Market & legal data in the tobacco alternatives sector in India

What will the year ahead bring? Expected tobacco and nicotine regulation in 2024

Written by Freddie Dawson | 2nd January 2024

TobaccoIntelligence predicts a restrictive future for the regulation of tobacco alternative products but also growth in both the global nicotine pouch and heated tobacco markets from 2023 to 2024 ...

Man on a mission to counter ‘nicotine illiteracy’ and aid smokers everywhere

Written by Lorraine Mullaney | 19th May 2023

Taking nicotine out of a tobacco context and inspiring confidence in the role it can play in harm reduction is the goal of Sudhanshu Patwardhan, medical director at the UK Centre for Health Research and...

India’s $17bn smokeless tobacco industry may be hit with ban affecting oral tobacco

Written by TobaccoIntelligence | 21st April 2023

A ban on the manufacture, storage and sale of flavoured smokeless tobacco products such as gutka and pan masala in the national capital territory of India has been upheld by the Delhi High Court ...

Health, environment damage: alternative tobacco products 'are not the solution'

Written by Freddie Dawson | 3rd June 2022

Next-generation tobacco products are not the solution to damage caused by the tobacco industry to both public health and the environment, according to speakers at a World Health Organization (WHO) conference ...

Indian state of Jharkhand invokes plague law to restrict tobacco sales and use

Written by TobaccoIntelligence | 29th March 2021

The eastern Indian state of Jharkhand has clamped down on tobacco usage, introducing a new set of measures including a ban on the sale and purchase of tobacco products in public places ...

Legal eagles' report calls for reform and enforcement of India's tobacco controls

Written by TobaccoIntelligence | 17th December 2020

A report by the National Law School of India University calls for wide-ranging reforms of the country’s Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products Act, including raising the legal age to buy tobacco from 18 to 21...

Indian state of Uttar Pradesh partially lifts ban on nicotine-free pan masala

Written by David Palacios Rubio | 26th May 2020

India’s most populous state, Uttar Pradesh, has partially lifted its ban on the oral product pan masala following industry pressure and due to the state government’s need for cash ...

India’s most populous state bans oral tobacco mix amid coronavirus fear

Written by David Palacios Rubio | 26th March 2020

The Food Safety and Drug Administration in Uttar Pradesh, India’s largest state by population, has temporarily banned pan masala, a traditional oral product popular throughout India, to try to stem the spread of COVID-19 ...

India puts e-cigarette and heated tobacco ban out to public consultation

Written by Marija Obradovic | 26th October 2019

Following the ordinance banning e-cigarettes and heated tobacco, the Indian government is moving forward by drafting a bill which must be approved by parliament reaffirming its...

High Court judge puts off Indian ban pending further hearing in May

Written by Marija Obradovic | 19th March 2019

The Delhi High Court has granted interim relief to e-cigarette vendors in India, delaying until 17th May the effects of a government circular calling for a nationwide ban on vaping...

Now Indian government tells customs to seize all e-cig and HnB imports

Written by Marija Obradovic | 27th November 2018

Two weeks after the Delhi High Court decided that an advisory banning e-cigarettes was not binding on India’s states, the national government has issued a new notice calling on customs officers to seize...

India: central government asks states to ban e-cigs and heated tobacco

Written by Marija Obradovic | 28th August 2018

India’s Ministry of Health, Family and Welfare has issued an advisory to all states to ban e-cigarettes and heated tobacco ...

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What will the year ahead bring? Expected tobacco and nicotine regulation in 2024

Written by Freddie Dawson | 2nd January 2024

Man on a mission to counter ‘nicotine illiteracy’ and aid smokers everywhere

Written by Lorraine Mullaney | 19th May 2023

India’s $17bn smokeless tobacco industry may be hit with ban affecting oral tobacco

Written by TobaccoIntelligence | 21st April 2023

Health, environment damage: alternative tobacco products 'are not the solution'

Written by Freddie Dawson | 3rd June 2022

Indian state of Jharkhand invokes plague law to restrict tobacco sales and use

Written by TobaccoIntelligence | 29th March 2021

Legal eagles' report calls for reform and enforcement of India's tobacco controls

Written by TobaccoIntelligence | 17th December 2020

Indian state of Uttar Pradesh partially lifts ban on nicotine-free pan masala

Written by David Palacios Rubio | 26th May 2020

India’s most populous state bans oral tobacco mix amid coronavirus fear

Written by David Palacios Rubio | 26th March 2020

India puts e-cigarette and heated tobacco ban out to public consultation

Written by Marija Obradovic | 26th October 2019

High Court judge puts off Indian ban pending further hearing in May

Written by Marija Obradovic | 19th March 2019

Now Indian government tells customs to seize all e-cig and HnB imports

Written by Marija Obradovic | 27th November 2018

India: central government asks states to ban e-cigs and heated tobacco

Written by Marija Obradovic | 28th August 2018

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