The problem, say campaigners, is that chewing tobacco has always been seen as socially acceptable in India. Whole families, generally unaware of the danger, will share these products at the end of ...

Wrapped inside a betel leaf and placed in the side of the mouth, tobacco has been chewed for centuries in India. But it is only in the last decade that tobacco companies have started selling ...

India’s tobacco exports surpassed Rs.12005.89 crore during 2023-24. Tobacco farmers’ income has also doubled over the last five years, the Ministry of Commerce said on Wednesday. The ministry ...

This judgment laid the foundation for stricter tobacco control policies in India, influencing the Supreme Court’s ruling in Murli S. Deora vs. Union of India later that year, which paved the way ...

The WHO’s Global Adult Tobacco Survey estimated that the total number of smokers in India fell by 8.1 million between 2009 and 2017. Yet, 625,000 children still use tobacco in the country on a ...

Dr TR Sharma lauded the institute’s seven decades of excellence in tobacco research and stressed the importance of plant genetic resources for developing improved crop varieties. Tobacco Board ...

Underlining the pressing need to regulate flavoured and smokeless tobacco (SLT) products in India, a research paper published in the Journal of Cancer Policy has pointed out that SLT use ...