India TB Report 2020
<p>India accounts for nine per cent of all HIV-associated tuberculosis (TB) deaths in the world, the second-highest number globally. Around 9,700 people die every year among TB-HIV co-infected patients,
Tobacco
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Tobacco use and mental health: A Policy brief (2020)
<p>The WHO European Region is projected to miss its targets for tobacco-use reduction by 2025. Considering people with mental health conditions consume 44% of all cigarettes in western countries, addressing
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COVID-19 State Of Smoking Poll
<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).
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Cigarettes and other Tobacco Products (Packaging and Labelling) Amendment Rules, 2020
<p>In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 7, section 8, sub-section (2) of section 9, section 10 and section 31 of the Cigarettes and other Tobacco Products (Prohibition of Advertisement
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WHO global report on trends in prevalence of tobacco use 2000-2025
Progress in reducing tobacco use is a key indicator for measuring countries’ efforts to implement the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control. Countries have adopted this indicator to report progress
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Burning problems, inspiring solutions: sharing lessons on action against tobacco and fossil fuels
Fossil fuel combustion is a major source of toxic air pollution that kills 7 million people every year, almost the same number of deaths caused by tobacco smoking. Burning fossil fuels releases a series
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Investment case for tobacco control in Sri Lanka
Tobacco impedes sustainable development. Through the World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control 2030 project, UNDP partners with the Convention Secretariat and WHO to support fifteen
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WHO report on the global tobacco epidemic 2019: offer help to quit tobacco use
Many governments are making progress in the fight against tobacco, with 5 billion people today living in countries that have introduced smoking bans, graphic warnings on packaging and other effective tobacco
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The economics of tobacco control in Nigeria: modelling the fiscal and health effects of a tobacco excise tax change
This paper examines the potential for changes in the tobacco tax to contribute to raising government revenues, reducing tobacco use, and improving public health in Nigeria. Specifically, it estimates the
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Smoking 'damages eyes as well as lungs'
Millions of people in the UK are putting their sight at risk by continuing to smoke, warn specialists. Despite the clear connection, only one in five people recognise that smoking can lead to blindness,