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 …
Daily smoker on an average spends Rs 1,217.3 per month on cigarettes and Rs 158.2 on beedis. VIJAYAWADA: About 10.1 per cent of people who use various forms of tobacco products in Andhra Pradesh are women, observed the Global Adult Tobacco Survey (GATS)-2016-17.Of the 10.1 per cent, 4.6 per cent …
France had a million fewer daily smokers’ in 2017 over 2016, the Health Ministry said on Monday, thanking the dissuasive power of higher tobacco taxes. The Ministry did not mention whether electronic cigarettes have had any impact on the apparent trend. It cited figures from a random representative survey of …
Exposure to second-hand smoke remains a major concern in India even though there has been a reduction in such exposure at home and public places since 2009-10, as per the Global Adult Tobacco Survey 2 (GATS 2), released by the Health Ministry. However, exposure to second-hand smoke at healthcare facilities …
PATNA: The food safety wing of state health department has extended the ban on the manufacture, sales and distribution of products containing tobacco and nicotine for one more year with effect from May 21. A notice was issued by principal secretary (health) and food safety commissioner Sanjay Kumar in this …
After having a failed attempt at conducting a countrywide oral survey, the Dental Council of India (DCI) under the aegis of the Union Health Ministry is all set to process a fresh research on India’s dental policy. The survey, National Survey on Availability of Dental Health Manpower and Disease Prevalence …
Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi has published the long-awaited Control of Tobacco Products and Electronic Delivery Systems Bill. The publishing paves the way for much stricter tobacco laws that will for the first time bring e-cigarettes into the regulatory fold. The bill was approved by Cabinet in April and published in …
This is also an alarm bell as about half of the surveyed population was young (between the ages of 25 to 44 years only) Nearly half of a group of healthy individuals living in a Delhi slum were found to be overweight, while 17.2 per cent were obese, according to …
PATNA: The state tobacco control coordination committee (STCCC) on Monday decided to recruit state and district level officers in tobacco control cells under the National Tobacco Control Programme (NTCP) of the central government in order to curb the use of tobacco in Bihar. Chief secretary Anjani Kumar Singh may also …
Most restaurant owners support a full ban on smoking in their establishments, according to a recent study. The Cabinet has approved the Control of Tobacco Products and Electronic Delivery Systems Bill, which provides for a ban on smoking at outdoor public places. The aim of the legislation is to cut …
Today is World Asthma Day. ‘Never too early, never too late. It's always the right time to address airways disease,’ is this year’s theme. May 1st is celebrated as World Asthma Day to raise the awareness about this chronic respiratory disease, which is majorly prevalent in children these days. In …
Trichy: Some like it hot and spicy, but doctors warn that consuming very hot or too spicy food regularly could lead to cancer of the esophagus. Already, the change in food habits has caused an increase in the prevalence of esophageal cancer in India, some city-based oncologists said here on …
NAGPUR: Several cardiac-related issues such as heart failure, acute coronary syndrome, hypertension, diabetes and among other problems will be discussed by experts at two-day Central India Cardiology Conference to be held in the city on Saturday and Sunday for delegates across India. The conference will be hosted by the Cardiology …
The ministry said “nicotine addiction through e-cigarettes among young people may lead to its consumer to try conventional tobacco products and hence is a gateway product”. THE MINISTRY of Health and Family Welfare has informed the Delhi High Court that it is in the process of formally banning e-cigarettes in …
The government on Tuesday deferred the deadline for the implementation of new anti-tobacco warnings that need to be rotated with stricter deterrent images every two years. The Ministry of Health amended the Cigarettes and other Tobacco Products (Packaging and Labelling) Rules, 2008, that mandate the two-yearly rotation and allowed the …
WHO has launched new guidance on tobacco product regulation in response to the need for clear, practical advice on building laboratory testing capacity. The “Tobacco product regulation: Building laboratory testing capacity”, launched during the 2018 World Conference on Tobacco or Health in Cape Town, provides practical, stepwise approaches to implementing …
How Tobacco companies subvert anti-tobacco laws capable of saving millions in Nigeria, others - Report How American company, Philip Morris, is flooding Nigeria with 122 million 'units' of cigarettes Tobacco Fact-sheet: Tobacco Companies Engage in CSR to Promote Company Interests Tobacco company denies targeting kids U.S. Court tightens noose on …
Treasury expects to bring in more than R3bn extra from increases in so-called sin taxes in the 2018-19 fiscal year — if the new “sugar tax” is included under that umbrella. Revenue from excise duties on tobacco products will rise by R420m, revenue from excise duties on alcoholic beverages will …
The Indian government is pushing the Supreme Court to apply a rarely used doctrine that would strip the $11 billion tobacco industry’s legal right to trade, an effort aimed at deterring tobacco companies from challenging tough new regulations. New Delhi has for the first time asked the top court to …
VISAKHAPATNAM: Despite the various awareness programmes, Andhra Pradesh has the highest number of smokers in South India with new smokers being constantly added to the numbers. The percentage of smokers in the state at 14.2 per cent is around 4 per cent above the national average of 10.7 per cent, …
Health advocates have long argued that prominently displayed pictures of what consumption of tobacco can do to humans — including some grotesque depictions of tumours — help drive home the message more powerfully and effectively. The Supreme Court last Monday stayed an order of the Karnataka High Court, which had …
