The recent remarks from BJP MP on the unavailability of Indian Studies to prove that tobacco causes cancer has met with strong opposition from various Health Professionals and Lawmakers. As yet another BJP MP has given unacceptable comments, TNPFTC has attempted to capture all the news articles related to this. Click on to witness the absurdity of the comments given by the MPs, the responses from the tobacco control community and Prime Minister.

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The links for the above news clippings are present in the following table.

Date Newspaper Name News Link/News Heading
18 Mar, 2015 Business Standard http://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/hold-proposal-to-expand-size-of-pictorial-warning-on-cigarette-115031801065_1.html
21 Mar, 2015 The Times of India http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/India-may-delay-bigger-pictorial-warnings-on-cigarette-packs/articleshow/46641526.cms
22 Mar, 2015 DNA India http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-pictorial-warnings-on-tobacco-packs-health-minister-given-over-30000-sign-strong-petition-2070985
25 Mar, 2015 Indian Express http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-others/no-rethink-on-pictorial-warnings-on-tobacco-packs-nadda/
26 Mar, 2015 Zee News http://zeenews.india.com/news/health/health-news/govt-set-to-defer-tobacco-pictorial-warning-notification_1568427.html
26 Mar, 2015 The Economic Times http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2015-03-26/news/60516119_1_tobacco-packs-health-ministry-tobacco-companies
27 March, 2015 The Hindu http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/blow-to-antitobacco-campaign/article7037635.ece
01 April, 2015 The Financial Express http://www.financialexpress.com/article/economy/narendra-modi-govt-defers-move-to-increase-size-of-pictorial-warnings-on-tobacco-products/59320/
01 April, 2015 The Times of India http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Move-to-have-bigger-pictorial-warnings-on-cigarette-packs-deferred/articleshow/46764405.cms
01 April, 2015 The Hindu http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/govt-backtracks-on-pictorial-warnings/article7055003.ece
01 April, 2015 The Times of India http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/life-style/health-fitness/health/Resentment-over-hold-on-tobacco-pictorial-warnings/articleshow/46768115.cms?
01 April, 2015 Down to Earth http://www.downtoearth.org.in/content/government-backtracks-decision-have-bigger-pictorial-warnings-tobacco-products
02 April, 2015 IBN Live http://ibnlive.in.com/news/bjp-mp-against-increasing-pictorial-warning-on-tobacco-products-says-beedis-less-harmful-than-sugar/537592-37-64.html
02 April, 2015 The Hindu http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/editorial/a-retrograde-move/article7058386.ece
03 April, 2015 DNA India http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-raise-pictorial-warnings-on-tobacco-products-ex-health-minister-ramadoss-urges-centre-2074291
03 April, 2015 DNA India http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-now-another-bjp-mp-says-no-link-between-smoking-and-cancer-2074344
03 April, 2015 The Times of India http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/life-style/health-fitness/health/WLF-seeks-larger-pictorial-warnings-on-tobacco-packs/articleshow/46794161.cms
03 April, 2015 The Indian Express http://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/MPs-Oppose-Rule-for-Pictorial-Warnings-on-Tobacco-Products/2015/04/03/article2744544.ece
03 April, 2015 India.com http://www.india.com/news/delhi/another-bjp-mp-ram-prasad-sarmah-wades-into-smoking-row-government-dissociates-itself-from-remarks-339998/
03 April, 2015 The Huffington Post http://www.huffingtonpost.in/2015/04/02/shyam-charan-gupta_n_6991536.html
03 April, 2015 The Economic Times http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/another-bjp-mp-wades-into-smoking-row-government-dissociates-itself-from-remarks/articleshow/46798216.cms
03 April, 2015 Deccan Chronicle TN Anti-Tobacco activists slam MP
03 April, 2015 Deccan Chronicle Tobacco Causes Cancer, Centre yeilding to lobby, says Shanta
03 April, 2015 Dhinathanthi (Tamil Newspaper)
03 April, 2015 The Hindu- Tamil (Tamil Newspaper)
03 April, 2015 The Hindu (Tamil Newspaper)
