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 ...

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 ...

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 ...