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• Delhi AIIMS declared 'tobacco-free zone'

  The hospital has said that action will be taken against the doctors, permanent or contractual employees and security staff found smoking or chewing tobacco on the hospital premises.

  

• Tobacco packs to get new image, health warning from Dec 1

  Tobacco products manufactured, imported, or packaged on or after December 1, 2022 will display a new image with the textual health warning "Tobacco causes painful death," the Union Health Ministry has said. The image will be valid for a period of one year following its commencement from December 1.

  

• MoHFW issues new specified health warning on tobacco product packs

  Any person engaged directly or indirectly in the manufacture, production, supply, import or distribution of cigarettes or any tobacco products shall ensure that all tobacco product packages shall have the specified health warnings exactly as prescribed.

  

• Wiping the Slate Clean: Reassessing Alternatives to Cigarettes in a COVID-19 World

  COVID-19 creates both an obligation and an opportunity for the Indian Government to revisit its stance on cigarettes and tobacco products, and reassess the role less harmful smokeless alternatives can play. No better time than ‘World No Tobacco Day’ to take a re look,

  

• Public health groups, economists demand increased cess on tobacco products

  Taxing tobacco products at 28 per cent rate and additional compensation cess will not only bring in additional revenue but also reduce tobacco consumption.

  

• E-cigarettes relevant for all countries, every smoker: US-based tobacco giant

  In India last year, the health ministry issued an advisory in August to all states and Union Territories to stop the manufacture, sale and import of Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems (ENDS) following which 13 states have already banned e-cigarettes and Odisha and Haryana are planning to follow suit.

  

• Delhi govt extends ban on manufacture, sale of gutkha, pan masala, tobacco products for one year

  The Food Safety Department has issued a notification extending the ban on these products.

  

• Bidi smoking cost India 805.5 billion last year: Study

  The poor already bear the brunt of these costs, and unhindered use of bidi tobacco threatens to push even more households into poverty, according to the study published in the journal Tobacco Control.

  

• Karnataka HC declines stay on tobacco product packaging rules

  Justice Aravind Kumar declined stay after C Shashikantha , Assistant Solicitor General(ASG) representing the central government informed the court that new rules have been challenged before the apex court and no stay was granted by the top court.

  

• Tamil Nadu retailers may need licence to sell cigarettes

  Nearly half a tonne of tobacco products was seized and more than 500 people were booked for selling it to people under 18.

  

• Retailers oppose restrictions on sale of tobacco products with FMCG

  The association also also hit out at controls on in-shop advertising saying it will remove differentiation between retailers selling legal tobacco products and fly-by-night retailers selling smuggled tobacco products.