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 …
Himachal today earned the distinction of becoming the first state in the country to be declared smoke-free with a compliance of 84.52 per cent, based on a scientific technical survey conducted as per international standards. The milestone achieved by the state was formally announced by Health Minister Kaul Singh Thakur …
The continued success in global tobacco control is detailed in this year’s WHO Report on the Global Tobacco Epidemic, 2013. The fourth in the series, this year’s report presents the status of the MPOWER measures, with country-specific data updated and aggregated through 2012. In addition, the report provides a special …
The single bench of the Karnataka High Court circuit bench in Dharwad, headed by Justice B S Patil on Tuesday upheld the Karnataka government's decision to ban the manufacture and sale of gutkha in the state. The court quashed the interim plea filed by gutkha companies seeking a stay on …
The High Court Circuit Bench, Dharwad upheld the State government’s ban on gutka by quashing an interim plea filed by gutka companies on Tuesday. An interim plea had been filed by Ghodawat Pan Masala and three other gutka manufacturing companies, which challenged the State government’s order to impose a ban …
Shimla today became the 11th district of the state to be declared smoke-free under Section 4 of COTPA (Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products - Prohibition of Advertisement and Regulation of Trade and Commerce, Production, Supply and Distribution - Act). Tribal Kinnaur district is the only one yet to become smoke-free. …
Announcing the state capital of Himachal Pradesh as “smoke free” at a function organised here by by HP Voluntary Health Association and district administration, Deputy Commissioner Dinesh Malhotra said a survey was conducted on scientific methodology by IGMC Shimla on five indicators and the report by the agency indicated 92.17 …
Kageri of BJP, a former minister is a key producer of arecanut Karnataka government today said the ban on gutka would stay, rejecting the demand of the opposition BJP which argued that the move would hit arecanut growers in the State. At the end of a debate on the issue …
The Karnataka government on Friday announced the ban on the manufacture, storage, sale and distribution of gutka and pan masala containing tobacco or nicotine, as ingredients in the interest of public health in the State. An order dated May 30, Office of the Food Safety Commissioner stated that Section 92 …
Nearly a year after the Delhi Government imposed a ban on chewable tobacco products, including paan masala and gutkha in the capital, Health Minister Dr A K Walia said the government was still trying hard to prohibit minors from accessing tobacco products. Dr Walia announced the establishment of tobacco cessation …
BANGALORE: Gutka and paan masala containing tobacco and nicotine as ingredients have been banned in Karnataka. At a World No Tobacco Day event here on Friday, health minister UT Khader said manufacture, storage, sale and distribution of gutka and paan masala whatever name they are available in the market have …
Aizawl: Tobacco presently kills nearly six million people every year and the WHO estimated that the weed will take times of more than eight million by 2030. World No Tobacco Day (WNTD), which is observed on May 31 is meant to encourage a 24-hour period of abstinence from all forms …
The Punjab Government today declared Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar, Gurdaspur and Fatehgarh Sahib as ‘tobacco-free’ districts. Speaking on the occasion of World No Tobacco Day, Health and Family Welfare Minister Madan Mohan Mittal said the School of Public Health, PGI, had in its report confirmed that there were no "active …
Though India’s latest tobacco control step of mandating films with smoking scenes to carry statutory warnings introduced last year is hailed as one of the best practices under the World Health Organisation (WHO) Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC), the exemption for tobacco advertisements and promotion at the point of …
Just ahead of World No Tobacco Day (on Friday), the State government issued a formal notification to implement the ban on manufacture, sale, storage, and distribution of gutka and pan masala in the State. Chief Minister Jayalalithaa made an announcement on the floor of the Assembly during the budget session …
The state government is understood to have decided to ban the manufacture and sale of gutka and panmasala. A formal announcement in this regard is likely to be made on the occasion of World Tobacco Day on Friday. Gutka has been banned as per the Centre’s Food Safety and Standards …
GUWAHATI, May 30: Tobacco use is the biggest cause of death, disease and disability. The death clock of tobacco strikes every six seconds globally killing 10 lakh Indians every year. This year, the theme for World No Tobacco Day (WNTD) is Ban Tobacco Advertising, Promotion and Sponsorship. The WHO Framework …
Rajasthan bagged two out of five WHO director general's World No Tobacco Day awards in South East Asia region for its tobacco control efforts on Thursday. The directorate of medical and health services (DMHS) and city-based oncologist Dr Rakesh Gupta are among the five recipients for their efforts in tobacco …
JAIPUR: After failing to declare Jaipur as a smoke-free city due to improper compliance of Cigarette and Other tobacco Product Act (COTPA) 2003, the medical health and family welfare department in cooperation with other government departments launched a campaign against advertisements of tobacco products. The survey conducted by the medical …
Ahmedabad: This is the kind of news smokers want to hear on World No Tobacco Day. Ahmedabad Textile Industry's Research Association (ATIRA) has developed a nano fibrebased filter disc, which, when attached to the butt of a cigarette, filters almost all deadly particles. Ordinary filters at the end of cigarettes …
Lucknow: The much-hyped anti-smoking campaign of the government seems to have failed to make any impact on tobacco users. Despite being aware about the harmful effects of tobacco consumption, people are not ready to quit it. A survey done by the Union ministry of health and family welfare reveals that …
