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(Source: Hindustan Times, New Delhi, Delhi)
Virginia House on Chowringhee Road in Kolkata, this is the corporate headquarters of India’s top-selling cigarette company, ITC, once upon a time known as the Imperial Tobacco Company. Read more
2- Tobacco control steps show progress in state
(Source: The Times of India, Patna, Bihar)
2011 was a year of progressive developments in tobacco control in Bihar with several initiatives being taken to check the rising tobacco consuming populace of the state. Read more
3- Govt confused over Bollywood smoking
(Source: The Asian Age, Kolkata, West Bengal)
To allow or not to allow smoking in films? The government appears confused. After the heavy smoking scenes by Shah Rukh Khan in Don-2, the information and broadcasting ministry had asked the health ministry to seek the law ministry’s opinion. Read more
Industry updates
(Source: Hindustan Times, New Delhi, Delhi)
Virginia House on Chowringhee Road in Kolkata, this is the corporate headquarters of India’s top-selling cigarette company, ITC, once upon a time known as the Imperial Tobacco Company. Read more
2- ITC raises Gold Flake Kings price to Rs. 110 from Rs. 96 :report
(Source: IIFL, New Delhi, Delhi)
ITC has reportedly raised the price of its regular-size filter segment cigarette brand Gold Flake Kings (GFK) by 14.58 per cent to Rs. 110 from Rs. 96 for a pack of 20 sticks. Read more
Smoke free
(Source: The Times of India, Patna, Bihar)
2011 was a year of progressive developments in tobacco control in Bihar with several initiatives being taken to check the rising tobacco consuming populace of the state. Read more
2- Hookas, tobacco seized at Makai Point
(Source: Greater Kashmir, Srinagar, Jammu & Kashmir)
Officials Tuesday seized some Hookahs and packets of tobacco from Makai Point Park Brein, where many youth and minors were allegedly caught smoking. Read more
3- PU yet to become a smoke-free campus
(Source: The Times of India, Patna, Bihar)
Will Patna University (PU) be ever able to ban smoking and use of tobacco products on its campus? As the things stand today, it seems a difficult proposition. Read more
4- ‘What’s life without hookah?’
(Source: The Times of India, Gurgaon, Haryana)
The ban on hookah is a major disappointment for school and college students catching up with their friends at cafeterias and restaurants. Read more
5- Govt confused over Bollywood smoking
(Source: The Asian Age, Kolkata, West Bengal)
To allow or not to allow smoking in films? The government appears confused. After the heavy smoking scenes by Shah Rukh Khan in Don-2, the information and broadcasting ministry had asked the health ministry to seek the law ministry’s opinion. Read more
6- City may be declared ‘smoke-free' in April
(Source: The Hindu, Chennai, Tamil Nadu)
Come April, the city may be declared ‘smoke-free'. The Smoke Free Chennai Project officials say that the city has near compliance with the rules stipulated by the World Health Organisation. Read more
7- Cops among 42 fined for smoking at public places
(Source: The Tribune, Srinagar, Jammu & Kashmir)
An anti-tobacco squad today fined 42 persons, including three policemen, for smoking at public places across the Kashmir valley, an official said here. Read more
8- Only 102 violators challaned in 2011
(Source: The Tribune, Ludhiana, Punjab)
Though the Anti-Tobacco Act, 2008, was implemented three years ago, still one can be seen violating the law with impunity in the city, where only 102 challans were issued in 2011. Read more
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(Source: Sky News, New Delhi, Delhi)
John Terry's representatives are taking legal advice after an image resembling the England captain appeared on cigarette packets in India. Read more
2- Terry to sue over photo in Indian anti-smoking ad
(Source: IBN Live, Noida, Uttar Pradesh)
Chelsea and England captain John Terry is set to sue an Indian government agency after his picture was used for anti-smoking pictorial warnings printed on cigarette packets in India. Read more
3- Terry mulls legal action over Indian cigarette packets
(Source: The Times of India, New Delhi, Delhi)
England captain John Terry is considering taking legal action over the apparent use of his image on cigarette packets in India. Read more
4- भारत में सिगरेट पैकेटों पर टेरी की तस्वीर की रिपोर्ट
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