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ITC, India’s largest tobacco company, and all other cigarette and bidi manufacturers have stopped production, complaining of lack of clarity in the new law on graphical warnings. As a

Karnataka has decided to urge the Central Tobacco Board to extend financial aid to tobacco growers in the state to take up alternative curing methods to put an end to

Thirteen cigarette brands manufactured in China contain an excessive amount of heavy metals, up to three times the amount in Canadian-produced brands, a research report said.
The report by

ITC Ltd today said that hike in cigarette prices was inevitable due to imposition of excise duty on tobacco in the Union Budget for 2010-11.

"Increase in cigarette prices is

Seeking to arrest tobacco use, a civil society group has sought slapping of a discriminatory profit tax on 'bidi' makers who have hitherto escaped paying duties.

The existing taxation system

India's tobacco export has surged by almost 28 per cent to Rs 301 crore in June.