NGOs have claimed that recent reports suggesting that one of the pictorial warnings for tobacco products resembles footballer John Terry could be an attempt by the manufacturers to scuttle the pictorial warnings once again.

In a recent RTI filed by the Voluntary Health Association of India (VHAI), the issue was brought to the notice of Union health ministry earlier in November by Philip Morris, manufacturer of the leading cigarette brand Marlboro. “However, digging the issue once again now could be a deliberate move by the manufacturers to put the warnings in trouble.”

Bezawada — Vijayawada is better known by that name — is the first feature film to carry health warnings on every smoking scene as required under the just notified second amendment of the Rules of t

Gurgaon district administration enforced Section 144 of the CrPC on Monday to ban hookah bars in the city.

New Delhi: “Smoking hubs” continue to thrive on Delhi University campus despite a ban on sale of tobacco products within 100 yards of any educational institution.

GUWAHATI: State Unit of National Tobacco Control Program has decided to launch the special campaign ‘Save the Future’ across the country, led by the Tata Memorial Hospital Mumbai.

The Golaghat district administration, inspector of schools and district elementary education officer have jointly declared all schools under its jurisdiction tobacco free.

Mumbai: Deadlier than cancer, and called the silent killer, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) affects eight out of 100 people living in Mumbai and Thane district, said a city-based study

A federal judge on Monday blocked a Food and Drug Administration requirement that tobacco companies put big new graphic warning labels on cigarette packages by next September.