New Delhi: Under flak for watering down pictorial warnings on tobacco products, and for coming under pressure from the tobacco lobby, for the first time the government is focusing on beedi smokers. It has planned a new ad campaign to…
Daily Archives: August 1, 2011
Report of public consultation on the revision of the Tobacco Products Directive
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The outcome of the public consultation serves as useful input to the ongoing process of reviewing the Tobacco Products Directive. Many participants provided very detailed responses, some which included new sources of information. Much of this work will be taken…
Reports on Cigarette and Smokeless Tobacco Advertising and Promotion
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The amount spent on cigarette advertising and promotion by the largest cigarette companies in the United States declined from $12.49 billion in 2006 to $10.86 billion in 2007, and again to $9.94 billion in 2008, according to a report released…