‘Blatant violation of anti-tobacco law in ‘Heroine’ promos’
July 25th, 2012 - 7:45 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 25 (IANS) The newspaper advertisements of Madhur Bhandarkar's upcoming movie "Heroine", that features lead actress Kareena Kapoor with a cigarette on movie sets, have drawn flak ... Read more...
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Goa to ban smoking on its beaches next season
July 14th, 2012 - 4:03 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, July 14 (IANS) In a bid to make Goa's coastline tobacco free, the tourism department is mulling a ban on its use on beaches from Octtober, an official said ... Read more...
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Tobacco ads everywhere, why isolate Metro: DMRC
June 6th, 2012 - 4:02 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 6 (IANS) Reacting to a letter by an anti-tobacco advocacy group on display of tobacco advertisements at various Metro stations in the capital, the Delhi Metro Rail ... Read more...
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Remove tobacco ads from Metro: NGO tells DMRC
June 1st, 2012 - 4:25 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 1 (IANS) An anti-tobacco advocacy group, raising concern over display of tobacco product advertisements in Delhi Metro, has asked the DMRC chief to take them off."Indirect/surrogate advertisements ... Read more...
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”Jannat 2′ ad showing Emraan smoking unlawful’
May 3rd, 2012 - 8:04 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 3 (IANS) Newspaper advertisements of the film "Jannat 2" showing actor Emraan Hashmi smoking a cigarette violated anti-tobacco laws, an NGO said Thursday pointing to the ... Read more...
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30 Bangalore school kids caught smoking ‘hookah’ in club
March 5th, 2012 - 11:53 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, March 5 (IANS) In a surprise raid on a snooker club in the heart of Bangalore, a team of civic body officials Monday caught about 30 students of a ... Read more...
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Central government schools to become tobacco free
February 28th, 2012 - 10:38 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 28 (IANS) All Kendriya Vidyalayas (KVs) across India have been directed to ensure they are tobacco-free to prevent youth access to tobacco, officials said Tuesday.The Kendriya Vidyalya ... Read more...
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Mumbai seeks tobacco-free Ganesh puja
August 9th, 2011 - 8:46 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Aug 9 (IANS) The city's Ganesh puja organisers will have to ensure that no one smokes or consumes tobacco inside their marquees during the 10-day festival this year, officials ... 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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Complaint against Gilani’s pilots for smoking in public
March 31st, 2011 - 1:56 am ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, March 31 (IANS) A police complaint was filed Wednesday against the pilots of Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani's special aircraft for smoking in public.In his complaint, city-based ... Read more...
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New pictorial warnings on tobacco products in effect
December 2nd, 2010 - 12:53 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 1(IANS) Tobacco products in the country must carry a new set of pictorial warnings depicting a cancer-stricken mouth from Dec 1, a notification by the ministry of health ... Read more...
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Mizoram forms anti-tobacco squads for smoke-free state
July 18th, 2010 - 4:52 pm ICT by IANS
Aizawl, July 18 (IANS) The Mizoram government is forming Anti-Tobacco Squads (ATS) in all eight districts of the state to ensure that the ban on smoking in public areas is strictly enforced, ... Read more...
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Outrage against delay in pictorial warnings on tobacco products in India
June 29th, 2010 - 3:11 pm ICT by admin
By Citizen News Service (CNS)In a detractive decision of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW), Government of India (GOI), the implementation of new pictorial health warnings has been deferred to ... Read more...
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NGO catches Ajay Devgn smoking in public (With Images)
May 19th, 2010 - 11:44 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, May 19 (IANS) A tobacco watchdog organisation Wednesday asked the health authorities to fine Bollywood actor Ajay Devgn for smoking in public while on the sets of his film "Golmaal ... 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...
No smoking at IFFI venue, film stars told
November 30th, 2009 - 7:55 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Nov 30 (IANS) The National Organisation for Tobacco Eradication (NOTE) has taken objection to film stars smoking at the ongoing 40th International Film Festival of India (IFFI) venue here.
"Rajat Kapoor, ... Read more...
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Pictorial health warnings on tobacco products from 30th May 2009
April 17th, 2009 - 12:55 pm ICT by admin
By Bobby RamakantThe long pending pictorial or graphic health warnings on all tobacco products in India shall finally be impelmented from 30 May 2009. This is in line with the Cigarette and ... 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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Devgun, Salman named for smoking at public place
January 7th, 2009 - 9:34 pm ICT by IANS
Mohali (Punjab), Jan 7 (IANS) A Chandigarh-based voluntary organisation Wednesday filed a complaint against Bollywood actors Salman Khan and Ajay Devgun for allegedly smoking at a public place.According to the complaint, the ... Read more...
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