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 …
MUMBAI: The civic administration has issued showcause notices to nine restaurants and eateries in Borivli for serving hookahs in non-smoking zones. Civic officials said that these restaurants violated not only the Shop and Establishment Act, which does not permit them to serve hookahs, but also flouted the Tobacco Control Act …
Directors of 17 regional cancer treatment centres in India, including the Tata Memorial Centre (TMC), have recently written letters to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to ban smokeless tobacco products like gutkha. India has the highest number of oral cancer patients in the world with 75, 000 to 80,000 cases reported …
This paper highlights the role of community prevention in improving overall health and in supporting health equity. By addressing the underlying causes of illness and injury, community prevention efforts can prevent illness and injury before they occur. The paper presents three frameworks that support quality community prevention efforts.
This study explores the link between tobacco use and poverty, as well as the broader relationship between income, tobacco use, and tobacco-related health consequences, using a meta-analysis of existing research literature. The study presents a solid base to support its conclusions of an inverse relationship between income level and tobacco …
The number of people fined by the Directorate of Health Services (DHS) for smoking in public places shot to three times between 2007 and 2010, with more than 16,000 people being prosecuted over last year itself. Vendors prosecuted for selling tobacco products in restricted areas also grew three times during …
Cigarettes and other tobacco products will need to be kept out of sight in large stores and supermarkets by 2012 and in small shops by 2015 London, March 9: All shops in England will be banned from openly displaying tobacco products by April 2015 as part of a government package …
In a move to send a strong message, the health department of Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) has issued show-cause notices to its five ward medical officers (WMOs) for inaction during the anti-tobacco week in January this year. The WMOs are from the ward offices of Ghole Road, Kothrud, Ahmednagar Road, …
Most readers might find it difficult to credit what follows. This is a story of how bilateral and multilateral investment treaties are being used to satisfy corporate greed, how large corporations, even those in the unsavoury business of selling cigarettes, can sue countries for passing public health laws intended to …
Stronger, more revulsive images, it is hoped, will discourage tobacco use even more In January, the Supreme Court ordered that all cigarette packets and tobacco products must carry pictorial warnings that are stronger than the current ones. They will also bear the slogan:
Govt wants large cigarette cos to admit that they lied to public about the dangers of smoking AP WASHINGTON The Justice Department wants the largest cigarette manufacturers to admit that they lied to the public about the dangers of smoking, forcing the industry to set up and pay for an …
China has ordered that smoking scenes in films and television series be restricted, amid concern it is failing to deliver on pledges to help its 300 million smokers kick the habit. The State Administration of Radio, Film and Television (SARFT), China
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 …
The temple city Bhubaneswar, the capital of Orissa, is claimed to have recorded highest detection of smoking ban law violators in the country. The local Bhubaneswar-Cuttack commissionerate of police has detected at least 6,000 violators between April and December 2010 and realised penalty amount worth `6,89,450 from them. "The Control …
It was hypothesized that both thrombogenic and atherogenic factors may be responsible for premature coronary heart disease (CHD) in young Indians. A case-control study was performed to determine cardiovascular risk factors in young patients with CHD in India.
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 …
