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Jharkhand to get WHO award for tobacco control

National Tobacco Control Programme was launched in Jharkhand in 2012 when the tobacco prevalence rate in the State was 51.1 per cent

The Hindu

Rajasthan hopes 2 crore people will quit tobacco this year

JAIPUR: To mark World Tobacco Day on May 31, the health department is preparing to launch a massive campaign to encourage people to take a pledge not to consume tobacco. In 2019, Rajasthan had set a record in which over 1.13-crore people had taken a pledge not to consume tobacco.…

The Times of India

About a third cut smoking for Covid fear, as many took it up

MUMBAI: The Covid-19 pandemic and the lockdown affected smokers in a diverse manner. While nearly a third of smokers interviewed for a national survey said they either cut down smoking or thought of quitting, fearing Covid-19 would severely affect them, another one-third increased smoking due to "loneliness" and "boredom" brought…

The Times of India

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Tamil Nadu: Tobacco use not just health hazard, an eco burden too

CHENNAI: Lectures, walkathons and survey releases will happen over the weekend across the city for World No Tobacco Day (May 31). But messages echoing from everywhere are the same – TN, like every other state, should bring down the use of tobacco to reduce health and environmental hazards.

The Times of India

How old Imperial Tobacco factory in Nottingham is being transformed into 426,000 sq ft business park

Factory opened in 1970s and at its peak employed more than 7,000 people and produced billions of cigarettes a year

Birmingham Post

Work begins on site of old Imperial Tobacco factory after 'years of uncertainty'

A £50m deal has been secured

Nottingham Post

State ballot initiatives on health focus on abortion, drugs

WASHINGTON — It’s still early, but so far at least eight of the estimated 90 state initiatives that voters will decide on this year are related to health, including four amendments — the most ever in one year — related to abortion access.

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Big Tobacco is killing the planet with plastics. No smokescreen should be allowed to hide that

Greenwashing ploys cannot mask the pollution wreaked both by cigarettes and new nicotine products

The Guardian - UK

State ballot initiatives on health focus on abortion, drugs - Roll Call

Initiatives that have made state ballots so far include proposals on abortion, Medicaid expansion, drugs and tobacco.

Roll Call

Farmers plead with Centre not to double cess on tobacco

It will make our produce uncompetitive in the global market, they say

The Hindu

750 kg of gutka seized in Usilampatti; 5 arrested

67 bags of banned tobacco products were being smuggled in an SUV

The Hindu

Should England's minimum legal smoking age be changed?

The government want to make the country smoke free by 2030

Liverpool Echo

World No Tobacco Day: Simultaneous raids against smoking in public and other violations of COTPA on May 31

Detailed reports on number of cases booked, amount of penalty charged to be submitted to the City Police Commissioner by next day morning

The Hindu

Commentary: Cannabis advertising takes page from tobacco companies’ playbook of the past

Imagine seeing a commercial featuring Ryder and Marshall from “Paw Patrol” lighting up cigarettes and enjoying a smoke together.

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Thousands of illegal cigarettes seized in raids on four North Tyneside shops

Trading Standards and police seized 8,440 cigarette packets and over 5kg of rolling tobacco worth an estimated £6,500 from shops in Howdon and Wallsend

Bristol Post

Asda Blue Light discount: Fuel, alcohol and other exemptions not included

Fuel, tobacco, Lottery items, stamps and even online shopping aren't included in the deal

Wales Online

'Radical' changes could see England's legal smoking age raised

It's part of a plan to promote vaping over smoking, it is reported

Liverpool Echo

Legal smoking age in England could be raised to 21 as UK hopes to be ‘smoke-free’ by 2030

An independent review is also expected to support new taxes on tobacco company profits

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The Guardian - UK

Legal smoking age in England could be raised to 21 – report

Independent review also expected to support new taxes on tobacco company profits

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CCTV images released after burglars stole cigarettes and tobacco from Kenton service station

Various items including cigarettes and tobacco were stolen from the Crofter’s Lodge Service Station on Kenton Road

The Independent UK

Charles and Camilla ‘feed the fire’ in a ceremony on final day of Canada tour

The Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall watched as offerings of tobacco were thrown into a fire pit.

Salon

The toxic legacy of DDT

In “How to Sell a Poison,” Elena Conis chronicles the history of the infamous pesticide and its lasting impact

Irish Mirror

HSE issues urgent vape warning and urges public to contact GP if feeling unwell

According to the health executive, the range of disposable electronic cigarettes are non-compliant with EU tobacco legislation and contain more than the permitted amount of nicotine, 20mg/ml or 2%.

Dublin Live

HSE gives vape warning, urging public to contact GP if feeling unwell

The HSE’s National Tobacco Control Office have discovered that these products contain more than the permitted amount of nicotine

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