As the world observed Anti-Tobacco Day on Saturday, Jammu and Kashmir finds itself grappling with a growing tobacco addiction ...

Key changes under the amendment include raising the legal age for purchasing tobacco products from 18 to 21 and banning the ...

Bengaluru: The Karnataka government has published a gazette notification increasing the fine for public use of cigarettes and ...

Among the key changes, the legal age to purchase cigarettes and other tobacco products has been raised from 18 to 21 years.

Karnataka has implemented a strict anti-tobacco law. Hookah bars are now banned. The legal age to buy tobacco has increased ...

Karnataka amends COTPA 2024, raising tobacco purchase age to 21, banning hookah bars, and prohibiting sales near schools.

On World No Tobacco Day, concerning statistics have revealed that Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) ranks sixth among Indian states and ...

The Karnataka government has implemented stringent amendments to the COTPA, raising the legal age for tobacco use, banning ...

World No Tobacco Day 2025 which falls today (May 31) is being marked under the theme “Unmasking the Appeal: Exposing Industry ...

The Act also states that no person shall open or operate a hookah bar, either individually or on behalf of another person, in ...

The President approved the Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products (Prohibition of Advertisement and Regulation of Trade and Commerce, Production, Supply and Distribution) (Karnataka Amendment) Bill, ...

Karnataka tightens tobacco laws, increasing fines, raising legal age, banning hookah bars, and enforcing stricter regulations for public health.