Under the Central Excise Act, 1944, excise duty on cigarettes ranges between 200 and 735 rupees per thousand sticks. The amended Act raises this range sharply to between 2,700 rupees and 11,000 rupees ...

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The tobacco stock has emerged as a clear winner in the new-look nicotine and tobacco space, where traditional cigarettes and chewing tobacco are losing ground to smoke-free alternatives, such as ...

Many Chinese struggle with the temptation. In a population of 1.4bn, some 300m are smokers. Most are male: nearly half of ...

An inspection revealed its Oshkosh store was selling products with an expired license, leading to the seizure of over 1,200 ...

Substance abuse can be a taboo topic for students in schools. Students fear being criminalized or suspended if they admit to using. This is why we don’t hear about middle schoolers using drugs. They ...

Excavations along the Rappahannock River in Virginia have revealed the likely spot of Indigenous villages once described by ...

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Parliament on Thursday passed the Central Excise (Amendment) Bill, 2025, with the Rajya Sabha approving and returning it to ...