News: India

Cigarette Smoking is Injurious to Health", says the warning on every packet. But let alone the public, not even the would-be doctors heed to the advisory. An AIIMS survey on smoking among medical students in the Capital and other parts of the region has found that 56 per cent of them stick to the butt.

As part of its quest to offer consumers superior smoking experience, Godfrey Phillips India, the country’s second largest tobacco company, today launched India’s first ever ‘Slim’ Cigarette. Named Stellar Slims, this will not only be the first indigenous ‘slim’ cigarette brand in India, but will also be the first with premium tobaccos blended precisely to deliver lower nicotine with full satisfaction.