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 …
Even as there was little clarity on how Rajasthan would implement its decision to bar tobacco consumers from government jobs without a legal backing, officials here said the move was just to keep people away from tobacco. The Department of Health and Family Welfare has written to all departments to …
The World Health Organization called for a comprehensive ban on tobacco advertising in China on Thursday to reduce the number of smokers. Proposed amendments to the Advertising Law are expected to be reviewed soon by the country's top legislature. "Advertising bans are critically important in protecting the health of Chinese …
Countless studies and health reports have discussed the dangers of smoking--a nasty habit that can drastically increase the risk of lung cancer and other serious health issues. Now, recent findings published in the The Journal of the American Medical Association show that smoking can also increase the risk of developing …
State Tobacco Control Departmentcollects over Rs.57 lakh fine in six years As many as 126 women have been fined for lighting up in public and the State Tobacco Control Department has collected Rs. 57.92 lakh in fine in the past six years since the implementation of smoke-free rules which came …
Evidence supporting a link between postnatal environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) exposure and cognitive problems among children is mounting, but inconsistent. The researchers examined the relationship between ETS exposure, measured using urine cotinine, and IQ scores in Korean school-aged children.
Prediction of mortality has focused on disease and frailty, although antecedent biomarkers may herald broad physiological decline. Olfaction, an ancestral chemical system, is a strong candidate biomarker because it is linked to diverse physiological processes. We sought to determine if olfactory dysfunction is a harbinger of 5-year mortality in the …
The objective of the study was to examine the dose-dependent and time-specific relationships of prenatal smoking with neonatal body mass, fat mass (FM), fat-free mass (FFM), and FM-to-FFM ratio, as measured by air-displacement plethysmography (PEA POD system).
Public health experts, on Monday, stressed the need for strict enforcement of tobacco control laws, rather than just creating awareness on its harmful effects to deter people from smoking. Addressing a workshop, to educate enforcement officials on sections of Cigarette and Other Tobacco Products Act to be enforced, National Institute …
The risk factors for heart disease are constantly on the rise with change in lifestyle. In such a scenario, creating an environment to prevent the spread of the disease is the key, said Sawai Man Singh hospital's cardiology professor Dr Rajeev Bagarhatta. “The theme of this year's World Heart Day …
A study conducted by Metropolis Health Care Limited has revealed that high levels of cholesterol in the body could be one of the leading cause for cardiovascular ailments in the City. The study conducted on the working class population of Bangalore ahead of World Heart Day 2014, collected data from …
AURANGABAD: Better education and socio-economic status have had little impact on the health profile of the city's youth. In the past few years, doctors from across the city have been seeing a steady stream such people with heart problems. Experts said they come across 15% of the heart patients below …
Younger women are fast losing their immunity to heart diseases due to a shift in lifestyle patterns. A multicity study has found out that six out of 10 women are more likely to develop cardiovascular diseases (CVD) by the age of 35. Women in Mumbai particularly showed a marginally increased …
BEIJING - A haze of second hand smoke may continue to hang heavily over Beijing if the latest draft amendment for controls on cigarette smoke remains unchanged. Wang Qingbin, an associate law professor at the China University of Political Science and Law, said the draft amendment for Beijing's anti-smoking regulations …
Excessive smoking by the rural folk in Himachal is leading to lung cancer and it is spreading at an alarming rate amongst males, said a study conducted by oncologist Rajeev Bedi of Fortis Hospital, Mohali. Dr. Bedi who was here on Saturday to create awareness on cancer said around 95 …
Tougher Norms Fine for public smoking may jump to ` Rs 20,000, loose sale to be banned, minimum age may rise to 25 and size of warnings on packs to double The government is considering a proposal to ban the sale of loose cigarettes, a move that will hit ITC …
Parents need to keep electronic cigarette refills away from young children because of the risk of poisoning, doctors in Birmingham say. They issued the warning, in the medical journal Archives of Disease in Childhood, after a two-year-old girl accidentally licked some of the liquid. The infant recovered, but high doses …
Many factors affect child and adolescent mortality in high-income countries. These factors can be conceptualised within four domains—intrinsic (biological and psychological) factors, the physical environment, the social environment, and service delivery. The most prominent factors are socioeconomic gradients, although the mechanisms through which they exert their effects are complex, affect …
Warnings over e-cigarettes are alarmist - and increasing their use could save many lives, researchers have said. For every million smokers who switch to e-cigarettes, more than 6,000 lives a year could be saved, according to the University College London team. Meanwhile another group of London-based experts has attacked criticism …
Ariful Haque Chowdhury, Mayor of Sylhet City Corporation has declared smoke free Sylhet City Corporation. He said that 27 ward offices of Sylhet City Corporation would be smoke free from 1st September 2014 and all other public spaces and public transport would also be smoke free while he was present …
E-cigarettes can contain higher amounts of certain toxins than regular cigarettes, according to U.S. scientists. Researchers at the University of South California found vapour emitted by the gadgets contains the toxic element chromium, which is not found in traditional cigarettes, as well as four times more nickel than found in …
