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#13149153

2 January 2026

A man smokes a cigarette along a street in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, on January 2, 2026. India imposes an excise duty on cigarettes in a range of 2,050-8,500 rupees ($22.8-$94.5) per thousand sticks based on the length of the products, effective February 1, the finance ministry says in an order late on Wednesday. The move could increase prices of cigarettes for an estimated 100 million smokers in the world's most populous country.

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#13149155

2 January 2026

A man smokes a cigarette along a street in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, on January 2, 2026. India imposes an excise duty on cigarettes in a range of 2,050-8,500 rupees ($22.8-$94.5) per thousand sticks based on the length of the products, effective February 1, the finance ministry says in an order late on Wednesday. The move could increase prices of cigarettes for an estimated 100 million smokers in the world's most populous country.

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#12634328

11 August 2025

A man smokes on a balcony of a modern building in Munich, Bavaria, Germany, on August 5, 2025.

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#11956000

18 January 2025

A man displays a cigarette packet in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, on January 18, 2025. Smoking in public places in India is banned under the Prohibition of Smoking in Public Places Rules, 2008, and the Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products Act (COTPA), effective from October 2, 2008. India has approximately 109.74 million smokers.

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#6392632

30 January 2021

A mechanic smoking a cigarette poses for pictures in the street of a tough neighborhood of the popular city of Ettadhamen, which is one of the most populated cities in the capital Tunis. Ettadhamen City whose name means “solidarity”, was formed by the waves of internal migration (poor, small farmers and unemployed) that marked Tunisia in the early 1950s. The neighborhood's youth played a central role in the 2011 revolution which overthrew President Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali. Since then, the situation has worsened: precariousness, poverty, increase in cost of living, unemployment, school dropout, drug use, hopelessness, marginalization, public's lack of trust in politicians, political, social and economic crisis, social injustice and a suffering public service. This situation has been aggravated by the lockdowns and curfews imposed by the authorities in bid to contain the spread of COVID-19. From January 15 and for more than a week violent nightly riots break out in Ettadhamen and across several cities in Tunisia, during which youths had clashed with riot police that have arrested more than 1200 of young protesters among them several minors. Tunisia, January 26, 2021.

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#6392474

30 January 2021

A man smokes a cigarette and drinks his coffee in the street of a tough neighborhood of the popular city of Ettadhamen, which is one of the most populated cities in the capital Tunis. Ettadhamen City whose name means “solidarity”, was formed by the waves of internal migration (poor, small farmers and unemployed) that marked Tunisia in the early 1950s. The neighborhood's youth played a central role in the 2011 revolution which overthrew President Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali. Since then, the situation has worsened: precariousness, poverty, increase in cost of living, unemployment, school dropout, drug use, hopelessness, marginalization, public's lack of trust in politicians, political, social and economic crisis, social injustice and a suffering public service. This situation has been aggravated by the lockdowns and curfews imposed by the authorities in bid to contain the spread of COVID-19. From January 15 and for more than a week violent nightly riots break out in Ettadhamen and across several cities in Tunisia, during which youths had clashed with riot police that have arrested more than 1200 of young protesters among them several minors. Tunisia, January 26, 2021.

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#6392486

30 January 2021

A man smokes a cigarette and drinks his coffee in the street of a tough neighborhood of the popular city of Ettadhamen, which is one of the most populated cities in the capital Tunis. Ettadhamen City whose name means “solidarity”, was formed by the waves of internal migration (poor, small farmers and unemployed) that marked Tunisia in the early 1950s. The neighborhood's youth played a central role in the 2011 revolution which overthrew President Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali. Since then, the situation has worsened: precariousness, poverty, increase in cost of living, unemployment, school dropout, drug use, hopelessness, marginalization, public's lack of trust in politicians, political, social and economic crisis, social injustice and a suffering public service. This situation has been aggravated by the lockdowns and curfews imposed by the authorities in bid to contain the spread of COVID-19. From January 15 and for more than a week violent nightly riots break out in Ettadhamen and across several cities in Tunisia, during which youths had clashed with riot police that have arrested more than 1200 of young protesters among them several minors. Tunisia, January 26, 2021.

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#4439276

31 May 2019

An indian man smokes bidi (an indian handmade ciggeratte ) , following the World No Tobacco Day , in Allahabad on May 31 , 2019 . From 19.4 % in 2000, prevalence of smoking tobacco in India dropped down to 11.5 % in 2005 , according to WHO report . The report projected theprevalence to drop down further to 9.8 % by 2020 and 8.5% by 2025. Indian has a large population of chewing tobacco users , thus posing additional burden .

