Documentary warns against use of tobacco and its products

The Daily Pioneer, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh
Tobacco products are the only legally available products that can kill upto one half of their regular users consumed as recommended by the manufacturer. This was one of the core messages of the documentary film "Making a killing" made by the Academy award winning team of Kelly Anderson and Tamy Gold and produced by 'Corporate Accountability International' which was screened at Prof(Dr) Ramakant's Center a spart of Rights and Responsibilities Summer Training Camp organized Government UP State Tobacco Control Cell.

CNS Daily Tobacco News Monitoring Report: 20 May 2013

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Documentary warns against use of tobacco and its products 
(The Daily Pioneer, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh)
Tobacco products are the only legally available products that can kill upto one half of their regular users consumed as recommended by the manufacturer. Read more
10% of tobacco-related deaths caused by passive smoking

(Times Of India, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh)

"In India, 10 lakh people die every year due to tobacco," said professor (Dr) Rama Kant, WHO Director-General's Awardee and a senior surgeon. Read more

Companies to stub out smoking, educate employees on ills of tobacco

(The Hindu, New Delhi, India)

By and large, most companies do not allow smoking on their premises, but some employees go outside the compound and smoke, said Sumanth C. Raman, member, healthcare sub-committee, Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), southern region. Read more

Tobacco growers seek FDI for promoting competition
(The Hindu, New Delhi, India)
Concerns expressed over foreign direct investment entering into the country notwithstanding, tobacco growers in the State are making repeated representations to the Government to allow FDI in the sector as it is the only way to promote competition. Read more
स्वास्थ्य नीति में तंबाकू उद्योग का हस्तक्षेप
(कैनविज़ टाइम्स, लखनऊ, उत्तर प्रदेश)
प्रोफ़ेसर रमाकांत के केंद्र में चल रहे अधिकार एवं दायित्व ग्रीष्मकालीन प्रशिक्षण शिविर के दूसरे दिन एक व्रित चित्रा फिल्म का प्रदर्शन किया गया। Read more
 

Industry Updates

Companies to stub out smoking, educate employees on ills of tobacco

(The Hindu, New Delhi, India)

By and large, most companies do not allow smoking on their premises, but some employees go outside the compound and smoke, said Sumanth C. Raman, member, healthcare sub-committee, Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), southern region. Read more

Tobacco Companies Scrambling to Join Smokeless Cigarette Industry Discusses DigitalSmoke.org

(SBWire, New Delhi, India)

In the current scenario, global economic downturn adversely affect private sector especially in developing or third world countries. Poor monetary flow, declined trade rate etc are the major impact shown in the businesses operated in developing countries. But even in this declining economy. Read more

GIDC issues guidelines on transfer, sub-leasing plots

(Times Of India, Panaji, Goa)

One of the important conditions mentioned in the notification implies is that transfer of plots will not be permitted for establishing new liquor or tobacco industrial outlets. running a fresh liquor or tobacco industry. Read more
“Slow implementation of health warning by tobacco companies”
(The Hindu, New Delhi, India)
A snap survey seeking to gauge the adherence by tobacco companies of the mandatory display of pictorial health warning on tobacco packages in the Capital has shown that “though slow many tobacco brands had put the health warning on the packs’’. Read more
Squeeze continues on emerging-market returns
(Business Times, New Delhi, India)
Brewer Ambev, Mexican bottler Femsa and Indian tobacco firm ITC top Morgan Stanley’s list of winners since mid-2010, whereas losers include Brazilian energy giant Petrobras, Korean steelmaker POSCO and India’s Reliance. Read more

Tobacco and Health 

Brain may age faster in alcoholics who smoke
(Zee News, New Delhi, India)
Alcoholics who smoke develop more problems with memory, ability to think quickly and efficiently, and problem-solving skills than those who don`t smoke, a first-of-its-kind study has found. Read more

