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Photo of cigarettes sold in Shanghai on March 7, 2022. Cfoto | Future Publishing | Getty Images China is bucking global smoking trends as cigarette sales surge in the country, powered by “the biggest tobacco company most people have never heard of.” The China National Tobacco Corporation, commonly known as China Tobacco, has a near […]
Tl;dr On 13 September 2024, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (“MoHFW”) issued the draft Cigarette and Other Tobacco Products (Prohibition of Advertisement and Regulation of Trade and Commerce, Production, Supply and Distribution) Amendment Rules, 2024 (“COTPA Amendment Rules”) for public consultation, with a deadline of October 12, 2024 for submitting comments. The COTPA […]
22-10-2024 15:00 Three cigarette companies, Philip Morris, British American Tobacco, and Japan Tobacco, will pay 23.6 billion dollars to end a big problem in Canada. People sue the companies. They do not tell people that smoking is dangerous. But since the 1950s, everybody knows that smoking causes cancer. A court in Quebec says that the […]
22-10-2024 15:00 Three major tobacco companies Philip Morris, British American Tobacco, and Japan Tobacco have agreed to pay 23.6 billion dollars to settle a lawsuit in Canada. This lawsuit, which began in 2015, involves Canadian smokers and former smokers who accused the companies of failing to warn consumers about the health risks of smoking, despite […]
Breadcrumb Trail Links Canada Author of the article: Canadian Press Paola Loriggio Published Oct 17, 2024 • 3 minute read You can save this article by registering for free here. Or sign-in if you have an account. A man holds a lit cigarette while smoking, Dec. 2, 2020, in San Francisco. Photo by Jeff Chiu […]