Not-to-miss Tobacco News Today!
1- Law Min nod to ban FDI in wholesale tobacco trade(Business Standard, Mumbai, Maharashtra)
The law ministry has said it favours the commerce ministry’s move to ban foreign direct investment (FDI) in wholesale trading in tobacco. Read more
2- BEST shuns tobacco but plugs ads
(The Times of India, Mumbai, Maharashtra)
Do not be surprised if you spot a BEST bus with an anti-tobacco message and another one advertising pan masala or khaini. While buses continue to advertise tobacco products, the BEST has joined hands with Tata Memorial Hospital and launched a campaign wherein anti-tobacco messages will be put up on panels of 200 buses. Read more
Industry update
1- Law Min nod to ban FDI in wholesale tobacco trade(Business Standard, Mumbai, Maharashtra)
The law ministry has said it favours the commerce ministry’s move to ban foreign direct investment (FDI) in wholesale trading in tobacco. Read more
Smoke free
1-The BEST initiative to make city tobacco-free(The Indian Express, Mumbai, Maharashtra)
Continuing its efforts to make the state tobacco-free, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) collaborated with the BEST on Wednesday to flag off buses from Colaba depot bearing anti-tobacco slogans. Read more
2- City hookah lounge under health dept lens
(The Times of India, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh)
In a first of its kind action in the city, the health department searched a hookah lounge in Bittan Market area in the city on Wednesday and took samples from them. The samples contained tobacco content, according to health officials. Read more
Tobacco and health
1- Centre must discourage smoking more forcefully: Amartya Sen (The Hindu, Kolkata, West Bengal)
Asserting his faith in the freedom of personal liberties, Nobel Laureate Amartya Sen on Monday called for “a more forceful discouragement” of smoking by the government, pointing out that the State did bear the cost of the diseases that resulted from the habit. Read more
2- Smoking Tobacco Has a Negative Effect on Physical Fitness
(Yahoo Sport News,India)
It is common knowledge that tobacco and smoking cigarettes is not good for the body. In addition to not being healthy, tobacco can interfere with physical activity. Read more
Others (Pictorial warnings, Tax and price, Tobacco advertisement, etc)
1- Warning: smoking could turn you into John Terry(The Telegraph, New Delhi/Kolkata)
Much confusion in India, where health officials are trying to work out how on earth a picture of John Terry ended up on packets of Gold Flake Honeydew Smooth cigarettes. Read more
2- Terry's fans condemn cigarette image
(The Indian Express, New Delhi, Delhi)
Fans of England soccer captain John Terry in India have condemned the use of his image, without his permission, by a tobacco company for its product. Read more
3- BEST shuns tobacco but plugs ads
(The Times of India, Mumbai, Maharashtra)
Do not be surprised if you spot a BEST bus with an anti-tobacco message and another one advertising pan masala or khaini. While buses continue to advertise tobacco products, the BEST has joined hands with Tata Memorial Hospital and launched a campaign wherein anti-tobacco messages will be put up on panels of 200 buses. Read more
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