California raises tobacco buying age to 21
California's senate on Thursday approved a raft of anti-smoking legislation raising the minimum age for buying cigarettes and other tobacco products from 18 to 21 and regulating e-cigarettes. Described
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For first time, tobacco use is down in country: Family health survey
Oral Cancer Among Women On Rapid Decline: National Cancer Registry The use of tobacco, the leading cause of preventable death, has for the first time begun to decline across country . Data from the first
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Andhra Pradesh tops south in smoking at 14 per cent
VISAKHAPATNAM: Despite the various awareness programmes, Andhra Pradesh has the highest number of smokers in South India with new smokers being constantly added to the numbers. The percentage of smokers
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Tobacco in India is cheaper than essential food items, says study
Report says existing excise and VAT rates are insufficient to increase the prices of tobacco products, making them easily affordable Tobacco prices in India cheaper than essential food items: Study
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Taxes on tobacco, alcohol and sugar sweetened beverages: Linkages and lessons learned
<p>Increased consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) has been linked to increases in obesity in both high-income and low- and middle-income countries. Tobacco and alcohol taxes have proven to be
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WHO report on the global tobacco epidemic, 2013
The continued success in global tobacco control is detailed in this year’s WHO Report on the Global Tobacco Epidemic, 2013. The fourth in the series, this year’s report presents the status of the MPOWER
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Tobacco claims 57,000 lives a year: BATA
Tobacco claimed as many as 57,000 lives and crippled 3.82 lakh in the country every year, according to a written statement issued by Bangladesh Anti-Tobacco Alliance (BATA) on Monday. Addressing a press
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Council passes tobacco Bill …
Tobacco: Unlike before, individuals caught selling, distributing, cultivating, or manufacturing tobacco and its products would not be charged under the fourth degree felony henceforth. For a first time
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Baccy to the future
SMOKING is a scourge. It is the leading preventable cause of cancer and kills over 7m people annually, mostly in low- and middle-income countries. In America, where it is linked to one death in five, it
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FDA starts special drive to implement tobacco act in Maharashtra
MUMBAI: The Food and Drug Administration in probably its first serious attempt to implement the Cigarette and Other Tobacco Products Act (COTPA) has penalized nearly 2500 people and establishments across
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Country’s first tobacco-free village in Nagaland
Gariphema village in Nagaland has been declared the country’s first “tobacco-free village”. The declaration was made by Principal Secretary R Benchilo Thong on the occasion of “World No Tobacco Day” on
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Tobacco Curing Causing Forest Degradation in Karnataka
BENGALURU: With an estimated seven lakh tons of fuelwood required for curing tobacco every year in Karnataka, more than 300 hectares of forest land are lost annually. Experts opine that tobacco cultivation
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Assam has 39 percent tobacco consumers: Survey
As per a survey by the Global Adult Tobacco Survey, Assam has about 39 percent of tobacco users, which includes the consumers of cigarettes, bidis and raw tobacco. The survey catered to people from age
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Stub it out
The health and economic implications of tobacco merit review
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Tobacco kiln poses threat to life in Lalmonirhat
At least two hundred tobaccos kilns have been set up at different villages of three upazilas in Lalmonirhat district for processing tobacco leafs. Funded by tobacco companies, these kilns pose serious
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Over 60 tobacco related deaths daily
Health Minister Maithripala Sirisena, former Foreign Minister Rohitha Bogollagama and others taking part in a Sathyagraha against tobacco. About 65 persons between 40 and 55 years die from smoking and
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Anti-Tobacco Law welcomed
Anti-tobacco organisations have congratulated the government for passing the Tobacco Control (Amendment) Bill. The Parliament on Monday passed 'The Smoking and Tobacco Products Use (Control) (Amendment)
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Nigeria: Study Reveals How Tobacco Firms Violates Teenage Ad Regulations in Nigeria
Abuja — A new Nigeria research data has revealed how big tobacco companies violet legal framework which provides against advertising to young and vulnerable children. The Nigerian Tobacco Control Research
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Health ministry seeks time for new tobacco warnings
Days after the Rajasthan HC directed the Union health ministry to implement the new pictorial warnings on tobacco products without any delay, the ministry has said that “they are committed” to issuing
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Assam bans non-smoking tobacco across state
The Assam government has imposed complete ban on non-smoking tobacco in the state from Thursday. Assam governor J.B. Patnaik has signed the anti-tobacco bill, which bans manufacturing, trade, advertisement,