Tobacco firms 'hamper anti-smoking push'
The tobacco industry is hampering efforts to introduce life-saving interventions in low and middle-income countries, according to a report by the World Health Organization. Countries covering two-thirds
The tobacco industry is hampering efforts to introduce life-saving interventions in low and middle-income countries, according to a report by the World Health Organization. Countries covering two-thirds
A Parliamentary panel has recommended framing an "equitable and pragmatic" National Tobacco Control Policy so various organs of government can work in tandem and tobacco production can be brought under
<p>This paper provides a concise review of the efficacy, effectiveness and affordability of health-care interventions topromote and assist tobacco cessation, in order to inform national guideline development
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)
Even as the government is still deliberating on larger pictorial warnings on packs of tobacco products, 40% of Indian adults are exposed to second hand tobacco smoke at home. These are people who do
India may have pledged to accelerate hard-hitting measures to reduce tobacco use at the regional committee meeting of South East Asia countries at Timor Leste Monday, but things look grim back home. In
Blantyre — The World Health Organization (WHO) of the Africa Region Office has called upon its member states to include tobacco control in their national policies, plans and SDG implementation frameworks
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,
In what could be a further push to introducing “bolder” pictorial warnings on tobacco products, the ministry of agriculture has come out in full support to the proposal. Citing that the ministry “do not
CM Devendra Fadnavis had last week announced extension of the three-year ban on gutkha, pan masala, and floured scented tobacco/supari for another year. Strengthening its battle against tobacco consumption,
The health and economic implications of tobacco merit review
KARACHI: An alarmingly large number of women in Orangi Town are hooked to tobacco, says a recent study that calls for immediate preventive measures to control the use of the hazardous substance that not
A ban on showing tobacco products at the point of sale in small shops accross the UK has come into force. The display of such goods has been illegal in large stores and supermarkets since 2012. Now small
Singapore's Ministry of Health has announced plans to ban existing and emerging tobacco products in two phases as a "pre-emptive measure to protect public health against the known and potential harms of
High tobacco consumption by people is the culprit, finds survey by Tata Hospital A study by Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, has allayed fears that radiations fromthe Kaiga nuclear power plant in Uttara
With littered plastic sachets posing environmental threat, the Ministry of Environment and Forests has directed 20 major Gutkha, Tobacco and Pan Masala manufacturers to stop using plastic material in any
Kohima: The Mission Director of the National Health Mission (NHM) in Nagaland Sukhato A Sema has informed that the state of Nagaland, with 57 per cent of tobacco users, is the second highest consumer of
Following a controversy sparked recently over remarks by some Members of Parliament on tobacco use, a group of leading film-makers is seeking to dilute the strong tobacco control measures undertaken by
A fetus exposed to tobacco smoke may be at increased risk for diabetes in adulthood, a new study of adult daughters finds. The results will be presented in a poster Saturday, March 7, at ENDO 2015, the
Ireland has become the first country in Europe to ban branded cigarette packets. The Republic’s second chamber, the Seanad, passed the plain packaging law on Tuesday night, which also makes it illegal