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 …
Although tobacco is injurious to health, people in the country consume tobacco and its by-products worth Rs1.2 billion annually while the government has failed to take concrete steps to protect the masses from the health hazard involved in it. This was pointed out by health professionals belonging to various medical …
Dr Bhaben Choudhury, an eminent ENT specialist and researcher on tobacco and health problems, has said that during the past 20 years, numerous epidemiological, clinical, pathological and experimental studies have shown that tobacco is related to disability diseases, leading to various health problems. Little scientific evidence about tobacco effects was, …
Mumbai: Eight months after a ban was imposed on smoking in public places, a survey conducted by a local NGO has revealed that a large number of Mumbaikars are increasingly becoming aware of the ill-effects of smoking and are opposed to it. The Salaam Bombay Foundation, which conducted the survey …
Pakistan should implement already existing anti-tobacco laws to protect people from the tobacco epidemic, especially as the country has signed the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control - requiring signatories to post "health warnings describing the harmful effects of tobacco use" on cigarette packets and recommending that pictures form part …
AFTER a two year debate over the content of pictorial warnings of tobacco products, the warnings will final see the light of day on Ma 31, in accordance with an undertaking given by the Union Health Ministry to the Supreme Court. While pictures of
Creating awareness: Adyar Cancer Institute Chairman V. Shanta launches a documentary on the health hazards of tobacco at a function in Chennai on Tuesday. Commissioner of Police K.Radhakrishnan receives the first copy. Tobacco Cessation Centre coordinator E. Vidhubala is in the picture. CHENNAI: Speakers voiced concern over the increasing tobacco …
AFTER being put off five times since February 2007, it looks like the picto rial warnings on tobacco products are finally set to arrive this month. This time the State Government is taking no chances. At a meeting held here on Monday, the Directorate of Pub lic Health and Preventive …
Throughout the world, as use of manufactured cigarettes has dropped, the tobacco industry has taken steps to diversify its product offerings with the overall goal of assuring a steady market of nicotine addicted people.
Bidi is a leaf-rolled cigarette made of coarse, uncured tobacco, tied with a string at one end. Bidis (beedis or biris) dominate the smoking market of India
Bidis and smokeless tobacco are the cheapest, least taxed and most commonly used tobacco products in India. They are highly addictive and high in carcinogens. They cause a broad spectrum of diseases; yet awareness about their ill-effects is low. Smokeless tobacco products containing arecanut, e.g. gutka and mawa, are especially …
The hookah, a waterpipe, originated in India and became popular for smoking tobacco. It spread elsewhere and acquired other names like nargile, shisha, goza and hubble-bubble, before its popularity declined in India. A resurgence of hookah smoking is occurring in India and around the world, and is being promoted as …
There are immediate and long-term needs for tobacco control capacity development in India. In the short term, the development of in-person and virtual training programmes aimed at increasing the number of people educating the population about tobacco offers a critical and cost-effective approach to expanding the knowledge-base regarding tobacco. For …
Methods to improve health and life of workers discussed Health status: Apoorva (centre), Special Secretary, Health Department, launches a report on the status of bidi workers at a function organised by the Tamil Nadu Voluntary Health Association in Chennai on Thursday. E.Vidhubala (right), head of the Department of Psycho-oncology, Adyar …
Tobacco cultivation is posing a threat to the public health and the environment in Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT). Although tobacco cultivation is strictly prohibited, the tobacco companies are doing brisk business, violating the rules. Besides, they motivate the farmers openly by offering incentives in cash and kind to cultivate tobacco. …
Ranju Sarkar / New Delhi May 21, 2009, 0:26 IST Pictorial health warnings could hurt demand for domestic cigarettes The demand for tobacco products could fall sharply once tobacco-makers start displaying pictorial health warnings on their products from May 31, to abide by a Supreme Court order on the same …
Bulgarian lawmakers voted on Friday to ban smoking in all public spaces from June 2010, ignoring protests from tobacco producers and the tourist industry in Europe's number two smoker. The Black Sea country has already banned smoking in hospitals, taxis and offices and requires restaurant and bar owners to designate …
