The latest Global Adult Tobacco Survey finds tobacco users have reduced by 81 lakh, and that pictorial warnings are very effective India has witnessed an overall decline in the number of tobacco users
70,230 tobacco users screened in Coimbatore, Tirupur and Erode districts; 88 out of 1 lakh had oral cancer A cancer screening programme conducted by Coimbatore-based Sri Ramakrishna Institute of Oncology
This overview assembles existing evidence on the ways in which tobacco affects human well-being from an environmental perspective – i.e. the indirect social and economic damage caused by the cultivation,
GUWAHATI, June 27: According to a survey report released by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Assam has been listed as the fourth highest tobacco consuming state in the country. The survey was
Problem of chewing tobacco in country not addressed: Mumbai doctor From 19.4% in 2000, the prevalence of smoking tobacco in India dropped down to 11.5% in 2005, according to a World Health Organisation
A landmark court ruling tightening control of tobacco in Kenya is being seen as a model to how the rest of Africa can fight the tobacco industry. The African Tobacco Control Alliance (ATCA) called
Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi has published the long-awaited Control of Tobacco Products and Electronic Delivery Systems Bill. The publishing paves the way for much stricter tobacco laws that will
<p>A recent poll explores the relationship between COVID-19 social distancing and health among 6,801 tobacco and nicotine users in 5 countries (United States, United Kingdom, Italy, South Africa, and India).
The government on Tuesday deferred the deadline for the implementation of new anti-tobacco warnings that need to be rotated with stricter deterrent images every two years. The Ministry of Health amended
<p>The objective of the study was to investigate the potential for tobacco tax to contribute to the 2030 agenda for sustainable development by reducing tobacco use, saving lives and generating tax revenues.</p>
Health advocates have long argued that prominently displayed pictures of what consumption of tobacco can do to humans — including some grotesque depictions of tumours — help drive home the message more
About 38% of male population in Madhya Pradesh smoke tobacco daily while 39% population use smokeless tobacco leading to a rise in cancer cases. These startling facts were put up by World Health Organization
<p>Although most countries have seen a fall in smoking rates, only a minority of countries look set to meet global and national commitments to cut tobacco use in over 15s by 30 per cent by 2025 reveals this new WHO report.</p>
The Crusade Against Tobacco orgnaization also said that the current policy has failed to stop foreign tobacco firms from promoting brands using indirect channels The government needs to urgently plug
The minimum legal age for smoking in the Republic will be raised to 19 years old from Jan 1. Issuing a reminder a few days before the new rule kicks in, the Ministry of Health (MOH) said on Friday that
Jaipur: For the effective implementation of Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products Act (COTPA), the health department has moved a proposal to the state government to make licences mandatory for vendors
Amid apprehensions that the new pictorial warnings on all tobacco products may be disregarded by various players, Voluntary Health Association of India (VHAI) on Thursday said the tobacco industry is making
<p>Use of tobacco products is injurious to health in men and women. <a href="http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/files/file/nicotine_exposure.pdf" target="_blank"><img alt="" src="http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/media/iep/homepage/download.jpg"
The World Health Organisation has revealed that tobacco waste contains over 7000 toxic chemicals that poison the environment, including human carcinogens. According to WHO, tobacco smoke emissions contribute
Britain has opened a formal investigation into suspicions of corruption at British American Tobacco (BAT) and its subsidiaries, nearly two years after allegations of bribery in Africa first surfaced.
