Moscow to ban smoking in restaurants by 2014
May 5th, 2012 - 7:22 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, May 5 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Moscow authorities have plans to ban smoking in restaurants and pubs by 2014, besides raising penalties for drinking alcohol in public places.A draft plan published ... Read more...
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Shanghai curbs smoking (Lead)
March 6th, 2012 - 3:54 pm ICT by IANS
Shanghai, March 6 (IANS) China's Shanghai city is exploring more effective ways to control smoking in internet bars and entertainment venues that don't comply with the ban on smoking ... Read more...
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Chandy urges PM to ban tobacco products
June 23rd, 2011 - 9:29 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, June 23 (IANS) Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy Thursday wrote to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh urging a total ban on all tobacco products."The use of cigarettes and beedis ... Read more...
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Delhi fines 21,600 public smokers in 15 months
April 30th, 2011 - 5:20 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 30 (IANS) Despite the ban on smoking in public places, people continue breaking the law and as many as 21,600 violators were fined in the national capital ... Read more...
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Students smoke as Delhi completes two-year ban
October 1st, 2010 - 10:00 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 1 (IANS) A 16-year-old boy standing outside his school in Delhi puffs on a cigarette and tries to make smoke rings with a group of his friends Friday, a ... Read more...
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School kids taking to smoking, chewing gutka: NGO
September 30th, 2010 - 11:53 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 30 (IANS) In a worrying trend, more students in the age group 10-14 are taking to smoking and girls are increasingly getting hooked to the habit, said an NGO ... Read more...
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Bacteria to fight stench at Germany’s Oktoberfest
September 11th, 2010 - 5:33 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, Sep 11 (ANI): Germany's Oktoberfest organisers will use microscopic bacteria to get rid of the smelly odours during the mega-drinking and eating event.In the wake of the recent ban on smoking ... Read more...
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Smoking ban shows results in Turkey
July 17th, 2010 - 7:47 am ICT by IANS
Istanbul, July 17 (IANS) A ban on smoking in public places in Turkey has shown great results, after the nation's largest city Istanbul reported a 20 percent drop in the number of ... Read more...
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Tobacco Laws And Their Implementation - The Horror of Reality
May 12th, 2010 - 12:40 am ICT by admin
Shobha Shukla – CNSAre the tobacco control laws, as envisaged in the COTPA (Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products Act 2003) and the Ban on Smoking in Public Places being enforced and followed ... Read more...
Tintin told off by Turkish TV regulators - for smoking
February 17th, 2010 - 3:23 pm ICT by IANS
Istanbul, Feb 17 (DPA) Fictional boy detective Tintin has fallen foul of Turkish television watchdogs because characters in the beloved Belgian cartoons are sometimes portrayed smoking, newspaper reports said Wednesday.
Turkey's Supreme Board ... Read more...
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Ban surrogate cigarette ads, Ramadoss urges Tamil Nadu
January 30th, 2010 - 10:53 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Jan 30 (IANS) Former union health minister Anbumani Ramadoss Saturday urged the Tamil Nadu government to ban all surrogate cigarette advertisements and implement the law banning smoking in public places ... Read more...
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Now ticket examiners, railway force can act against smokers
November 6th, 2009 - 8:37 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 6 (IANS) Smokers beware! Ticket examiners and Railway Protection Force (RPF) assistant sub-inspectors have been authorised to take action against those found smoking in trains and on railway ... Read more...
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Over 60 percent Indian restaurants flout no-smoking law: study
October 29th, 2009 - 9:42 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 29 (IANS) Over 60 percent of bars-cum-restaurants across the country have been found to be openly flouting the ban on smoking in public places, a year after the law ... Read more...
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Smoking ban in UK leads to fall in heart attacks
September 14th, 2009 - 12:07 pm ICT by ANI
London, Sep 14 (ANI): The ban on smoking in public places in Britain has reaped great results, as it has led to a huge fall in the number of heart attacks, according ... Read more...
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Pakistan imposes complete ban on smoking in public places
July 27th, 2009 - 12:59 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, July 27 (ANI): The Pakistan Government has withdrawn the Statutory Rules and Orders (SRO) on designated smoking areas, imposing a complete ban on smoking at all public places to protect non-smokers ... Read more...
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No smoking non-starter in Uttar Pradesh
June 2nd, 2009 - 3:45 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, June 2 (IANS) The much-hyped anti-tobacco campaign of the government remains a non-starter in Uttar Pradesh - be it the ban on smoking in public places or the more recently introduced ... Read more...
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Strictly enforce smoke-free policies! Quit tobacco before it’s too late
May 30th, 2009 - 5:22 pm ICT by admin
There was a growing consensus to strictly enforce smoke-free policies at the public symposium organized by the department of Surgery, Chhatrapati Shahuji Maharaj Medical University to mark the World No ... Read more...
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Trend to bar smokers from employment needs revision, say US experts
January 22nd, 2009 - 5:50 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Jan 22 (ANI): US experts have called for the re-evaluation of some workplace policies, which are barring employment to smokers.The trend for employers, especially in the US, to bar smokers ... Read more...