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स्वास्थ्य नीति में तंबाकू उद्योग का हस्तक्षेप
(कैनविज़ टाइम्स, लखनऊ, उत्तर प्रदेश)
प्रोफ़ेसर रमाकांत के केंद्र में चल रहे अधिकार एवं दायित्व ग्रीष्मकालीन प्रशिक्षण शिविर के दूसरे दिन एक व्रित चित्रा फिल्म का प्रदर्शन किया गया। Read more

Produced voluntarily by:

Network for Accountability of Tobacco Transnationals (NATT), CNS Tobacco Control Initiative of Vote For Health campaign (formerly Indian Society Against Smoking - ISAS), Asha Parivar, Abhinav Bharat Foundation (ABF)

स्वास्थ्य नीति में तंबाकू उद्योग का हस्तक्षेप

कैनविज़ टाइम्स, लखनऊ, उत्तर प्रदेश

प्रोफ़ेसर रमाकांत के केंद्र में चल रहे अधिकार एवं दायित्व ग्रीष्मकालीन प्रशिक्षण शिविर के दूसरे दिन एक व्रित चित्रा फिल्म का प्रदर्शन किया गया। मेकिंग ए किलिंग नामक इस फिल्म को केली ऐंडरस्न और टैमी गोल्ड द्वारा कॉर्पोरेट अकाउंटेबिलिटी इंटरनेशनल के सहयोग से बनाया गया है। 

 

City youth to participate in Rights and Responsibilities Training Camp

The Pioneer, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh

City youths will be participating in a fortnight long 'Rights and Responsibilities' Summer training camp, organized by State government's tobacco control cell at Prof (Dr) Rama kant Center from may 17 to may 31.

These little game-changers’ team is growing

Hindustan Times, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh

Significantly, an application moved by this group prompted the authorities to move tobacco shops away from their educational institutions.RTI experts find this trend encouraging “as long as these young minds are not backed by vested interests.” Former information commissioner Gyanendra Sharma says, “If children are taking such initiatives on their own, it’s certainly a success story for the Act. In fact, we should encourage them in their endeavour as this would create more awareness.” 

  

CNS Daily Tobacco News Monitoring Report: 16 May 2013

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Gutka sale continues across Tamil Nadu as ban yet to take effect

(Times Of India, Chennai, Tamil Nadu)

Tobacco products such as gutka and pan masala continue to be sold across the state nearly a week after chief minister J Jayalalithaa on May 8 announced the decision to ban the manufacture, storage, distribution and sale of such products. Read more

Welcome ban
(The Hindu, New Delhi, India)
Although long overdue, the Tamil Nadu government’s move to ban the manufacture, storage and sale of gutka and pan masala in the State is a welcome step (“Reducing the harm,” May 14). But one wonders why the grim reality — that one in 20 young men die of cancer by the age of 70 — and messages on cigarette packets do not deter tobacco users. Read more
 

Industry Updates

GCCI calls for promotion of agri-businesses

(The Hindu, New Delhi, India)

The GCCI has demanded that the government put a moratorium on allowing rolling mills, fish-meal plants, sponge iron plants, tobacco and liquor manufacturing units to be set up in the industrial estates of the State-owned Goa Industrial Development Corporation (GIDC). Read more

Tobacco and Health 

Is Kerala cancer's own country?
(Times Of India, Kannur, Kerela)
According to statistics, one third of the cancer patients in the country come under the aforesaid categories. Interestingly, the instances of cancer due to the use of tobacco are less compared to other causes, he said. Read more
Cancer may become killer disease by 2015: experts
(The Hindu, New Delhi, India)
Describing the cancers of breast, lung, colon and prostate as lifestyle diseases, he said essentially what was happening in the West 20-25 years ago was happening in India now. Control of tobacco use led to a downtrend in the incidence and mortality in the West, he said. Read more

Others (tax, advertising, youth, pack warnings etc)    

