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44% Indian smokers who quit get hooked to smokeless tobacco, finds survey
Ians •About 44% of Indian smokers who quit smoking are found to get hooked to other forms of tobacco which are as harmful as cigarettes and bidis, a country-wide survey said.
Don't increase pictorial warnings on cigarette packs: Lok Sabha MPs
•The two Lok Sabha members said that the pictorial warnings on cigarette packs had adversely affected farmers and beedi workers
Hyderabad tobacco retailers join nationwide protest against pictorial warning
Ians •Retailers selling tobacco products in Hyderabad on Thursday joined the nationwide protest against 85% pictorial warning.
SC notice on PIL for larger pictorial warning on tobacco products
Fp Archives •The Supreme Court on Tuesday issued notice to the central government on a PIL seeking the larger pictorial warning on the packaging of tobacco products
Mizoram tops tobacco consumption in India: Official
Fp Archives •The northeastern state of Mizoram leads India in tobacco consumption with 67.2 percent of its population consuming/smoking various tobacco products, an official said here on Tuesday.
Tobacco row: Centre planning to increase pictorial warning on cigarettes, other products
Fp Archives •Government said it is working out details for increasing the size of pictorial warning on tobacco products from the present 40-85% after the date for its implantation was "extended", an issue which sparked a major row.
Gutka ban implementation: SC seeks report from Delhi, UP
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Will Delhi's gutka ban be effective?
Fp Archives •The Delhi government's decision to ban gutka, a form of chewing tobacco, and related products has been widely welcomed though there is scepticism over how effective it will be with some already foreseeing a thriving black market.
Why the gutka ban in Maharashtra won’t work
Vivek •The gutka ban in Maharashtra will be another law observed in the breach. It will only increase gutka prices and corruption.
Students who pass high school in UP to get free laptops
Fp Archives •The Uttar Pradesh government has decided to give free laptops and computer tablets to students in the the state who pass the high school and intermediate examinations in 2012.