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 …
Jammu and Kashmir is fast emerging as the smoking capital of North India. The monthly spending on tobacco products far outstrips the national average. National statistics say smokers aged 15 years and above spend Rs 399.2 a month on cigarettes and Rs 93.4 on bidis while smokers in the state …
Indian Dental Association Had First Moved HC Lucknow: Giving no respite to the state government or gutka manufacturers’ lobby, the Supreme Court upheld ban on sale, consumption and manufacture of gutka in Uttar Pradesh. The ban on gutka imposed by the Allahabad high court, therefore, came into effect on Monday …
Punjab is no land for guzzlers, both of soft and hard drinks. After the new excise policy effected a hike in liquor prices, Finance Minister Parminder Singh Dhindsa Wednesday announced to hike the Vallue Added Tax (VAT) rates on all things "not good for health" as he presented the budget …
Assam is all set to table a bill to ban manufacturing, sale and storage of all kinds of smokeless tobacco products in the state. Assam health minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said the bill would be tabled in the assembly in the ongoing budget session. He said the bill was awaiting …
JAMMU: In exercise of the powers vested upon him under clause (a) of sub-Section 30 of the Food Safety and Standards Act, Manoj Kumar Dwivedi, Commissioner of Food Safety, Jammu and Kashmir ordered ban on manufacture, storage, sale transportation, display or distribution of Gutkha in the State. As per the …
The government on Monday placed a bill in parliament to restrict the use of tobacco, which kills 57,000 people every year, also inflicting an annual financial loss of around Tk 5,000 crore to the economy. The health minister, AFM Ruhal Haque, placed the ‘Smoking and Tobacco Products Use (control) Bill-2013’ …
Internet cafes, entertainment venues and restaurants remain the three worst places for implementing the city's smoking ban in public places, according to a report. The report was released by Shanghai health promotion committee at a news conference on Thursday, ahead of the third anniversary of the city's smoking ban. Shanghai's …
Moscow—Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a law that will ban smoking in most public places and restrict cigarette sales in the world’s second-largest tobacco market after China. The law will ban smoking in some public places such as subways and schools from June 1, and come into force a …
MARGAO: The South Goa District Task Force Committee has set March 31 as the time-frame to make the entire district “smoke free district”. District Collector, N D Agrawal said the deadline set by the Task Force Committee can be achieved with the cooperation and participating of citizens from the district. …
Ban on sale of gutka and smokeless tobacco GUWAHATI: The Asomiya Yuba Mancha (AYM) has taken State Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma’s recent announcement, of a ban of the sale on gutka and smokeless tobacco in the State, with a pinch of salt. AYM general secretary Jitul Deka said, “We …
GUWAHATI: The Assam Government has decided to ban the sale of gutka and smokeless tobacco in the State. The government is planning to introduce a Bill in the Assembly soon in this regard. If this Bill is passed by the Assembly, it will pave the way for Assam to become …
Sri Lanka Court of Appeal will tomorrow deliver the verdict of a case over displaying graphic images of cancer on the packets of cigarettes. The petition was filed by the Ceylon Tobacco Company against the gazette notification of the Ministry of Health to depict graphic, pictorial anti-smoking messages covering 80 …
IMPHAL: The Manipur cabinet in a late night meeting resolved to ban sale of cigarttes and all tobacco products. It is not known what had prompted the State cabinet to take this momentous and unparalleled decision without any prior warning. However, comments in some newspapers say that this is a …
Use Profit-Making Tricks A La Tobacco Firms: Study The fact that processed food, beverage and alcohol companies are major drivers of lifestyle diseases like diabetes, heart disease and blood pressure is known. Now, there is evidence that these industries are also trying to undermine public health. A study says these …
NEW DELHI: Air pollution is the fifth largest killer in India taking 6.2 lakh lives per year and Delhi is among one of the five most critically polluted regions in the country, a study by a US-based health institute has claimed. The other four most critically polluted regions in the …
Previous research has shown that tobacco control funding in California has reduced per capita cigarette consumption and per capita healthcare expenditures. This paper refines our earlier model by estimating the effect of California tobacco control funding on current smoking prevalence and cigarette consumption per smoker and the effect of prevalence …
Smoking in Russia will be banned from restaurants, long-distance trains and housing block entrance halls under a tough new bill passed by parliament. Just one deputy in the State Duma voted against the legislation, which expands a 2001 smoking law. It is now expected to be passed by the upper …
Pilot Project To Be Implemented In 2,400 Schools Across State Thiruvananthapuram: A comprehensive action plan, for tobacco control sensitization (TCS) programme at schools, homes and public places, has been finalized jointly by the health, education and police departments. A meeting of senior officials from these departments held here on Thursday …
The Jammu and Kashmir High Court has directed the government to take necessary steps for banning gutkha, pan masala and other tobacco products in the state and file a compliance report in this regard within a week. The directions were issued today by a Division Bench comprising Justice JP Singh …
The J&K; Government has said that it is considering banning the use of gutkha, pan masala and tobacco products in the state. The views of the Finance Department are being sought as the ban involves huge financial implications. This has been indicated by the government in its response to a …
