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UK to ban those born after 2008 from buying cigarettes. How the curb will work

The bill will now go to King Charles III for approval before it can become a law, something most believe is just a formality.

Updated 102 days ago

Could higher cigarette and gambling taxes help protect Medicaid in Michigan?

Under the plan, Michigan’s cigarette tax would increase by $1 per pack.

Updated 167 days ago

Gold Flake, Classic Connect and more: Here’s how much cigarettes cost now

With significant hikes across popular brands, smokers are left wondering how much more they will need to pay per pack now.

Updated 181 days ago

Cigarette prices surge after excise duty hike, here's how much a pack costs now

Distributors said that premium cigarettes, 76 mm in length, will now cost between <span class='webrupee'>₹</span>50 and <span class='webrupee'>₹</span>55 per pack of 10 sticks.

Updated 181 days ago

Gujarat bans sale of tobacco rolling papers, cones citing health concerns

Despite being harmful to health, these rolling papers are easily available at 'paan' parlours and grocery shops across the state.

Published 229 days ago

2.7 lakh ‘fake’ cigarettes seized in Delhi: How racket was busted

Further probe is underway to determine the supply chain of these counterfeit products.

Updated 246 days ago

Ranbir Kapoor’s ‘vape’ moment in The Ba***ds of Bollywood sparks NHRC probe

Ranbir Kapoor’s ‘vape’ moment; Aryan Khan

Published 314 days ago

New GST rates: Which items will attract 5% tax and which ones 18%? Full details

Customers at a grocery store, in Mumbai, Thursday, Sept. 4, 2025. The GST Council, in its meeting on Wednesday, simplified the GST from the current four slabs to a two-rate structure - 5 and 18 per cent. A special 40 per cent slab is also proposed for a select few items such as high-end cars, tobacco and cigarettes.

Updated 332 days ago

Sin goods and super-luxury items to attract 40% tax. Full list of items

Cigarettes, paan masala and gutka will attract 40 per cent GST from September 22.

Updated 332 days ago

Delhi police seizes 94,000 illicit cigarette packets, two held

Following the recovery, a case was registered at Vasant Kunj South Police Station under the COTPA Act.

Published 399 days ago

World No Tobacco Day | Anubhav Sinha on 5 years of quitting smoking

Filmmaker Anubhav Sinha quit smoking in 2020

Published 428 days ago

Jalaun doc makes child smoke cigarette to ‘treat’ cold; probe on

The doctor was captured in a video purportedly asking the boy, seemingly aged around five, to put a cigarette to his mouth. (Pic for representation)

Published 472 days ago

Maldives just declared war on smoking: Here’s what it means for travellers

Planning a trip to the Maldives? You might want to leave your cigarettes at home.

Published 474 days ago

Do you smoke? Cigarettes can affect your mental health in these way

Know the effects of smoking on mental health.

Published 499 days ago

Fans fume after CAS cancel gig just when PM Modi pushed for concert economy

Cigarettes after Sex's gig in Bengaluru was cancelled because of 'local production' issues.

Published 550 days ago

Study reveals each cigarette reduces lifespan by 20 minutes

Smokers lose 20 minutes of life with a single cigarette.

Updated 578 days ago

UK woman shocked by fine for cigarette littering in place she had never visited

UK woman received a wrongful littering fine for a place she hadn't visited in years. (Representative image)

Published 609 days ago

Noida man turns Delhi NCR's cigarette waste into teddies, yarn, paper and more!

Naman Gupta tackles pollution creatively to create eco-friendly treasures in Delhi NCR!

Published 612 days ago

Here's how smoking destroys your heart and what you can do to stop it

Cigarettes to heart attacks: Here's how smoking destroys your heart and what you can do to stop it

Updated 711 days ago

Remove cigarette shops near schools & colleges: Panchkula MLA to police

Following complaints about cigarette and paan shops selling drugs to children in Panchkula, Haryana assembly speaker Gian Chand Gupta on Saturday directed the police department to remove cigarette shops around educational institutions in the district. (HT File)

Updated 735 days ago

Man, who smoked cigarettes for 30 years, developed hair inside throat. Then…

Austria: Hair growth inside a man's throat. It stemmed from him smoking cigarettes for 30 years.

Published 766 days ago

Four arrested after brawl over a cigarette at Garden Galleria mall in Noida

A 50-second video of the incident went viral on social media platforms on Sunday morning, showing seven to eight people assaulting each other while security guards are trying to prevent them from fighting. (HT Photo)

Updated 780 days ago

10 wellness tips for people trying to quit smoking, working on strong lungs

10 wellness, health tips for people trying to quit smoking and working on having strong lungs

Published 789 days ago

WHO vaping report: Big tobacco companies target kids to replace lost smokers

A billboard advertising vaping devices in Germany reads: For you, for now, for anywhere.

Published 794 days ago

Passive smoking exposure nearly doubles stroke risk, says new study

Passive smoking exposure nearly doubles stroke risk, says new study

Published 869 days ago

No Smoking Day 2024: Date, history, significance, 10 tips to quit smoking

No Smoking Day 2024: Date, history, significance, 10 tips to quit smoking

Updated 872 days ago

Chandigarh: Man molests 2 minor sisters, burns them with cigarette

The siblings underwent medical examination at GMCH, Sector 32, Chandigarh, and recorded their statements before a magistrate. (HT FILE PHOTO)

Updated 1037 days ago

Tobacco consumption increases the risk of head and neck cancers in youngsters

Tobacco consumption increases the risk of head and neck cancers in youngsters

Published 1072 days ago

Vaping and reproductive health: Are the all-new popular vapes a friend or a foe?

Vaping and reproductive health: Are the all-new popular vapes a friend or a foe of fertility?

Published 1082 days ago

Health Ministry notice to 15 websites for selling e-cigarettes

Of the 15 websites which have been issued the "takedown notice", four have stopped operations while the rest have not responded yet. (File)

Published 1111 days ago

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