 | Smugglers earn Rs 50 lakh per week for illicit tobacco sale in Ernakulam districtIn a major haul, the rural police busted a racket involved in smuggling tobacco products at Angamaly and arrested two persons. |
 | Farmer federation seeks price parity between cigarettes and other tobacco productsThe above situation is stressing the farm community as consumers shift to smuggled cigarettes that do not use domestic tobacco, FAIFA Vice President. |
 | Food adulterators move shop to city outskirts amid intense crackdownSeveral units involved in spurious food products manufacturing have been busted on the outskirts of Cuttack city. |
 | BJP's GVL Narasimha Rao elected member of Tobacco Board from Rajya SabhaResponding to his election, Narasimha Rao thanked the Chairman of the Rajya Sabha and its members. |
 | Tax tobacco heavily, youngsters tell PM Modi, FM Sitharaman“Tobacco use not only harms our health but is also a threat to the health of our friends and family. |
 | Karnataka HC junks petitions against laws levying GST on tobaccoThe petitioners have also questioned Section 136 of the Finance Act, 2001, which enables the authorities to levy National Calamity Contingency Duty on tobacco and tobacco products. |
 | Erode: Man uses minor daughter to sell banned tobacco hidden in biscuit packets, heldThe incident came to light when police intercepted Chandrasekar who was riding a two-wheeler with the girl on the pillion holding a bag load of biscuits. |
 | Court stays action against pan masala company for indirect tobacco adsDGHS claimed that in 2005, rules were laid down to ban the advertisement of tobacco products but the company carried out a surrogate ad campaign. |
 | Boxes of seized tobacco stolen from sealed house in MaduraiPolice said the officials had conducted a search at a house in Bharathiar 3rd Street in SS Colony August 22, 2020 based on a tip off. |
 | Increase duty on tobacco to deter consumption: ActivistsAccording to the group, increasing excise on all tobacco products can be a very effective policy measure to address the immediate need to raise revenue by the Centre. |
 | Not ready to lift ban on harmful tobacco, says Telangana HCThe death rate on account of gutka or paan masala and other tobacco products is much more than that on account of the pandemic, the court said. |
 | Telangana High Court dismisses petitions against State's ban on various tobacco productsThe State banning tobacco products in Telangana is in the larger interest of human life and are reasonable restrictions, the HC said. |
| Sambalpur University conducts workshop on tobacco controlA workshop on ‘Tobacco Control among Youth in Odisha’ was jointly organised by the Sambalpur University (SU) and Maharashtra-based NGO SBMS on Saturday. |
 | Smugglers taking to rail route eyeing parcel service's loopholes?While Railway officials confirmed that it is not mandatory to scan the parcels sent through its network, they said the RPF is conducting regular checks to prevent the transportation of banned materials. |
 | Banned tobacco products seized in KochiThe tobacco products were kept in sacks at a shop at Allapra and a godown at Palakattuthazham, for selling them among migrant workers, said the police. |
