Centre ask States not to partner with Philip Morris-led anti-smoking group Medical Dialogues Bureau2 July 2019 9:15 AM ISTIndia's federal health ministry has sent a letter, dated June 24, to chief secretaries of all states, saying they should not partner with FSFW and...
End of ENDS: CDSCO moves to ban electronic smoking devices by classifying them as DRUGS Farhat Nasim12 Jun 2019 11:30 AM ISTIndian drug regulator, the Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO), under the health ministry has proposed that manufacture, sale and...
Global forum to examine use of safer nicotine products Farhat Nasim10 Jun 2019 9:00 AM ISTThe forum will examine the rapidly developing science in relation to nicotine and its use, including policy and regulatory responses.New Delhi: Amid a...
Interim Relief: Delhi High Court stays ban on e-cigarettes,Vapes,E-Sheesha till May 17, 2019 Meghna A Singhania24 March 2019 11:00 AM ISTDelhi High Court observed that Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems(ENDS) including e cigarettes cannot be regarded as 'drugs'. New Delhi: Granting...
Tobacco companies diversify into pharmaceuticals Ruby Khatun Khatun21 July 2017 9:49 AM ISTTobacco companies claim to be developing and selling merchandise to help cigarette smokers quit, but health researchers accuse the industry of trying...