Tech-Cigarette.com Discusses the Plight of Indian Children Exposed to Tobacco Cigarettes
(SBWire, New Delhi, India)
Tech-Cigarette.com, a well known e cig review website, has commented upon the plight that school children in India have to face on a daily basis, with regards to braving the highly offensive second hand smoke emitting from tobacco cigarettes. As per the latest reports, over 100 million schools in India in five major states are inclined to suffer owing to the influx of tobacco venders in the area. It has been reported that in Assam, Rajasthan, Orissa, Utter Pradesh, and Jammu, most vendors have positioned their shops right outside the main gates of over 48% of the schools present within these states. Read more
Welcome ban
(The Hindu, New Delhi, India)
Although long overdue, the Tamil Nadu government’s move to ban the manufacture, storage and sale of gutka and pan masala in the State is a welcome step (“Reducing the harm,” May 14). But one wonders why the grim reality — that one in 20 young men die of cancer by the age of 70 — and messages on cigarette packets do not deter tobacco users. Read more
These little game-changers’ team is growing
(Hindustan Times, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh)
Significantly, an application moved by this group prompted the authorities to move tobacco shops away from their educational institutions.RTI experts find this trend encouraging “as long as these young minds are not backed by vested interests.” Read more
Curriculum for wellness
(The Hindu, New Delhi, India)
If the proposal finally materialises, students in schools across the country will be soon taught about communicable and non-communicable diseases at length. The Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has already tied up with the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) and is in talks with the State governments asking them to work out the modalities to bring in ‘health education’ as a subject in school. Read more
After drugs, zarda worth Rs 1.5cr seized at PallelAfter drugs, zarda worth Rs 1.5cr seized at Pallel
(Times Of India, Imaphal, Manipur)
In the wake of a string of drug hauls at Pallel market in Thoubal district, which were to be sent to Myanmar via the border town of Moreh, two truckloads of zarda, also to be smuggled to the neighbouring country, was confiscated here. Read more

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Network for Accountability of Tobacco Transnationals (NATT), CNS Tobacco Control Initiative of Vote For Health campaign (formerly Indian Society Against Smoking - ISAS), Asha Parivar, Abhinav Bharat Foundation (ABF)

CNS Daily Tobacco News Monitoring Report: 14 May 2013

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Reducing the harm(The Hindu, New Delhi, India)
In a country where one in 20 young men could die of cancer by the age of 70, it is essential that the ban on the sale of gutka and pan masala containing tobacco be effectively enforced in every State and Union Territory. A total of 24 States and UTs — Tamil Nadu is the latest to join the list — have introduced a ban based on the August 2011 regulation issued by the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India. The campaign to stop the manufacture, storage and sale of this injurious product has been greatly aided by the Supreme Court, which has been asking for compliance reports from State governments. Read more

Campaign against oral cancer intensifies

(The Hindu, New Delhi, India)
The habit will not only eat away your vital parts of your body but will also make you an offender as the State Government has banned chewable tobacco production, possession, distribution and its sale in Assembly on May 8. Read more
 

Industry Updates

Bending of the Brand in India

(Times Of India, New Delhi, India)

Global brands are wooing Indians, we are told, but are they destroying their brands in the bargain? And, has anybody else noticed that brands are not so slowly and steadily eroding in value in India? (I can hear the howls of outrage from the large fraternity of people whose livelihoods depend on keeping exactly the opposite sentiment alive. That's alright, too.). Read more

ITC shares tank over 5 per cent; m-cap down Rs 14,895 crore

(The Economic Times, Mumbai, Maharashtra)

Shares of FMCG major ITC today slumped by over 5 per cent on profit booking amid a sharp dip in the stock market. Read more

Tobacco and Health 

Reducing the harm
(The Hindu, New Delhi, India)
In a country where one in 20 young men could die of cancer by the age of 70, it is essential that the ban on the sale of gutka and pan masala containing tobacco be effectively enforced in every State and Union Territory. A total of 24 States and UTs — Tamil Nadu is the latest to join the list — have introduced a ban based on the August 2011 regulation issued by the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India. The campaign to stop the manufacture, storage and sale of this injurious product has been greatly aided by the Supreme Court, which has been asking for compliance reports from State governments. Read more
World No Tobacco Day 2013: Are you being manipulated?
(Health. India.com, New Delhi, India)
Every year on 31 May, WHO and its various partners celebrate World No Tobacco Day where they highlight the health risks associated with tobacco use and advocating for effective policies to reduce tobacco consumption. The theme of this year’s campaign is ‘Ban tobacco advertising, promotion and sponsorship’. Read more

