Cigarettes
India's $10 Billion Cigarette Market in Trouble After Mandatory 85 Percent Pictorial Warning
| S Satapathy | | Apr 01, 2016 02:42 PM EDT |
India's Health Ministry's September 2015 notification about the implementation of the Cigarettes and other Tobacco Products (Packaging and Labelling) Amendment Rules, 2014 came into force on 1 April, 2016. The law calls for larger pictorial warnings on tobacco products.
NPC Session: Chinese Lawmakers Hide Cigarettes And Alcohol Amid Clampdown On Extravagance
| Arlene Lim | | Mar 06, 2015 01:39 AM EST |
Organizers of the National People's Congress (NPC) have added a new feature this year's event to expose lawmakers who will violate Chinese President Xi Jinping's guidelines for official conduct, including a ban on smoking and alcohol.
NY Sues UPS Over Smuggled Cigarette Shipments
| Geann Pineda | | Feb 19, 2015 10:29 AM EST |
The state of New York has sued United Parcel Service (UPS) for illegally shipping 700,000 untaxed cartons of cigarettes into New York between 2010 and 2014.
China National Tobacco Corp. Makes More Cigarettes Than The Next Five Largest Tobacco Companies In The World Combined
| Dan Weisman | | Dec 13, 2014 10:58 PM EST |
China has a major health crisis with 365 million smokers, but one state-run Chinese company doesn't mind that number at all. The China National Tobacco Corp. has a monopoly in the China market enabling it to produce more than one-third of the world's cigarettes including more than 40 percent of all tobacco sold worldwide.
Smoke One Cigarette, Shorten Your Life By 14 Minutes
| David Perry | | Oct 13, 2014 12:16 PM EDT |
Drug addiction website Treatment4Addiction.com calculates that a single cigarette can shorten your life by almost 14 minutes.
Higher Cigarette Taxes May Mean Lower Suicide Rates
| Nikki Alfonso | | Jul 20, 2014 04:42 AM EDT |
A new study by Washington University suggests that the chemicals in cigarettes may increase the risk of suicide. Therefore, with high cigarette taxes discouraging people from purchasing tobacco, suicide rates may decrease.
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