging cigarette sales by prohibiting its sale in the loose
The acceptance of a proposal to prohibit the sale of cigarettes in the loose, and raise the minimum age from
Read MoreEditorial: Loosening tobacco’s deadly grip
A few months after steeply increasing taxes on tobacco products, the government has come up with another much-needed measure to
Read MoreCardiovascular risk factors low but mortality high in India
People living in low-income countries like India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Zimbabwe have the lowest risk factors for cardiovascular diseases (CVD)
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Sin tax and tobacco use
It is indeed noteworthy that Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has increased the specific excise duty on cigarettes in the
Read MoreWill tax hike reduce tobacco consumption in India?
The Union Health Minister, Dr. Harsh Vardhan, recently said he “supports” higher taxes on cigarettes and other tobacco products. But
Read MoreTobacco causes a huge health burden
That over 27 per cent of tobacco consumers in India fall in the 15-24 year age bracket amply demonstrates how
Read MoreTobacco use accounts for 40 per cent of all cancers in India, says report
Every year nearly one million new cancer cases are diagnosed in India, the prevalence being 2.5 million. With mortalities
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