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 …
Health Minister of Sri Lanka Maithripala Sirisena will launch a programme named '4 by 4 by 4' to deal with four main diseases, four risk factors and four commitments today at the Bandaranaike Memorial International Conference Hall (BMICH). The programme organized by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Health …
The first-ever comprehensive systematic review of all studies over the past 50 years has established clearly that maternal smoking causes a range of serious birth defects including heart defects, missing/deformed limbs, clubfoot, gastrointestinal disorders, and facial disorders (for example, of the eyes and cleft lip/palate). The review dispels any uncertainty …
JAIPUR: In Rajasthan, tobacco chewing is on the rise. It has increased by 0.1% as compared to smoking. In the state, around 18.9% of the total population chews tobacco while 18.8% population smokes. The figures were released by the World Health Organization last week. Asthma and tobacco specialist Dr Virendra …
This report is the third in a series of WHO reports on the status of global tobacco control policy implementation. All data on the level of countries’ achievement for the six MPOWER measures have been updated through 2010, and additional data have been collected on warning the public about the …
Industrial air pollution is of major concern to upcoming Indian cities like Trivandrum and Pune in terms of industrialization and urbanization. Even the urban population is exposed to ambient air pollutants; on the other hand the sub-rurals contribute to the cigarette smoke and kitchen cooking fuels. A quantitative analysis on …
Legislation that would ban logos from appearing on cigarette packages in Australia is drawing the ire of business lobbying groups and even members of the United States Congress, who warn that the Australian government could be in breach of its international trade obligations. The legislation would require that tobacco products …
On a vote of 78 to 66, the British House of Commons agreed Wednesday to consider outlawing smoking in private vehicles carrying children in an effort to reduce exposure to secondhand smoke. The vote ordered the government to draft a ban.
India is going all out to monitor global ban on drugs. The Drug Controller General of India (DCGI) has ordered the setting up of a new special cell in the Central Drug Standard Control Organization (CDSCO) that will monitor the fate of drugs being sold both abroad and back home. …
Kullu will be the next district in Himachal Pradesh after Shimla to become smoke-free. Deputy Commissioner BM Nanta, while presiding over a workshop here today, revealed that directions had been issued to all educational institutions, government and private offices to strictly follow the notification of no-smoking in the public areas. …
A total ban on smoking in public will come into force soon, the Health Ministry said. The spokesperson for the Ministry said National Tobacco and Alcohol Act had been sent to the Attorney General for amendment to make smoking in public illegal. Minister Maithripala Sirisena, attending the National programme on …
This study presents the first estimate of the worldwide burden of disease and premature death attributable to exposure to second-hand smoke (SHS) during 2004 through a retrospective analysis of data from 192 countries. The resulting burden of disease is measured as number of deaths and loss of diability-adjusted life years …
Agartala, May 30: Tripura has emerged as third highest tobacco consuming state in the country after Mizoram and Nagaland, Dr Goutam Majumder, Superintendent of Regional Cancer Centre said here yesterday. He said despite imposition of ban on smoking in public places, about 55.9 per cent of people in Tripura had …
CHENNAI: The best way to bid adieu to tobacco is perhaps to ensure that those who give it up are rewarded. At Abirami Mall, five volunteers who offered to quit smoking on Sunday received free entry to one of its popular entertainment stalls. The mall's executive director Nallammai Ramanathan said …
Ahead of the World No Tobacco Day to be observed tomorrow Ahead of the World No Tobacco Day to be observed on May 31, several top-notch schools in the Capital have declared themselves
CHENNAI: Ten slum colonies in the city, including the one at Ambedkar Nagar, will be declared smoke free by the year-end. Prasanna Kannan, WHO consultant, speaking to Express, said,
In probably the first such large-scale study of its kind, Sekhsaria Institute of Public Health, in collaboration with the ministry of health proved that bidis and other forms of tobacco (supari, gutkha, among others) are more harmful than cigarettes. The study had a follow-up period of 5.5 years with as …
Cracking whip against errant hookah parlours in the city, Bombay high court today directed the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) to incorporate the rules under `Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products Act' (COTPA) in the license agreements. With this, the BMC will have the power to revoke the license if a hookah …
