New Delhi: On World No Tobacco Day, CNN-IBN has accessed an RTI query that shows that government run firms have invested in companies like ITC and VST that depend majorly on tobacco for profits. This is in violation of an international treaty India signed in 2004. Anti-tobacco groups are questioning the nexus between the government and tobacco majors. The documents show that the government-owned Life Insurance Corporation of India has...
07:10 PM, May 31, 2012
New Delhi: It's world no tobacco day and CNN-IBN has accessed an RTI query that shows government-run firms have invested in companies like ITC and VST that depend primarily on tobacco for profits. This is in violation of an international treaty India signed in 2004. Anti-tobacco groups are questioning the nexus between government and tobacco majors. The documents shows that government owned Life Insurance Corporation of India has invested in...
06:40 PM, May 31, 2012
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Hyderabad: Sustained efforts of the members of a village in Andhra Pradesh have paid off as the place would be declared tobacco-free on May 31, the sources said. The announcement would be made on May 31, which is celebrated as the World No Tobacco Day. Pongalipaka, a village with a population of 1,632 people, located in Madugula mandal and about 48 km from Hyderabad, will be declared a tobacco free...
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New Delhi: New, stronger pictorial warnings will finally appear on tobacco products this December but cigarette packs won't have the harsher warning that Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad himself had publicised in March 2010. Those will only go on chewable tobacco products. Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad said, "Of 35 per cent of Indian adults, only 9 per cent are using tobacco and beedi. Whereas 26 per cent are using...
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