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. Countries have adopted this indicator to report progress also towards the tobacco reduction target under the Global Action Plan …
Tobacco cultivation is affecting forest in Khagrachhari district as the growers need firewood and bamboo for making barn where the harvested leaves are air-cured. The growers have made around 400 tobacco barns in Sadar, Matiranga, Dighinala, Panchharhi, Manikchharhi, Mohalchharhi, Lakkhichharhi, Ramgarh and Guimarha upazilas of the district, sources said. Despite …
The Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) is the only internationally binding public health treaty ever adopted under the World Health Organization's (WHO) constitution. Although an FCTC signatory, the US joins Cuba, Argentina, and a handful of other countries as one of the few signatories yet to ratify the treaty. …
Judgement of the Kolkata High Court in the matter of Aurangadabad Biri Merchants' Association & Ors.Vs. The State of West Bengal & Ors. dated 06/05/2014 regarding payment of market fee in relation to the transaction of Tobacco and Kendu Leaves in the notified market area for manufacturing Biri. The petitioners …
‘Produce Tobacco-Like Levels Of Carcinogens’ Electronic cigarettes appear to be safer than ordinary cigarettes for one simple — and simply obvious — reason: people don’t light up and smoke them. With e-cigarettes, there is no burning tobacco to produce myriad new chemicals, including some 60 carcinogens. But new research suggests …
A ban on electronic cigarettes went into effect on April 29 in New York restaurants, bars, parks, beaches and other public places. A law was passed by the city council on December 19 and signed by former mayor Michael Bloomberg. It extends an already strict ban on tobacco smoking in …
An Australian law forcing cigarette companies to sell their products in plain packets is about to be tested in court, diplomats at the World Trade Organization said on Friday, ending more than two years of procedural delay. Cuba, Ukraine, Indonesia, Honduras and Dominican Republic have brought the action against Australia, …
Guwahati, April 21: Even when around one million cancer cases are detected in India every year (majority of which are related to tobacco abuse), none of the political parties deemed it important to include the issue of tobacco control in their election manifestos. Despite being approached by the Voice of …
The ban on sale of "gutka" goes up in smoke in the city with shopkeepers selling it after displaying the packets in front of their shops and the authorities remaining a mute spectator. Even after the ban, the shopkeepers are seen selling "gutka" in the city, but at higher prices …
Over 1 in 10 deaths globally caused by Ischaemic Stroke (IS) due to tobacco was reported in India. The revelation is part of a study by Oxford University which was released on Friday. Out of 187 countries, the number of people dying of stroke is third highest in India. Only …
Seventy-four per cent children in Kerala use tobacco, according to a recent multi-site survey conducted by National Drug Dependence Treatment Centre and the All India Institute of Medical Sciences. A total of 119 children in the state, between the age group of 5-18, were covered as part of the study, …
Parliament yesterday unanimously approved three regulations pertaining to printing pictorial warnings on packets of cigarettes. These regulations were presented under the provisions of the National Authority on Tobacco and Alcohol Act by the Government on January 24, 2012. According to the regulations the pictorial warnings should be printed on "the …
Health Minister Maithripala Sirisena told Parliament yesterday that smoking killed about 20,000 persons a year in Sri Lanka. Minister Sirisena commencing the second reading debate on three regulations under National Authority on Tobacco and Alcohol Act on pictorial warnings on cigarette packets said that over 100 countries in the world …
Sri Lanka's parliament Wednesday unanimously passed three regulations under the National Authority on Tobacco and Alcohol Act to discourage the smoking and alcohol use in the country. Under the Act of pictorial warnings cigarette packs must have graphic warnings that cover 80 percent of the display area. Minister of Health …
Assam has become the first state in the country to impose a ban on the consumption of all forms of smokeless tobacco, including pan masala, by enacting a legislation that came into effect from today. The Act bans manufacturing, advertisement, trading, storage, distribution and sale of such substances. The Assam …
Sale, manufacturing, distribution and display of all forms of smokeless tobacco products will be banned in Assam from Thursday. State Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma announced it in the Assembly on Wednesday. To ban the smokeless tobacco products in the State, in July last year, the Assam Health (Prohibition of …
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, storage, distribution, sale and consumption of non-smoking tobacco in the state. Assam health minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said: “Our first aim …
The globe is facing a "tidal wave" of cancer, and restrictions on alcohol and sugar need to be considered, say World Health Organization scientists. It predicts the number of cancer cases will reach 24 million a year by 2035, but half could be prevented. The WHO said there was now …
The UNEP OzonAction Branch has released a publication to promote south-south cooperation, addressing efforts to phase-out methyl bromide in developing countries, as well as challenges remaining. The publication, 'Phasing-out Methyl Bromide in Developing Countries: A success story and its challenges,' analyzes factors that may affect the continuity of methyl bromide …
RANGPUR : Mayor of Rangpur City Corporation (RCC) and valiant freedom fighter Alhaj Sharfuddin Ahmed Jhantu on Tuesday declared all public places in Rangpur city as smoking-free zones, reports BSS. He made the announcement at a ceremony organised by RCC and Association for Community Development (ACD) at a conference hall …
