Stringent EU sustainability guidelines, set to take effect by 2030, pose a significant threat to India's booming tobacco ...

CHENNAI: Smuggling of misbranded cigarettes from south-east Asian countries into India causes an annual tax revenue loss of ...

Smoking beedies - the traditional Indian hand-rolled cigarette - is less socially acceptable. Men and boys will not smoke in front of their elders, and women almost never smoke. It is a woman's ...

CHENNAI: In one of the biggest recent seizures, Chennai Seaport Customs recently foiled a bid to smuggle in 19.8 lakh sticks ...

“We note that even post-lockdown, when the production and availability improve; social distancing norms could result in pressure on volumes as Indian cigarette smoking is still predominantly ...

India's tobacco exports have surged by as much as 87 per cent during the past five years to touch a record Rs 12,005.89 crore ...

Vaping: How popular are e-cigarettes? What's behind a vaping illness outbreak in the US? While the Indian market seemed ripe for the expansion of popular e-cigarette companies like Juul ...

The proposed hike from the current highest slab of 28 per cent would help the Centre and states to make up for the loss from rate cuts on other common-use items ...