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 …
Indonesia told cigarette makers on Tuesday to start putting graphic warnings on cigarette packaging, the government's boldest step to reduce smoking in the world's third-largest cigarette market. "Starting today, cigarette producers must start to print the warning" of the health hazards smoking can pose, said Minister of Social Welfare Agung …
Tobacco claimed as many as 57,000 lives and crippled 3.82 lakh in the country every year, according to a written statement issued by Bangladesh Anti-Tobacco Alliance (BATA) on Monday. Addressing a press briefing at Dhaka reporters’ Unity (DRU), the BATA general secretary Syed Mahbub Alam placed five points demand to …
In a surprising demand of cigarettes in a small settlement of Olangchungola with 54 households, approximately Rs 100,000 worth of ‘cancer sticks’ are sold every month. According to the 2011 census, the total population of the settlement in Gola figured at 239, comprising of 127 males and 112 females. Interestingly, …
E-cigarettes require strict regulation at a time when there’s been little research into potential harm, more than 100 scientists told the World Health Organization in a letter. The group said the health organization should support marketing regulation, safety and efficacy data requirements and protection for bystanders from second-hand vapor. A …
Two other hospitals are Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical College and Hospital and Government Staff Hospital A High Court bench yesterday asked the authorities of three hospitals, including Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU), to explain within four weeks why they should not be directed to ensure their premises free from tobacco. …
Stress-relief is cited single largest reason for picking up the habit The metro has found its way to the top of a ranking of Indian cities with respect to cigarette consumption. A recent study has brought to light several other alarming statistics too. A national survey on tobacco usage habits …
The Republic of Ireland has become the first country in Europe to try to pass a law banning the sale of branded cigarette and tobacco packets. The proposed legislation would force tobacco firms to use plain packaging, removing all logos and trademark colours from cigarette packets. Irish Minister for Health …
Public health and tobacco control activists called for a comprehensive ban on all forms of tobacco advertising and promotion in the nation's advertisement law, which is being revised. In the publicized draft amendment to the current law, which took effect in early 1995, media including radio, TV, movies, newspapers, websites …
A body of literature has developed suggesting an elevated risk of lung cancer associated with particulate matter and traffic-related pollutants. The researchers examined the relation of lung cancer incidence with long-term residential exposures to ambient particulate matter and residential distance to roadway, as a proxy for traffic-related exposures.
Russia’s ban on smoking in bars and restaurants took effect yesterday as the government pressed on with a crackdown on tobacco consumption in the face of protests from cigarette makers. The batch of anti-tobacco measures rolled out includes a prohibition on displaying cigarettes in stores. They add to a previous …
Gariphema village in Nagaland has been declared the country’s first “tobacco-free village”. The declaration was made by Principal Secretary R Benchilo Thong on the occasion of “World No Tobacco Day” on Saturday at the Gariphema Village Council hall near here. It was result of an initiative taken by the Gariphema …
A sweeping antismoking bill enacted in Russia last year has resulted in a 12% drop in cigarette consumption in what had been the world's second largest market, a legislator in charge of national health issues said Friday. The news of the decline comes as Russia prepares to implement a second, …
15% students aged 13-15 use tobacco in Southeast Asia The prevalence of tobacco use is increasing among young people in Southeast Asia, with nearly 15% of students aged 13-15 years using some form of tobacco in the region. The finding was disclosed in a press release by the World Health …
As per a survey by the Global Adult Tobacco Survey, Assam has about 39 percent of tobacco users, which includes the consumers of cigarettes, bidis and raw tobacco. The survey catered to people from age 15 and above. Talking on this issue, State Tobacco Control Cell’s State Nodal Officer Arundhati …
The number of smokers in the country increased by eight percent from 41 percent to 49 percent in last one year, a survey revealed in the city on Sunday. The rise in the number of young smokers was alarming at 12 percent from 57 to 69 percent in one year, …
Alcohol and Drug Information Centre (ADIC) yesterday stressed that it was unclear as to which size of the Pictorial Health Warnings (PHWs) was to be used under the precedence of authority, as the Parliament had unanimously approved covering 80 percent with PHWs, and the Court of Appeal had delivered a …
Health Minister Maithripala Sirisena yesterday expressed dissatisfaction with the Appeal Court verdict on pictorial warnings on cigarette packets. He said he would leave no stone unturned in his efforts to bring in fresh legislation to implement the government decision to print pictorial warnings on 80% of the display areas of …
Electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) are products that deliver a nicotine-containing aerosol (commonly called vapor) to users by heating a solution typically made up of propylene glycol or glycerol (glycerin), nicotine, and flavoring agents (Figure 1) invented in their current form by Chinese pharmacist Hon Lik in the early 2000s. The US …
The Court of Appeal approved graphic health warnings covering 50 to 60 percent of cigarette packets after the Tobacco Company challenged the Health Ministry's 2012 gazette notification, a ministry spokesman said. The spokesman said the Court of Appeal had dismissed a writ application filed by the company and allowed graphic …
A Sri Lankan court today dismissed a writ application filed by the country's leading manufacturer of tobacco products against the government's regulation to cover cigarette packs with pictorial warnings. The Court of Appeal dismissed the petition filed by the Ceylon Tobacco Company (CTC) challenging the government's special gazette notification on …