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#4439284

31 May 2019

An indian man smokes bidi (an indian handmade ciggeratte ) , following the World No Tobacco Day , in Allahabad on May 31 , 2019 . From 19.4 % in 2000, prevalence of smoking tobacco in India dropped down to 11.5 % in 2005 , according to WHO report . The report projected theprevalence to drop down further to 9.8 % by 2020 and 8.5% by 2025. Indian has a large population of chewing tobacco users , thus posing additional burden .

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#4439294

31 May 2019

An indian man prepares chewing tobacco , following on the World No Tobacco Day , in Allahabad on May 31 , 2019 . From 19.4 % in 2000, prevalence of smoking tobacco in India dropped down to 11.5 % in 2005 , according to WHO report . The report projected theprevalence to drop down further to 9.8 % by 2020 and 8.5% by 2025. Indian has a large population of chewing tobacco users , thus posing additional burden .

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#4439298

31 May 2019

Rukhsana Begum , aged 48 years, suffering from oral cancer , waits for her treatment in Kamla Nehru cancer hospital , following on the World No Tobacco Day , in Allahabad on May 31 , 2019 . From 19.4 % in 2000, prevalence of smoking tobacco in India dropped down to 11.5 % in 2005 , according to WHO report . The report projected theprevalence to drop down further to 9.8 % by 2020 and 8.5% by 2025. Indian has a large population of chewing tobacco users , thus posing additional burden .

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#4439300

31 May 2019

Rukhsana Begum , aged 48 years, suffering from oral cancer , waits for her treatment in Kamla Nehru cancer hospital , following on the World No Tobacco Day , in Allahabad on May 31 , 2019 . From 19.4 % in 2000, prevalence of smoking tobacco in India dropped down to 11.5 % in 2005 , according to WHO report . The report projected theprevalence to drop down further to 9.8 % by 2020 and 8.5% by 2025. Indian has a large population of chewing tobacco users , thus posing additional burden .

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#4439302

31 May 2019

Dilip Kumar , aged 35 years, suffering from oral cancer , waits for his treatment in Kamla Nehru cancer hospital , following on the World No Tobacco Day , in Allahabad on May 31 , 2019 . From 19.4 % in 2000, prevalence of smoking tobacco in India dropped down to 11.5 % in 2005 , according to WHO report . The report projected theprevalence to drop down further to 9.8 % by 2020 and 8.5% by 2025. Indian has a large population of chewing tobacco users , thus posing additional burden .

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#4439306

31 May 2019

Dilip Kumar , aged 35 years, suffering from oral cancer , gets his radio therepy treatment in Kamla Nehru cancer hospital , following on the World No Tobacco Day , in Allahabad on May 31 , 2019 . From 19.4 % in 2000, prevalence of smoking tobacco in India dropped down to 11.5 % in 2005 , according to WHO report . The report projected theprevalence to drop down further to 9.8 % by 2020 and 8.5% by 2025. Indian has a large population of chewing tobacco users , thus posing additional burden .

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#4439310

31 May 2019

Dilip Kumar , aged 35 years, suffering from oral cancer , gets his radio therepy treatment in Kamla Nehru cancer hospital , following on the World No Tobacco Day , in Allahabad on May 31 , 2019 . From 19.4 % in 2000, prevalence of smoking tobacco in India dropped down to 11.5 % in 2005 , according to WHO report . The report projected theprevalence to drop down further to 9.8 % by 2020 and 8.5% by 2025. Indian has a large population of chewing tobacco users , thus posing additional burden .

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#3341392

24 October 2018

Andre Calantzopoulos, CEO, Philip Morris International Inc, speaks during a press conference at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan in Tokyo on October 24, 2018. Transitioning to a Smoke-Free Society,tighter regulations across the world and a shrinking smoking population are closing in on tobacco companies worldwide. To stay in business, big tobacco firms are turning toward e-cigarettes and other alternatives to conventional cigarettes. Philip Morris International (PMI), the maker of Marlboro, is accelerating that move. CEO Andre Calantzopoulos has made a public pledge to quit selling cigarettes in the near future, with eyes on continuing to push PMI's heat-not-burn offerings, chief among them its hit product IQOS.

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