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SC To Hear Plea On Pictorial Warning On Tobacco Packages
The Supreme Court will hear on Friday a plea against a Karnataka High Court order reducing the pictorial warning on cigarette packets and on packaging of other tobacco products.....
No Interim Stay On Karnataka HC Order Against Tobacco Picture Warnings: SC
The Supreme Court on Friday declined an interim stay of the Karnataka High Court order setting aside the 2014 Rules mandating that 85 per cent space on both the sides of a packet of cigarettes or other tobacco products carry pictorial warning on their harmful effects. ....
Budget 2017-18: What's Cheaper, What's Dearer
Though Finance Minister Arun Jaitley in his budget speech for 2017-18 on Wednesday said his proposals on excise and customs duties will not result in any significant loss or gain to the exchequer, the fine print suggests a host of items can become either cheaper or dearer.....
Centre Drafts Law To Raise Legal Age Of Smoking To 21 Years
The Centre has prepared a bill to raise the age for allowing sale of cigarettes and tobacco products to 21 years from the current 18 years.....
Delhi HC Directs Authorities To Ensure Stop To E-cigarettes Sale
The Delhi High Court disposed of a PIL while directing the Centre, State, and Delhi Police to make sure that provisions of the law prohibiting the storage, manufacture and sale of e-cigarettes are complied with. ....
E-cigarettes May Be Luring Low-risk Youth To Tobacco
E-cigarettes -- seen as responsible for a decline in cigarette smoking among the youth -- are actually attracting a new population of adolescents who might not otherwise have smoked tobacco products, researchers warned.....
Stokes Took A Cigarette Break To Calm Nerves Before World Cup Final Super Over
All-rounder Ben Stokes played a pivotal role in England winning their first ICC men's World Cup trophy, on this day, last year. His match of the match performance in the summit clash stunned New Zealand as the hosts were declared the winners on boundary count rule after regulation time and Super Over both ended in a tie. ....
US FDA Authorises E-cigarettes For The First Time
In a first, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has authorised electronic cigarettes to be sold in the US markets, citing their benefits in helping smokers quit. ....
New Zealand To Ban Cigarette Sales For Future Generations's Health And Fitness
New Zealand plans to ban young people from ever buying cigarettes in their lifetime in one of the world's toughest crackdowns on the tobacco industry, arguing that other efforts to extinguish smoking were taking too long. ....
MCG Stand To Be Renamed After Shane Warne; Fans Lay Meat Pies, Beer Cans, Cigarette Pack At His Statue
The iconic Melbourne Cricket Ground's (MCG) Great Southern Stand will be renamed after legendary spinner Shane Warne, who passed away following a suspected heart-attack in Thailand on Friday at the age of 52, while the Victorian government "has offered a state funeral" for one of the greatest cricketers of all time. ....
