According to the government spokesman, the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare had sent an advisory letter to all the state governments recommending the licensing of tobacco vendors to the municipal corporation.
According to WHO, tobacco kills more than 8 million people every year, of which at least 7 million are the direct result of tobacco use, whereas about 1.2 million are exposed to second-hand smoke.
Mancherial: Large quantities of banned tobacco products were seized when police raided a warehouse of a trader here on Sunday. Mancherial Assistant Commissioner of Police Akhil Mahajan said that the police led by Mancherial Inspector Mutti Lingaiah had seized prohibited tobacco products worth Rs 2.90 lakh at a warehouse belonging to Aditya Enterprises of the […]
Shops permitted to sell tobacco products cannot sell non-tobacco products such as toffees, candies, chips, biscuits, soft drinks, among others, which are meant for the non-users, especially children.
In the India Cigarette Tax Scorecard, India got an overall score of 1.88 out of five possible points, which is slightly better than the South-East Asia average of 1.82.