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 …
BHUBANESWAR: A grim future awaits the state. The women folk in the State have developed a penchant for tobacco products like betel quid with tobacco and gutkha. In four years, around 5 per cent more women have joined the current tobacco-chewers' fraternity. This affinity for the smokeless tobacco bodes ill …
Jorhat, Jan. 25: Five more educational institutions of Jorhat district will be declared tobacco-free on Republic Day, giving a further boost to the anti-tobacco campaign. The announcement will be made by the Jorhat deputy commissioner, who is also the chairman of the Jorhat District Tobacco Control Cell. TheJorhat cell
Over 57,000 people die in Bangladesh every year from tobacco-related diseases and some 16 per cent of all deaths among people aged 30 years and above are attributable to tobacco use. This was revealed at a workshop titled 'Training Course on Media for Tobacco Control in Bangladesh' held at the …
This technical manual aims to help governments improve health and increase revenues by identifying a set of “best practices” for tobacco taxation. It documents governments’ existing approaches to tobacco taxation, discusses barriers to using tobacco taxes to achieve health and revenue objectives and provides case studies of effective tobacco tax …
Bhopal: Minister of State for Public Health, Family Welfare, AYUSH and Medical Education Mahendra Hardia has taken a serious note of the news that some hookah centres are making people smoking-addicts by running their joints in the garb of coffee shops and has instructed to take stern action against them. …
NEW DELHI: Health activists campaigning against the tobacco industry are concerned at its continuing defiance of the Indian tobacco control laws. Even though the government mandates a prominent display of mouth cancer warnings on all tobacco product packages from this past December 1, old weak warnings continue to be on …
Taking into account Dec. 7: Taking into account the huge impact on environment and human health caused by non-biodegradable plastic wrappers used for packaging of gutkha, the Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered complete ban on use of plastic for packaging of all forms of such products. A bench of Justices …
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered a ban on the sale of tobacco, gutka and pan masala in plastic pouches from March 2011. A Bench of Justices G.S. Singhvi and A.K. Ganguly gave this interim direction during the hearing of a batch of petitions filed by manufacturers of …
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday put the Rs 30,000-crore gutka, pan masala and chewing tobacco industry, peddling their products in Re 1 pouches and sachets, in a crisis-like situation when it said they will have to shut shop if they do not stop using plastic as packaging material …
The Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered the ban on sale of tobacco products like gutka and pan masala in plastic pouches from March 2011, while asking the government to conduct a survey on the ill effects of these products within two months. A bench of Justice G S Singhvi and …
Delhiites do not seem to be happy with the anti-tobacco campaign of the government. The dissatisfaction has become evident in the results of an opinion poll conducted by two NGOs during the 30th India International Trade Fair. Based on the answers of 5,300 respondents, the poll points out that 82 …
Unless effective tobacco control is in place, most tobacco-related deaths in the coming decades are likely to be seen in low and middle-income countries. Tobacco surveillance among medical students offers an opportunity to assess the preparedness for tobacco control among future healthcare professionals in India.
Unless effective tobacco control is in place, most tobacco-related deaths in the coming decades are likely to be seen in low and middle income countries. Tobacco surveillance among medical students offers an opportunity to assess the preparedness for tobacco control among future health care professionals in India.
