ITC, India's largest cigarette maker, reported a better-than-expected 26 per cent rise in quarterly profit as higher prices and strong results at its food and agricultural business protected margins f

There are smoke-free bars, smoke-free parks, even smoke-free college campuses. But a smoke-free country?

New Zealand's government on Thursday squeezed smokers more than ever by announcing a 40 percen

Amid a raging controversy over the alleged use of English footballer John Terry's blurred picture as pictorial warnings on cigarette packets leading to threats of legal action by him, the Government h

This time, when the Directorate of Advertising and Visual Publicity (DAVP) chooses the new set of pictorial warnings for tobacco products they will have to be extra careful.

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A US judge on Monday blocked the government's attempt to place graphic warning labels on cigarette packs, saying big tobacco was likely to succeed in arguing it was a violation of free speech.

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The world's toughest laws on tobacco promotion moved a step closer on Thursday with Australia saying all cigarette packets will need to be plastered with graphic health warnings and a bland olive-gree