Others (tax, advertising, youth, pack warnings etc)    

Campaign against oral cancer intensifies
(The Hindu, New Delhi, India)
The habit will not only eat away your vital parts of your body but will also make you an offender as the State Government has banned chewable tobacco production, possession, distribution and its sale in Assembly on May 8. Read more
World No Tobacco Day 2013: Are you being manipulated?
(Health. India.com, NEw Delhi, India)
Every year on 31 May, WHO and its various partners celebrate World No Tobacco Day where they highlight the health risks associated with tobacco use and advocating for effective policies to reduce tobacco consumption. The theme of this year’s campaign is ‘Ban tobacco advertising, promotion and sponsorship’. Read more
City youth to participate in Rights and Responsibilities Training Camp
(The Pioneer, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh)
City youths will be participating in a fortnight long 'Rights and Responsibilities' Summer training camp, organized by State government's tobacco control cell at Prof (Dr) Rama kant Center from may 17 to may 31. Read more

Produced voluntarily by:

Network for Accountability of Tobacco Transnationals (NATT), CNS Tobacco Control Initiative of Vote For Health campaign (formerly Indian Society Against Smoking - ISAS), Asha Parivar, Abhinav Bharat Foundation (ABF)

CNS Daily Tobacco News Monitoring Report: 13 May 2013

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Public health body demands taxes on tobacco products
(The Hindu, New Delhi, India)
With Tamil Nadu having banned pan masala and gukta, the Indian Public Health Association (IPHA)’s State chapter has now urged the government to bring in a taxation policy for cigarettes and other tobacco products. Read more
India Shares Fall on Profit-Taking 
(Wall Street Journal, Mumbai, Maharashtra)
Indian shares were lower early on profit-taking by traders in recent outperformers such as cigarette maker ITC and Tata Consultancy Services 532540.BY -2.16% . Read more

Industry update

Assam to review investment policy
(Times Of India, Guwahati, Assam)
The policy, which is applicable to all industrial units except those producing tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes, pan masala and plastic carry bags of less than 20 microns, refineries and units engaged in peripheral activities like preservation during storage, cleaning operations, packing, re-packing, labeling or re-labeling, sorting and alteration of retail sale price, extends to Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Tripura and Sikkim. Read more

Tobacco and Health 

'Early diagnosis can check heart problems'
(Times Of India, New Delhi, India)
Chewable and non-chewable tobacco are also the worst contributors. Cigarette smoke contain chemicals that are many times more harmful than cocaine. Nicotine harms blood vessels. A complete ban on all tobacco products is necessary to reduce the burden of non-communicable diseases, of which heart diseases are the most prominent one. Read more
'Goa leads with highest colon cancer cases'
(Times Of India, Panaji, Goa)
Other major contributing factors to colorectal cancer and other gastrointestinal (GI) diseases are consumption of tobacco products and high. Read more
Cancer may become killer disease by 2015: experts
(The Hindu, New Delhi, India)
Pointing out that 65 per cent of all cancers were either directly or indirectly related to tobacco, he called for effective anti-tobacco measures in the country and screening for specific cancers after the age of 40 years. Read more
Ban comes as a boon to put oral cancer at bay
(The Hindu, New Delhi, India)
The habit will not only eat away your vital parts of your body but will also make you an offender as the State Government has banned chewable tobacco production, possession, distribution and its sale in Assembly on May 8. Read more

Others (tax, advertising, youth, pack warnings etc)    

