tobacco
- Bangalore
Karnataka bans gutka, pan masala for one year
Bengaluru: The Karnataka government has imposed a one-year statewide ban on the manufacture, storage, transportation, distribution and sale of gutka and pan masala products containing tobacco and nicotine, citing the need to…
- Middle East
UAE sets minimum excise price for e-cigarette liquids
Abu Dhabi: The United Arab Emirates (UAE) Ministry of Finance has introduced a minimum excise price for liquids used in electronic smoking devices and tools, with the new measure taking effect on…
- News
Hyderabad: Shop owner held for selling tobacco near school
Hyderabad: A kirana shop owner was arrested in Alwal after he was caught selling cigarettes and gutka to minor children and operating his shop within 100 metres of a school, Telangana’s EAGLE Force…
- India
Tobacco quitline receives nearly 1 cr calls in a decade, helps 2.32 lakh quit
New Delhi: India’s National Tobacco Quitline Services (NTQLS) has received nearly one crore calls and has helped more than 2.32 lakh people quit over the last 10 years, according to data released…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad man arrested for selling expired, misbranded tobacco
Hyderabad: A 35-year-old man was arrested by Goshamahal Police on Thursday, April 30, for allegedly selling expired and misbranded tobacco products in Jumerath Bazar. The sale of these hazardous products was uncovered…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad Police seize Rs 1.10 cr worth of tobacco products in ‘Operation Safe School’
Hyderabad: The Hyderabad Police said that they seized tobacco products worth Rs 1.10 crore and registered 567 cases as part of a special drive, ‘Operation Safe School’, aimed at keeping areas around…
- Hyderabad
Tobacco consumption rising sharply in Hyderabad
Hyderabad: A recent government survey has revealed a significant increase in tobacco use among households in Hyderabad. According to the Household Consumption Expenditure Survey 2023–24, nearly one in three households in the…
- Crime
Jadcherla: Police busts pan shops selling tobacco to minors
Hyderabad: The EAGLE Force of the Telangana Police on Saturday, February 28, caught three pan shop owners near a school in Mahabubnagar district selling cigarettes and gutka to minors, even as a separate…
- India
Myanmar man arrested with foreign currency, tobacco in Mizoram
Aizawl: A Myanmar national was arrested with foreign currency notes, smuggled tobacco and foreign cigarettes in south Mizoram’s Siaha district on Tuesday, January 20, an official said. The accused, identified as U…
- Health
Glamorising tobacco can trigger next epidemic of cancer, lung diseases: Experts
New Delhi: Health and education experts have warned that the growing glamorisation of tobacco through surrogate advertising and its normalisation, by selling it alongside toffees and candies, pose a serious threat to…
- Business
Experts warn tobacco tax hike may boost smuggling, hit revenue
New Delhi: An unprecedented tax hike, coupled with a new excise duty structure on tobacco, could lead to a surge in illicit trade of cigarettes and result in significant tax revenue losses…
- India
Cigarettes, pan masalas to cost more across India after Feb 1
New Delhi: The government has notified February 1 as the date from which additional excise duty on tobacco products, and a health cess on pan masala will be levied, replacing the existing…
- Andhra Pradesh
NCB arrests 5 from Andhra Pradesh in hashish oil trafficking case
New Delhi: The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) has arrested five people from Andhra Pradesh’s Visakhapatnam who were allegedly part of a hashish oil trafficking network, an official statement said on Thursday. Hashish…
- India
Police seize gutka, tobacco worth Rs 21 lakh on highway in Palghar; one held
Palghar: Police have seized banned gutka and other tobacco products valued at Rs 21.62 lakh from a tempo and arrested its driver in Maharashtra’s Palghar district, officials said on Thursday. Acting on…
- Hyderabad
Seven arrested for hookah smoking at farmhouse near Hyderabad
Hyderabad: Acting on a tip, Shamshabad police raided MRG Farmhouse in Gundiguda village late Thursday night and apprehended seven young men smoking hookah. The suspects – identified as Md Dastagir, Sk Asad,…
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