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 …
This article has estimated the number of tobacco-related deaths in India. Data from the Sample Registration System of the Registrar General of India were used to locate 33 069 women and 41 054 men. These deaths were recorded between 2001 and 2003. The cases were distributed in 1.1 million homes …
This article reports the results of a randomized trial of a smoking cessation programme for self-reported smokers among employees of a large multinational company based in USA. The aim was to find out whether offering strong financial incentives for abstinence that are increased substantially after the final 9-12 months of …
Smoking causes lung cancer and is implicated in a dozen other cancers, but scientists have generally dismissed its importance in breast cancer, saying it plays little role, if any. In a report issued on Thursday, the panel asserted that evidence from new studies strongly suggests that smoking increases the risk …
The city police has issued a notification asking owners of hotels, restaurants, pubs, bars, shopping malls and work places to display the names of the persons to whom the complaints regarding the flouting of smoking ban may be addressed. If the person fails to act on the complaint, the concerned …
Nawanshahr: In theory, the nationwide ban on smoking at public places came into effect on October 2, 2008, but its implementation remains dismal at best. Even as smoking at public places goes on rampantly, authorities here have been merely passing the buck. When a Nawanshahr-based NGO, Help, recently filed an …
March 7: Smoke is filling up the air and India is one of the major contributors to it. Tobacco, which is estimated to kill one billion people by the end of this century, has over half a billion consumers in India and China alone. These are some of the findings …
An overwhelming 99 per cent favour enforcement of a smoke-free environment at the work place Bindu Shajan Perappadan 92 per cent believe exposure to second-hand smoke is a serious public health hazard NEW DELHI: Bollywood biggies might disagree, but a vast majority of Indians (98 per cent) support the ban …
A smoking law was passed by the Spanish Parliament in December 2005 and was enforced by 1 January 2006. The law bans smoking in all indoor workplaces but only in some hospitality venues, because owners are allowed to establish a smoking zone (venues > 100 m2) or to allow smoking …
When it comes to linking cigarette smoke to heart attacks, one might assume that such a link would apply only as long as one is smoking or being exposed to secondhand smoke. That's not necessarily true, however, at least according to a follow-up study of people living in and around …
The Centre on Tuesday moved the Supreme Court challenging the Delhi high court ruling quashing a ban on onscreen smoking in films and television programmes, saying scenes depicting actors puffing away would
Ranchi, Feb. 8: Anti-smoking squads formed by the state government last month to enforce Prohibition of Smoking in Public Places Rules have swung into action, imposing fines on business establishments of the city. The first two offenders brought to book were two business establishments located beside Kanke Road near the …
Those who believe that their children are safe from the harmful effects of tobacco because they always smoke outside their homes, or inside only when kids are away, need to think about again. A new study has shown that tobacco smoke contamination lingers even after a cigarette has been extinguished. …
The ambitious ban on smoking in public places has failed to take off in a majority of states. Ever since October 2, when the ban formally came into force, only eight states/UTs have started imposing fines on those caught violating the law. Repeated reminders by the Union health ministry to …