Public health body demands taxes on tobacco products
(The Hindu, New Delhi, India)
With Tamil Nadu having banned pan masala and gukta, the Indian Public Health Association (IPHA)’s State chapter has now urged the government to bring in a taxation policy for cigarettes and other tobacco products. Read more Chief Minister thanked
(The Hindu, New Delhi, India)
The Tamil Nadu Food Grains Merchants Association has thanked Chief Minister Jayalalithaa for announcing in the State Assembly on May 8 that the sale of tobacco products in the state was banned. Read more

Produced voluntarily by:

Network for Accountability of Tobacco Transnationals (NATT), CNS Tobacco Control Initiative of Vote For Health campaign (formerly Indian Society Against Smoking - ISAS), Asha Parivar, Abhinav Bharat Foundation (ABF)

CNS Daily Tobacco News Monitoring Report: 10 May 2013

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Index heavyweight and cigarette major ITC fell 0.29% to Rs 343.35 on profit booking.

(Business Standard, New Delhi, India)

The stock had hit a record high of Rs 345.85 in intraday trade on Thursday, 9 May 2013. The Uttar Pradesh state government on Tuesday, 7 May 2013, slashed VAT on cigarette/cigar from existing 50% to 25%. Read more 
 

Industry Updates

Index heavyweight and cigarette major ITC fell 0.29% to Rs 343.35 on profit booking.

(Business Standard, New Delhi, India)

The stock had hit a record high of Rs 345.85 in intraday trade on Thursday, 9 May 2013. The Uttar Pradesh state government on Tuesday, 7 May 2013, slashed VAT on cigarette/cigar from existing 50% to 25%. Read more

Smoke free  

Children to help make South Goa smoke-free
(Times Of India, Goa, India)
Children will be at the forefront of a campaign in South Goa district, which is aimed to make the area smoke-free, an official said Thursday. Read more

Tobacco and Health 

Asthma: Facts, causes, treatment and prevention
(Times Of India, New Delhi, India0
The strongest risk factors for developing asthma are exposure to indoor allergens such as house dust mites in bedding, carpets and stuffed furniture; pollution and pet dander; outdoor allergens such as pollens and moulds; tobacco smoke and chemical irritants in the workplace. Read more

Others (tax, advertising, youth, pack warnings etc)    

Children to help make South Goa smoke-free
(Times Of India, Goa, India)
Children will be at the forefront of a campaign in South Goa district, which is aimed to make the area smoke-free, an official said Thursday. Read more
 Saif Ali Khan in an anti-smoking disclaimer
(Times Of India, New Delhi)
While standard anti-smoking disclaimers have been a part of our films for sometime, 'Go Goa Gone' will see Saif Ali Khan's audio-visual (AV) talking about the ill-effects of smoking. And a special line asking the viewers to respect Goa. We hear Saif had to appear in the AV, mainly because he had run into trouble with Goa government — over violation of the smoking act and defaming the state. Read more

Produced voluntarily by:

Network for Accountability of Tobacco Transnationals (NATT), CNS Tobacco Control Initiative of Vote For Health campaign (formerly Indian Society Against Smoking - ISAS), Asha Parivar, Abhinav Bharat Foundation (ABF)

CNS Daily Tobacco News Monitoring Report: 9 May 2013

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Activists condemn government decision of reducing vat on cigarettes, cigars

(Times Of India, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh)

The UP government's decision to reduce VAT on cigarettes and cigars from the existing 50% levels to 25% has invited the ire of health activists who term it as an act against the public health interest. Read more

Slashing tax on fags, cigars not in public interest

(The Pioneer, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh)

"Reduction in tax on cigarettes and Cigars is against public interest healthwise," said WHO Director General Awardee, Prof Ramakant at a media dialogue on Wednesday. Read more
Philip Morris International Inc. (PMI) Holds 2013 Annual Meeting of Shareholders

(Financial Post, New Delhi, India)

Philip Morris International Inc. (NYSE / Euronext Paris: PM) held its 2013 Annual Meeting of Shareholders today. Louis C. Camilleri, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, addressed shareholders and answered questions. André Calantzopoulos, Chief Operating Officer, gave the business presentation, focusing on PMI’s performance since its spin-off in March 2008, which has seen total shareholder return reach 135% through April 30, 2013. Read more
 

