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A global shift toward integrated tobacco manufacturing hubs is reshaping procurement patterns, posing challenges for India’s export-led model. Experts say policy reforms enabling investment and innovation could help India retain competitiveness in a rapidly evolving value chain.

Tobacco kills 1.35 million Indians annually, with quit rates at just 7 per cent. Experts say safer, smoke-free nicotine alternatives could reduce harm and support India’s 2025 tobacco reduction goal, while stressing strict regulation to ensure public health safety.

Public health experts and anti-tobacco activists have criticised the GST Council’s decision to cut GST on bidis from 28% to 18%, even as taxes on cigarettes and cigars were raised to 40%. Experts warn this undermines India’s tobacco control efforts.

India is the second largest producer of tobacco in the world after China. Tobacco exports contribute sizable foreign exchange to the country's exchequer

Eradicating substance abuse among adolescents is crucial for maintaining India’s growth trajectory

The Doctors Against Addiction (DAAD) survey, conducted in partnership with Saizen Global Insights and Consulting, revealed a significant shift in healthcare professionals' views, with 65% of doctors advocating for the inclusion of safer cessation alternatives—like nicotine replacement therapies and heat-not-burn products—in smoking cessation efforts.

A study conducted by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) and published in The Lancet Oncology journal revealed that India reported 83,400 out of the 120,200 global oral cancer cases linked to smokeless tobacco (chewed, sucked, inhaled, applied locally, or ingested) and areca nut (the seed of the areca palm) in 2022.

Apsar was found in the office when cops raided the flat, following a tip. On being interrogated, Apsar confessed to committing the crime to make a fast buck for quite a long time.

Acting on information, the team caught one person Dhulram (25), a native of Rajasthan, who was carrying the contraband in a Bolero car.

The British Indian leader proposed the Tobacco and Vapes Bill last year and declared his vision for creating a “smokefree generation” by making it an offence to sell tobacco products to anyone born after January 1, 2009, which covers children aged 15.

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Apart from paddy, maize, jowar, tobacco, ground nut, chilly, onions and horticulture farmers had incurred losses as standing crops were lost.

Hours after her father was summoned by the school teacher and informed that his daughter, Anjali Sahu, had developed an addiction to gutka, the student took her own life by hanging herself.

To trigger discussion and spread awareness on the harmful impact of tobacco chewing, a few anti-tobacco voluntary organisations have come up with a unique graphical representation titled 'Bolo Zubaan Cancery

Nicotine Replacement Therapy (NRT) offers a 50 per cent higher probability of quitting smoking compared to attempting to quit without it, and it is both safe and readily available without the need for a prescription.

The ban on tobacco products (gutkha, paan masala) in Delhi has been extended for a further period of one year.

The Delhi resident, an enthusiastic gym lover, battled stage 3 cancer, resulting in severe damage and bursting of the internal tissues of his mouth, leaving him unable to open it.

The cave shrine houses an ice stalagmite structure that devotees believe symbolises mythical powers of Lord Shiva.

Authorities have banned all sorts of junk foods at the free community kitchens called the Langars.

Nearly 40 per cent of cancer cases are caused by tobacco, alcohol and pan masala, 4 per cent cases are genetic and 10 per cent are related to cleanliness.