TRL policies, which require businesses to obtain a license to sell tobacco products, can help reduce illegal sales to minors and can also be used as a regulatory platform to enforce other point-of-sale policies
A total ban on smoking and tobacco product imagery in all Indian films was announced by Indias Health Minister in May 2005, 106 but the Indian film industry volunteered to control the amount of smoking in Bollywood films instead of accepting an outright ban
The health benefits over time of stopping smoking include: [179] The British Doctors Study showed that those who stopped smoking before they reached 30 years of age lived almost as long as those who never smoked
"These products contain similar packaging designs, flavorings, and product names as other tobacco products, and are frequently sold in the same retailer locations," Kari Rinker, state government relations director for the American Heart Association, told legislators