Industry Updates

 Philip Morris International Inc. (PMI) Holds 2013 Annual Meeting of Shareholders

(Financial Post, New Delhi, India)

Philip Morris International Inc. (NYSE / Euronext Paris: PM) held its 2013 Annual Meeting of Shareholders today. Louis C. Camilleri, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, addressed shareholders and answered questions. André Calantzopoulos, Chief Operating Officer, gave the business presentation, focusing on PMI’s performance since its spin-off in March 2008, which has seen total shareholder return reach 135% through April 30, 2013. Read more

Smoke free  

'Smoke-free' South Goa soon

(Times Of India, Margao, Goa)

The South Goa district task force committee on tobacco control has set May 31-No Tobacco Day; as the target to make South Goa 'smoke free' at public places. Read more

Tobacco and Health 

TN bans production, sales of tobacco

(Times Of India, Chennai, Tamil Nadu)

Tamil Nadu government on Wednesday decided to ban the production, stocking, distribution and sale of tobacco products such as gutka and pan masala in the state. Read moreTamil Nadu bans pan masala, gutka
(Zee News, Chennai, Tamil Nadu)
The Tamil Nadu government today banned production, possession, distribution and sale of tobacco products such as pan masala and gutka in the state. Read more
जनस्वास्थ्य के खिलाफ है सिगरेट पर टैक्स कटौती
(डेलि न्यूज़, लखनऊ, उत्तर प्रदेश)
उत्तर प्रदेश सरकार जन स्वास्थ्य के विरुद्ध जाकर सिगरेट और सिगार पर वैट कर को पचास प्रतिशत से घटाकर पच्चीस प्रतिशत करने का निर्णय लिया है। Read more

Others (tax, advertising, youth, pack warnings etc)    

Mumbai doctor gets US award for tobacco control efforts
(Indo Link, New Delhi, India)
An Indian doctor of Mumbai’s Tata Memorial Hospital has been awarded with the prestigious Judy Wilkenfeld Award for International Tobacco Control Excellence for his innovative efforts in reducing tobacco consumption in India.Dr Pankaj Chaturvedi, cancer surgeon, received the award by the ‘Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids’ at a function here. Read more
44 youths held in raid on hukkah bar in Mumbai
(India TV, Mumbai, Maharashtra)
In a late night raid, Mumbai Police on Wednesday night raided the Black Diamond hukkah bar being run behind a motorbike showroom Biketech at the dockyard and detained 44 youths. Read more
 जनस्वास्थ्य के खिलाफ है सिगरेट पर टैक्स कटौती
(स्वदेश चेतना, लखनऊ, उत्तर प्रदेश)
उत्तर प्रदेश सरकार जन स्वास्थ्य के विरुद्ध जाकर सिगरेट और सिगार पर वैट कर को पचास प्रतिशत से घटाकर पच्चीस प्रतिशत करने का निर्णय लिया है। Read more
 टैक्स कम होने से बढ़ेगा धूम्रपान 
(कैनविज़ टाइम्स, लखनऊ , उत्तर प्रदेश)
उत्तर प्रदेश सरकार जन स्वास्थ्य के विपरीत जाकर सिगरेट और सिगार पर वैट कर को पचास प्रतिशत से घटाकर पच्चीस प्रतिशत करने का निर्णय लिया है। Read more

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Network for Accountability of Tobacco Transnationals (NATT), CNS Tobacco Control Initiative of Vote For Health campaign (formerly Indian Society Against Smoking - ISAS), Asha Parivar, Abhinav Bharat Foundation (ABF)

