tobacco

A woman smokes a beedi or local cigarette hand-rolled with tobacco leaf on a roadside in New Delhi

Tobacco Industry Subverting Anti-Smoking Campaigns: WHO

Stephanie Nebehay 20/07/2017

The industry's interests are in "irreconcilable conflict with the...

A man smokes next to a cigarette advertisement hung on a tree at a marketplace in New Delhi, India, May 3, 2017. Credit: Reuters/Adnan Abidi

Health Officials Fume as Philip Morris Takes Aim at Young People in India

Aditya Kalra, Paritosh Bansal, Duff Wilson and Tom Lasseter 18/07/2017

Despite Indian regulations forbidding the advertisement of tobacco products,...

The government of India, through five state-run insurance companies and Specified Undertaking of Unit Trust of India, owns a 32% stake in ITC. Credit: Reuters

LIC Thinks PIL Against Its Investments in Tobacco and ITC Is Frivolous

Anoo Bhuyan 26/06/2017

The public interest litigation seeks the divestment of 32%...

Credit: Wikimedia

How the Use of Tobacco Affects the Environment

Pankaj Chaturvedi 23/06/2017

Tobacco cultivation and the curing process contributes towards deforestation,...

An old man smoking a bidi at a bricks factory. Credit: nevilzaveri/Flickr, CC BY 2.0

What’s in a Pack? Sickness, Death and the Power of a Lethal Lobby

Jayna Kothari 31/05/2016

The tobacco industry and its political backers have delayed...

Marlboro cigarettes. Credit: Wikimedia Commons

Why Increasing the Size of Warnings on Tobacco Products Is a Step in the Right Direction

Sohini Chatterjee 19/04/2016

Gentle nudges are a better way of limiting tobacco...

As tobacco companies shut shop, the Government stands firm for now on its new warning policy. Credit: Ava Randa

Government, Tobacco Companies Engage in Staring Contest Over New Pictorial Warning Rule

"Whatever needs to be done to curb tobacco consumption...