Health Ministry calls for hike in taxes on tobacco products

Edit The Hindu 29 Feb 2016
The Union Health Ministry has written a letter to the Ministry of Finance to increase taxes on tobacco products in the upcoming Finance Budget of 2016-17 ... The letter further highlights that the current excise and VAT rates are not sufficient to increase the price of tobacco products so as to make these products unaffordable ... Says tax regime should include manufacturing of tobacco products by informal sector....

Afzal, an illegal chewable tobacco brand commonly used by Omani...

Edit Topix 28 Feb 2016
The results of these studies show that we must spread knowledge about the toxic substances found in Afzal and help educate the public that these kinds of products constitute a grave danger to their health," affirmed Dr Elsadig Eltayeb, one of the lead researchers involved in this research and a faculty member of the College of Science at the Sultan Qaboos University ... ....

Thai tobacco maker plans cheap cigarettes to offset new tax

Edit Topix 28 Feb 2016
Thailand's state tobacco company said Saturday, Feb. 27, 2016, that it will introduce a new cheaper brand of cigarettes to keep smokers from rolling their own or buying illegally imported untaxed ones due to higher prices from a recently imposed tax hike.The plan announced by the Thailand Tobacco Monopoly was denounced by anti-smoking activists who just weeks ago applauded the tax hike as a useful deterrent to smoking....

Orioles ban postgame pie celebrations, cite safety concerns

Edit Dayton Daily News 28 Feb 2016
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Why Chewing Tobacco By MLB Players At The Ballpark Is About To Become History

Edit Forbes 27 Feb 2016
Whether the players that use it like it or not, the days of MLB players doing smokeless tobacco at the ballpark is about to become history ... ....

British American Tobacco accused of corporate espionage in South Africa

Edit The Independent 27 Feb 2016
British American Tobacco, BAT, has been accused of corporate espionage against rival cigarette makers in South Africa....

Karnataka HC vacates stay on bigger warnings on tobacco packs

Edit Indian Express 27 Feb 2016
Removing the final hurdle in the way of the implementation of 85 per cent pictorial warnings, the Karnataka High Court has vacated an earlier stay on the enforcement of Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products (Packaging and Labelling) Rules, 2014 ... It held ... ....

Thai tobacco company planning cheaper cigarettes to offset tax increase

Edit South China Morning Post 27 Feb 2016
Thailand’s state tobacco ... “Producing cheap cigarettes that are affordable to the poor and the young is a strategy common to all tobacco manufacturers, whether private or state-owned, to keep tobacco products affordable in order to keep poor people addicted, entice young people to start smoking, and ultimately to maintain industry profits,” he said....

John Drescher: When Dean, Jimmy V and Coach K ruled Tobacco Road

Edit The Oklahoman 27 Feb 2016
Mike Krzyzewski’s first Duke-North Carolina game was, like most games in the series, hard-fought and close. As the ending neared in that 1980 game, Duke was down by two points and had the ball out of bounds ... He pulled Smith toward him ... “Good ... John Feinstein, former Washington Post college basketball writer and the author of 25 nonfiction books, recounts that and many other Tobacco Road battles in his new book, “The Legends Club ... ——— ... ....

NYC backs legislation banning smokeless tobacco in ballparks

Edit The Roanoke Times 26 Feb 2016
NEW YORK (AP) — The New York City Health Department is backing legislation that would ban smokeless tobacco from all ticketed sports arenas, including Yankee Stadium and Citi Field ... ....

Tobacco Output to Decline

Edit All Africa 26 Feb 2016
[The Herald] Zimbabwe's tobacco output may decline by at least 10 percent this year, due to the late start of the cropping season and the effects of El-Nino induced drought, Tobacco Industry and Marketing Board chief executive Mr Andrew Matibiri said yesterday ... ....

Time to buy British American Tobacco?

Edit CNBC 26 Feb 2016
We've rounded up the top upgrades and downgrades of global stocks this session ... ....
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