जनस्वास्थ्य के खिलाफ है सिगरेट पर टैक्स कटौती

डेलि न्यूज़, लखनऊ, उत्तर प्रदेश
उत्तर प्रदेश सरकार जन स्वास्थ्य के विरुद्ध जाकर सिगरेट और सिगार पर वैट कर को पचास प्रतिशत से घटाकर पच्चीस प्रतिशत करने का निर्णय लिया है। डबल्यूएचओ के अनुसार तंबाकू कर में व्रद्धि तंबाकू का सेवन रोकने व उसका सेवन कर आढ़े लोगों को छोड़ने में मदद करना का एक प्रभावशाली तरीका था।

जनस्वास्थ्य के खिलाफ है सिगरेट पर टैक्स कटौती

स्वदेश चेतना, लखनऊ, उत्तर प्रदेश
उत्तर प्रदेश सरकार जन स्वास्थ्य के विरुद्ध जाकर सिगरेट और सिगार पर वैट कर को पचास प्रतिशत से घटाकर पच्चीस प्रतिशत करने का निर्णय लिया है। डबल्यूएचओ के अनुसार तंबाकू कर में व्रद्धि तंबाकू का सेवन रोकने व उसका सेवन कर आढ़े लोगों को छोड़ने में मदद करना का एक प्रभावशाली तरीका था।

टैक्स कम होने से बढ़ेगा धूम्रपान

कैनविज़ टाइम्स, लखनऊ , उत्तर प्रदेश
उत्तर प्रदेश सरकार जन स्वास्थ्य के विपरीत जाकर सिगरेट और सिगार पर वैट कर को पचास प्रतिशत से घटाकर पच्चीस प्रतिशत करने का निर्णय लिया है। डबल्यूएचओ के अनुसार तंबाकू कर में व्रद्धि तंबाकू का सेवन रोकने व उसका सेवन कर आढ़े लोगों को छोड़ने में मदद करना का एक प्रभावशाली तरीका था।

जनस्वास्थ्य के खिलाफ है सिगरेट पर टैक्स कटौती

यूनाइटेड भारत, लखनऊ, उत्तर प्रदेश
उत्तर प्रदेश सरकार जन स्वास्थ्य के विरुद्ध जाकर सिगरेट और सिगार पर वैट कर को पचास प्रतिशत से घटाकर पच्चीस प्रतिशत करने का निर्णय लिया है। डबल्यूएचओ के अनुसार तंबाकू कर में व्रद्धि तंबाकू का सेवन रोकने व उसका सेवन कर आढ़े लोगों को छोड़ने में मदद करना का एक प्रभावशाली तरीका था।

Slashing tax on fags, cigars not in public interest

The Pioneer, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh
"Reduction in tax on cigarettes and Cigars is against public interest healthwise," said WHO Director General Awardee, Prof Ramakant at a media dialogue on Wednesday. Prof Ramakant said that the decision of the UP government to reduce VAT on Cigarette and cigars from the existing 50 percent to 25 percent was against public interest health wise.

Workshop organized at DPS, Indira Nagar

Times Of India, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh
With the aim of further strengthening social responsibilities among youth, the ' Vote for Health' is organizing a free summer camp on Rights and Responsibilities. It will start on May 17, 2013 till May 31,2013. A workshop was organized at DPS, Indira Nagar on May 6, 2013 for classes XI and XII to this effect.

CNS Daily Tobacco News Monitoring Report: 08 May 2013

Not-to-miss Tobacco News Today!  

UP state government slashes VAT on cigarettes and cigars

(Times Of India, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh)

Focusing on how to make it a tad cheaper to live and work in UP, the state cabinet on Tuesday revised the tax rates applicable across several products and services. In a major relief for smokers, UP government, which had in July 2012 attempted to restrict the use of tobacco products by increasing VAT from 17.5% to 50%, buckled under the pressure mounted by the tobacco lobby and axed the VAT rates by half again. Read more

29 states have banned gutkha: Govt

(India Blooms News, New Delhi, India)

Ghulam Nabi Azad giving this information in a written reply to a question in the Rajya Sabha Tuesday said, "The Food Safety and Standards (Prohibition and Restrictions on Sales) Regulations, 2011 dated 1st August 2011, issued under the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006, lays down that food product should not contain any substance which is injurious to health and that tobacco or nicotine shall not be used as ingredients in any food products." Read more  
तंबाखू मुक्ति के लिए छात्र एकजुट 
(अमर उजाला, लखनऊ, उत्तर प्रदेश)

