AICPDF, which claims to represent over 4.5 lakh distributors and more than 1.3 crore kirana and retail outlets across India, cautioned that a sharp tax increase on legal sin products may harm the traditional, brick-and-mortar retail system, which is already facing stiff competition from online platforms and quick-commerce giants
The Protection of Young Persons Act has been amended multiple times, leading to adjustments in certain regulations (such as increasing the legal age for buying and consuming tobacco and vaping products)
====== As far as tobacco companies sponsoring movies with no smoking, out of simply the goodness of their heart, or sponsoring tennis tournaments and the like, I dont like them cheaply buying good corporate citizenship, and then were going to back off on criticizing the centrality of their business which is wretched and rotten
Furthermore, natural supplements like vitamin C and B-complex can help reduce nicotine cravings and alleviate withdrawal symptoms
