Cigarettes

'Vinod Khanna would smoke 40-60 cigarettes in a day', wife Kavita Khanna reveals how Bollywood actor fought with lung cancer in his last days

From superstardom to spiritual retreat, Vinod Khanna lived between fame and faith. Years later, wife Kavita Khanna reveals the quiet inner turmoil that shadowed his glittering Bollywood journey.

Taxation returns as policy risk for investors in cigarette stocks

A sharp increase in excise duty after GST compensation cess ended will see cigarette prices being hiked sharply. While that’s the immediate risk, the bigger risk is of a shift in policy

Experts flag ambiguity risks in classification and capacity-based cess under tobacco, pan masala duty framework

Revised excise schedules and Health Security se National Security Cess Bill, 2025 could raise classification, valuation, and compliance challenges, say experts

Celebrities are making cigarettes look cool again — and that has doctors worried

Cigarettes are creeping back into pop culture, wrapped in nostalgia, celebrity glamour and a certain 'retro cool' — just as public health experts fear a new wave of young smokers who never saw the worst of the tobacco era