दिल्ली पब्लिक स्कूल, इन्दिरा नगर शाखा में सोमवार को एक कार्यशाला का आयोजन किया गया। Read more

तंबाखू जानलेवा है इससे बचें: रमाकांत

(वॉइस ऑफ मूवमेंट, लखनऊ, उत्तर प्रदेश)

अधिकांश बच्चे 18 वर्ष कि कम आयु में तंबखू सेवन आरंभ कर देते हैं। Read more
 

Industry Updates

Saradha: uncertainty over cigarette tax collection

(Business Standard, New Delhi, India)

Even as thousands of investors affected in the Saradha scam are queuing at the commission office for compensation from the relief fund announced by the Mamata Banerjee, uncertainty is looming large on the Rs 150 crore to be generated from cigarette tax collection. Read more  

ITC may not qualify for Kolkata LTU facility

(Zee News, Kolkata, West Bengal)

Cigarette to diversified conglomerate, ITC Ltd, may not qualify for entry into the proposed Large Taxpayers Unit (LTU) here for association with tobacco. Read more

Smoke free  

तंबाखू मुक्ति के लिए छात्र एकजुट
(अमर उजाला, लखनऊ, उत्तर प्रदेश)
दिल्ली पब्लिक स्कूल, इन्दिरा नगर शाखा में सोमवार को एक कार्यशाला का आयोजन किया गया। Read more
 

Tobacco and Health 

Teen smokers can get addicted to marijuana
(Times Of India, New Delhi, India)
New research presented May 5, at the Pediatric Academic Societies (PAS) annual meeting here supports the theory that cigarettes are a gateway drug to marijuana. Read more

तंबाखू जानलेवा है इससे बचें: रमाकांत

(वॉइस ऑफ मूवमेंट, लखनऊ, उत्तर प्रदेश)

अधिकांश बच्चे 18 वर्ष कि कम आयु में तंबखू सेवन आरंभ कर देते हैं। Read more

Others (tax, advertising, youth, pack warnings etc)    

Teen smokers can get addicted to marijuana
(Times Of India, New Delhi, India)
New research presented May 5, at the Pediatric Academic Societies (PAS) annual meeting here supports the theory that cigarettes are a gateway drug to marijuana. Read more
UP slashes VAT on cigarettes 
(Sahara Samay, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh)
The schedule four is for the non- VAT goods category and it empowers government to increase/decrease the rate of tax higher than the uniform tax imposed on other products falling under VAT goods category. Read more
Vapor Cigarette Brands Marketed as Smoking Cessation Tool Reports DigitalSmoke.org
(SB Wire, New Delhi, India)
As per reviews, it is incurred that the different brands of vapor cigarettes are commercializing as a smoking alternative to traditional tobacco smoking. According to recent data, in the year 2011, almost 20 percent of the users have switched towards electronic cigarettes from 11 percent in the year 2010. Read more
Cigarette VAT cut
(The Telegraph, Kolkata, West Bengal)
The decision was taken at the cabinet meeting chaired by chief minister Akhilesh Yadav. Cigarettes have been put under schedule four of the UP VAT Act, 2008 that empowers the government to increase/decrease the rate of tax higher than the uniform tax imposed on VAT goods. Read more
तंबाखू का सेवन न करें युवा: डॉ रमाकांत 
(केनविज़ टाइम्स, लखनऊ, उत्तर प्रदेश) 
अधिकांश बच्चे 18 वर्ष कि कम आयु में तंबखू सेवन आरंभ कर देते हैं। Read more

Produced voluntarily by:

Network for Accountability of Tobacco Transnationals (NATT), CNS Tobacco Control Initiative of Vote For Health campaign (formerly Indian Society Against Smoking - ISAS), Asha Parivar, Abhinav Bharat Foundation (ABF)