October 2010

  Leading health organisations have expressed alarm at how the internet is being used to promote smoking. Tobacco companies deny using the online world to market their brands, but there is mounting concern that social networking sites are glamorising smoking, especially among young people. British American Tobacco (BAT) has been forced to conduct a damage [...]

Plain packaging of tobacco may discourage teenagers from smoking, says new research presented at an international conference in Sydney. Preliminary findings from focus group interviews with 14-15 year-olds in Auckland, New Zealand, show that plain packs: – increase attention to the graphic warnings; – increase overall perceptions of smoking harm; and – reduce the social [...]

In a letter to Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar, the Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare, Dinesh Trivedi has asked for the Ministries to come together and draw up a long term plan to find an alternative crop to tobacco. Mr Trivedi said, “Involvement of different sectors of the government is required so that [...]

According to the Daily Mail, the government is planning to stand by the regulations which will prohibit the display of tobacco in shops. National Federation of Retail Newsagents has said the government plans to reverse its position despite the EU recently saying any ban would have a ‘substantial economic impact on tobacco retailers’. Source: Mail [...]