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 …
KOLKATA: There has been an alarming rise in asthma and chronic bronchial complications in newborns in Kolkata with no history of these issues in their parents. These can only be attributed to the city’s sharply declining air quality. Worse, mothers inhaling toxic air are impacting the children in their wombs, …
NEW DELHI: Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems (ENDS) can cause poisoning, a government panel has said, adding another stroke of approval to the health ministry's advisory to states asking them to ban products such as e-cigarettes, Vape, e-Sheesha, e-Hookah etc. There is already mounting evidence to prove that e-cigarettes and its …
Tobacco kills more than 7 million people per year and is costing the world economy US$1.4 trillion annually in health care costs and productivity losses. Tobacco growing causes up to 5 percent of deforestation in growing countries and results in biodiversity loss and soil degradation, as well as water and …
While the Islamabad High Court waits to hear a case regarding the enlarged pictorial health warning on cigarette packaging, the Ministry of National Health Services (NHS) on Tuesday issued a notification increasing the size of the warning from 50 to 60pc, on either side of the pack. The ministry has …
Scientists in the US have engineered tobacco plants that can grow up to 40% larger than normal in field trials. The researchers say they have found a way of overcoming natural restrictions in the process of photosynthesis that limit crop productivity. They believe the method could be used to significantly …
The poor already bear the brunt of these costs, and unhindered use of bidi tobacco threatens to push even more households into poverty, according to the study published in the journal Tobacco Control. Ill health and early deaths caused by smoking ‘bidi’ cost India 805.5 billion rupees in 2017 alone, …
The minimum legal age for smoking in the Republic will be raised to 19 years old from Jan 1. Issuing a reminder a few days before the new rule kicks in, the Ministry of Health (MOH) said on Friday that the ruling is part of a planned move to progressively …
Use of tobacco products is injurious to health in men and women. However, tobacco use by pregnant women receives greater scrutiny because it can also compromise the health of future generations. More men smoke cigarettes than women. Yet the impact of nicotine use by men upon their descendants has not …
The Conference of Parties to the WHO Framework Convention for Tobacco Control (FCTC) opens its eighth session (COP 8), with a view to defining a roadmap for strengthening and expanding the scope of the landmark global health treaty. The COP8 discussions from 1 to 6 October bring together delegations from …
In India, according to a 2012 report in The Lancet as quoted by Medical News Today, breast cancer is one of the most common problems among women here. A new report in Cancer Research UK suggests obesity will emerge as the biggest cause of cancer, overtaking even smoking. The report …
India has 18% of the global population and an increasing burden of chronic respiratory diseases. However, a systematic understanding of the distribution of chronic respiratory diseases and their trends over time is not readily available for all of the states of India. Our aim was to report the trends in …
Study finds 75.3% of women aged 30-84 are suffering from the chronic disease Previously safe from the rising trend of obesity, rural India is now showing an alarming increase in the number of cases of this chronic disease. A dipstick study of rural Delhi, conducted by Safdarjung Hospital to find …
GUWAHATI, June 27: According to a survey report released by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Assam has been listed as the fourth highest tobacco consuming state in the country. The survey was conducted by the Global Adult Tobacco Survey (GATS), India. According to the report, 48.02% of the …
The Federal Executive Council (FEC), on Wednesday approved a draft Food Safety and Quality Bill as well as the Food Safety Institutional Reform working document. The Council also approved a Draft National Tobacco Control Regulation bill to be forwarded to the National Assembly for passage. This was revealed by the …
PATNA: The Bihar health department plans to write to the Union health ministry, requesting it to include ‘khaini’ as a food product under the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006. ‘Khaini’ is said to be a pure form of tobacco. Tobacco per se is not banned. Pure tobacco is not …
Problem of chewing tobacco in country not addressed: Mumbai doctor From 19.4% in 2000, the prevalence of smoking tobacco in India dropped down to 11.5% in 2005, according to a World Health Organisation report released on Thursday. The report projected the prevalence to drop down further to 9.8% by 2020 …
Vijay Tiwari, 56, a leading gutkha manufacturer, began chewing a lethal mixture of tobacco, betel nut, and palm nut at 12 during tasting sessions at his factory. Eight years ago, life came to a standstill when he was diagnosed with oral cancer. Without batting an eyelid, he packed up his …
NEW DELHI: Most of the 2,700-odd people who will die in the next 24 hours in India due to cancer caused by smoking and other tobacco products tried to quit but failed and were living their last days with a feeling of being powerless over their habit. As we celebrate …
Tobacco kills almost 7 million people across the world every year and nearly a million of them are not even smokers. It also costs the world about $1.4 trillion annually in healthcare costs related to tobacco-attributable diseases and in lost productivity due to death and illness. The sobering statistics on …
Although most countries have seen a fall in smoking rates, only a minority of countries look set to meet global and national commitments to cut tobacco use in over 15s by 30 per cent by 2025 reveals this new WHO report. Tobacco use has declined markedly since 2000, according to …