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Students in Mumbai organise anti-tobacco campaign
January 11th, 2009 - 6:25 pm ICT by ANI
Mumbai, Jan 11 (ANI): Students of a Management Studies College here on Sunday organised a campaign called ''Pratigya'' to support the government''s ban on smoking in public places.
Carrying banners and placards ... Read more...
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Salman, Ajay Devgan fined five times for smoking in public
January 10th, 2009 - 3:51 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Jan 10 (IANS) Bollywood stars Salman Khan and Ajay Devgan have been figuring in the news for all the wrong reasons by consistently breaking the no-smoking law in the first smoke-free ... Read more...
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After months of smoking ban, Chhattisgarh yet to file a case
December 28th, 2008 - 12:48 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, Dec 28 (IANS) Chhattisgarh police, yet to register a maiden case against a smoker even after three months of ban on smoking in public places, say they have more serious jobs ... Read more...
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UK may ban cigarettes display to discourage young smokers
December 9th, 2008 - 2:35 pm ICT by IANS
London, Dec 9 (IANS) Can't see, won't smoke. That is the British government's logic behind a proposal to ban display of cigarette packets in stores to discourage children from taking to smoking.The ... Read more...
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A cigar shape motorbike to discourage smoking
October 26th, 2008 - 4:47 pm ICT by ANI
By Narendra
Hyderabad, Oct 26 (ANI): An environmental activist in Hyderabad has come out with a novel idea to support a ban on smoking in public places. He has prepared a motorbike ... Read more...
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Anti-smoking ban: more awareness but habits die hard
October 19th, 2008 - 10:50 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 19 (IANS) This might come as a surprise. As a Delhi government anti-smoking squad checked out Nehru Place, a business hub crowded with offices and shops, only 15-odd people ... Read more...
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Tobacco, liquor habits detail must for death certificate
October 13th, 2008 - 9:44 pm ICT by ANI
Madurai, Oct 13 (ANI): The Union Health Ministry after enforcing ban on smoking in public places, has directed health officials in states to seek details about the tobacco and drinking habits ... Read more...
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Smoking ban wafts offshore to Goa casinos
October 4th, 2008 - 3:15 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Oct 4 (IANS) Offshore Goa casinos, where punters love to push their luck, will not be spared from the ban on smoking in public places, an official said. Shekhar Salkar, Goa ... Read more...
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Smoking ban on, but implementing squads off on Gandhi Jayanti
October 2nd, 2008 - 5:02 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 2 (IANS) The government may have chosen Gandhi Jayanti as the most appropriate occasion to bring in its ban on smoking in public places but the day held an ... Read more...
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Smoking banned from today
October 2nd, 2008 - 1:10 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Oct 2 (ANI): The ban on smoking in public places came into force from today, coinciding with the birth anniversary of Father of the Nation Mahatma Gandhi.
''Public places'' include ... Read more...
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India gears up to implement stringent smoking curbs
October 1st, 2008 - 12:50 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 1 (IANS) Hotels, restaurants, airports, railway stations, offices, shops and factories Wednesday prepared to enforce a smoking ban in public across India in a major effort to curb tobacco ... Read more...
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Ramadoss launches campaign on passive smoking
September 30th, 2008 - 6:25 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 30 (IANS) Indian Health Minister Anbumani Ramadoss Tuesday launched a media campaign against passive smoking as part of efforts to increase awareness about rules banning smoking in public nationwide ... Read more...
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Supreme Court refuses to stay implementation of smoke-free rules
September 29th, 2008 - 9:47 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Sept.29 (ANI): The Supreme Court of India on Monday refused to stay the implementation of the 2008 rules banning smoking in public places across India.
It went further gone ... Read more...
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Smoking ban: Supreme Court says no to interim stay (Lead)
September 29th, 2008 - 9:18 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 29 (IANS) The Supreme Court Monday endorsed, at least till the next hearing in November, a country-wide ban on smoking in public places from Oct 2, dismissing arguments that ... Read more...
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Supreme Court clears way for ban on smoking in public
September 29th, 2008 - 7:45 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 29 (IANS) The Supreme Court Monday paved the way for a countrywide ban on smoking in public places from Oct 2, rejecting apprehensions that the health ministry's move would ... Read more...
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Government seeks court’s help over smoking ban
September 26th, 2008 - 9:52 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 26 (IANS) The Supreme Court Friday heard a plea by the central government, seeking its help to ban smoking in public places from Oct 2.A bench of Chief Justice ... Read more...
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Andhra Pradesh should gear up to enforce tobacco control policies
September 20th, 2008 - 5:01 pm ICT by admin
By Bobby RamakantThankfully, the commitment of Andhra Pradesh state-capital's Medical and Health Officer Ms Jaya Kumari to enforce smoke-free policies and that of Union Health and Family Welfare Minister Dr Anbumani Ramadoss ... Read more...
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