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India’s deadly surge in tobacco use: 60% urban spike in a decade, 565% gutka boom in rural households

EAC-PM paper finds sharp rise in rural and urban tobacco consumption between 2011-12 and 2023-24, with poorer households hit ...

India’s tobacco consumption crisis: Rural gutkha use up 565%, urban tobacco use rises 60% in a decade

In rural India, the number of households consuming tobacco increased from 9.9 crore in 2011-12 (59.3 percent of rural ...
Opinion

Cigarettes after tax: The post-February crisis, and how smokers are reacting

India's recent steep cigarette tax hike has triggered immediate chaos, with prices soaring and supplies dwindling. Retailers are struggling, and consumers face inflated costs. This mirrors global ...