03 April, 2015 The New Indian Express http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/chennai/Veterans-Dig-out-65-Studies-to-Prove-Dilip-Gandhi-Wrong/2015/04/03/article2744209.ece
03 April, 2015 The Times of India (Chennai) Experts take on MP, say tobacco leads to cancer
04 April, 2015 The Economic Times http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/parliament-panel-concerned-more-about-business-and-not-health/articleshow/46801332.cms
04 April, 2015 The New Indian Express http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/chennai/Karunanidhi-Pressured-Me-on-Tobacco-Warnings-Ex-Union-Health-Minister/2015/04/04/article2746357.ece
04 April, 2015 Bharat Press http://bharatpress.com/2015/04/04/pm-modi-orders-health-ministry-to-increase-size-of-pictorial-warning-on-beedi-cigarette-packs/
04 April, 2015 IBN Live http://ibnlive.in.com/news/pm-modi-orders-health-ministry-to-increase-size-of-pictorial-warning-on-beedi-cigarette-packs-to-65/537907-3.html
04 April, 2015 The Times of India (Guwahati) http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Another-BJP-MP-bats-for-tobacco-claims-it-has-medicinal-value/articleshow/46801116.cms
04 April, 2015 NDTV http://www.ndtv.com/india-news/pm-narendra-modi-backs-larger-health-warnings-on-cigarette-packets-sources-752184
04 April, 2015 The New Indian Express (Bengaluru) http://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/Modi-for-Bigger-Pictorial-Warnings-on-Tobacco-Products/2015/04/04/article2747600.ece
05 April, 2015 The Times of India (Guwahati) http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/guwahati/Experts-slam-MPs-callous-remarks-on-cancer-tobacco/articleshow/46808299.cms
05 April, 2015 The Times of India (KOLHAPUR) http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolhapur/No-decline-in-oral-cancer-cases-in-district-Experts/articleshow/46809397.cms
06 April, 2015 The Huffington Post http://www.huffingtonpost.in/2015/04/06/tobacco-controversy-supre_n_7008842.html
07 April, 2015 Deccan Chronicle http://www.deccanchronicle.com/150407/nation-current-affairs/article/tobacco-row-centre-working-out-details-increasing-pictorial
07 April, 2015 The Times of India http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Govt-working-out-details-on-increasing-pictorial-warning-on-tobacco-products/articleshow/46836239.cms?
07 April, 2015 Zee News http://zeenews.india.com/news/india/experts-urge-pm-for-85-percent-pictorial-warnings-on-tobacco-products_1575022.html
07 April, 2015 Metro Vaartha http://metrovaartha.com/en/2015/04/07/tobacco-menace-govt-working-out-details-on-increasing-pictorial-warning/
08 April, 2015 The Times of India http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/life-style/health-fitness/health-news/Experts-urge-PM-for-85-percent-pictorial-warnings/articleshow/46847857.cms
04 April, 2015 Malai Murasu (Tamil Newspaper)
04 April, 2015 Tamil Murasu (Tamil Newspaper)
05 April, 2015 The Hindu http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tobacco-lobby-exercising-power-cong/article7069230.ece
05 April, 2015 The Times of India (Bengaluru) http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Modi-steps-in-pro-tobacco-MPs-may-be-axed-from-panel/articleshow/46810182.cms
05 April, 2015 The Times of India (Chennai) Anbumani says 660% not enough for pictorial warning
05 April, 2015 The Hindu http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/pm-intervenes-on-pictorial-warning-issue/article7069212.ece
05 April, 2015 The Times of India (Chennai) Putting India on the Map
06 April, 2015 Deccan Chronicle Think twice before you light up
06 April, 2015 Deccan Chronicle http://www.deccanchronicle.com/150406/nation-politics/article/tobacco-deadly-says-ex-health-minister-harsh-vardhan
06 April, 2015 Dhinakaran (Tamil Newspaper)
06 April, 2015 The Times of India Won’t Budge on Tobacco Warnings: Health Ministry
06 April, 2015 The Hindu http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tobacco-causes-death-nothing-less-says-harsh-vardhan/article7070913.ece
06 April, 2015 Dhina Thanthi (Tamil Newspaper)
06 April, 2015 The New Indian Express Smoketeers Investing in Empire of Death instead of Modi’s Make in India Must Face Fire
08 April, 2015 The Times of India http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Health-ministry-for-anti-tobacco-warnings-in-text-books/articleshow/46844488.cms