Progress in reducing tobacco use is a key indicator for measuring countries’ efforts to implement the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control – target 3.a under the Sustainable Development Goals agenda.
Scientists have pinpointed a genetic link that makes people more prone to get hooked on tobacco, smoke more cigarettes longer, and develop deadly lung cancer. The discovery by three separate teams of scientists makes the strongest case so far for the biological underpinnings of the addiction of smoking and how genetics and cigarettes combine in cancer, experts said. And it may lay the groundwork for more tailored quit-smoking treatments.
The tobacco farmers of Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh on Friday demanded rollback of the Government's decision to increase the excise duty on non-filter cigarettes.
Mayor M. Subramanian on Saturday urged more city colleges to join the list of certified tobacco-free institutions.
From June 24, all packets of tobacco products will carry pictorial warnings in a bid to deter people from smoking.
Bollywood has often had its knuckles rapped for its on-screen portrayal of tobacco use, but no one would expect the country's premier medical institute, All-India Institute of Medical Sciences, to t
The nationwide effects of smoking on mortality in India have not been assessed reliably. Smoking causes a large and growing number of premature deaths in India.
Packs of cigarette and beedi or hand-rolled cigars will carry pictorial warnings but not grisly depictions of mouth ulcerations due to cancer, a group of ministers decided after a meeting here Tuesday evening. The ministers also decided that the size and the picture content - of a scorpion or lung - would be decided later. "There will be no more GoMs (group of minister meetings) on this issue. We collectively agreed that pictorial warnings will be carried on beedi, cigarette and all tobacco products,' said Information and Broadcasting Minister Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi after the meeting, which began Tuesday 5.50 p.m. and ended at 7 p.m. Dasmunsi said the information and broadcasting ministry would decide on the picture and the size - either 30 per cent or 40 per cent coverage of the packet - and forward it to chairman of the GoM Pranab Mukherjee this week.
with each puff of cigarette smoke, one may add on a few virtual years. Scientists have discovered that the smoke suppresses a gene that prevents premature aging. The gene, called sirutin or sirt
All tobacco packets sold in India will soon have either of the two mild images
A Group of Ministers (GoM) on Tuesday recommended using pictorial warnings on cigarette, beedi and tobacco product packs but did not set any time-frame for its implementation. Chaired by External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee, the GoM also decided to tone down the nature of pictures and reduce the size of warnings from 50 to 30 or 40 per cent of the pack size. "The chairman will decide on the kind of pictures, which are either a scorpion or lungs and the size of the pictures in consultation with the Union Health and Family Welfare Minister,' Union Information and Broadcasting Minister Priyaranjan Dasmunsi told reporters after the meeting. He said this was the last meeting of the GoM and the final decision on the nature and size would be taken by this weekend. Notification According to Union Health Minister Anbumani Ramadoss, a notification on pictorial warnings would be issued once a decision was taken on the picture and the size. However, the government would run a two-phase campaign to create awareness on the issue before implementation. "Importantly, we want to give time to the Labour Ministry to look for alternative jobs for those who could, if any, be affected by these warnings,' Dr. Ramadoss said. The first phase would be started in the next financial year and depending upon its outcome, the second phase would be launched, Dr. Ramadoss said.
