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Rs 20,000 fine for smoking in public? 11 September 2014
Soon, if you are caught smoking cigarette in public places, then you might end up paying Rs 20,000 as fine. The Union government is considering to increase the amount of fine by 100 times which is currently only Rs 200...
Keywords: Smoking Cigarette, Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products Act 2003, Union Health Ministry, Smoking Cigarette
Read MoreBudget 2013: Cigarettes, SUVs and marbles will be costlier! 28 February 2013
After Finance Minister P Chidambaram proposed to hike the excise duty on cigarettes to 18 per cent as a result Tobacco products will become costlier Moreover, sports utility vehicles will also be costly after Mr Chidambaram announced a hike in...
Keywords: sports utility vehicles, excise duty, Tobacco products hike in price, Chidamabaram
Read MoreSmoking Health of 85 Lakhs 23 July 2013
As per the observations made by the Maharashtra Government, 85 lakhs of people will die of oral and lung cancer by 2015 at the present rate. The Government thus put tabs on the advertisement on tobacco products by framing Cigarettes...
Keywords: Restrictions to Tobacco products ads, Restrictions to Tobacco products ads, Supreme Court of India, Tobacco Causes Cancer
Read MoreBan on gutkha for another year 16 April 2016
Sale, purchase and storage of all forms of chewable tobacco, including gutkha, pan masala, khaini and zarda, would be continuing the ban, for another one year, the Delhi government says. Announcing the same through a notification, the food safety department...
Keywords: India news, India news, India news, Gutkha ban
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