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 …
Bangladesh Lung Foundation and University of Development Alternative (UODA) jointly organised a seminar on UODA campus in the city yesterday commemorating the World No Tobacco Day. World Health Organisation (WHO) also assisted the programme. Speakers at the seminar titled 'Youth free from Tobacco' said, "Some 21.6 percent people aged above …
On the occasion of World No Tobacco Day, the Northeast Society for Promotion of Youth and Masses (NESPYM) today urged the State Government to take effective steps towards banning cigarette or any other tobacco product to any person under 18 years of age and in an area within 100 metres …
A survey conducted by the Department of Public Health (DPH) shows that one out of every 10 students studying in secondary grade smoke tobacco in one form or another, the Department has said. According to a statement issued by the DPH, the survey conducted among school children last year under …
Employer to pay if you smoke at work From Oct 2, Onus On Owner Of Establishment To Ensure Rules Are Followed Your employer may no longer take kindly to your smoking in office, and may even go to the length of forcing you to quit smoking altogether! With a ban …
On 'Anti Smoking Day' J&K; Fine-Arts Society in collaboration with Shangrilla Public School has organized a poster making competition today in the premises of the school. The topic on which the poster was made is 'consequences of smoking on health and impact of on it on others'. Number of students …
To mark the World No-Tobacco Day, Delhi University held a protest march in collaboration with the Delhi University Students Union, World Lung Foundation, Delhi Police and the market-association of Kamla Nagar-Jawahar Nagar on Friday morning. The participants, including faculty and students of DU marched from Jawahar Nagar to Chhatra Marg, …
Senior academicians and health professionals at a media briefing held here on Friday called for a total ban on the manufacturing and sale of cigarettes and other tobacco-related products, saying that these products were injurious to human health and damaging to the national economy. The briefing was organised to mark …
Delhi health minister Dr Yoganand Shastri on Friday said that the Centre was likely to hike the penalty for smoking in public places from the current Rs 200 to Rs 1,000. An announcement in this regard may be made on Saturday on the occasion of the World No Tobacco Day. …
World Antismoking day is observed throughout the world on May 31, 2008 each year. This day provides us the opportunity to highlight and re-emphasize the injurious effects of smoking on human health. This day would be observed in AFIC/NIHC on 31st May 2008 with a renewed pledge to take this …
A bill to regulate tobacco products has lost the support of a black antismoking group, which said Thursday that the legislation failed to adequately protect the health of African-Americans because it would not ban menthol flavorings from cigarettes. The legislation, which has been cleared by crucial committees in both the …
For years, smokers have been exhorted to take the initiative and quit: use a nicotine patch, chew nicotine gum, take a prescription medication that can help, call a help line, just say no. But a new study finds that stopping is seldom an individual decision. Smokers tend to quit in …
The Federal Aviation Administration on Wednesday removed the smoking cessation drug Chantix from the list of medications considered safe for pilots and air-traffic controllers after a new study linked the medication to mental confusion and other problems that could put passengers at risk. FAA spokesman Les Dorr said the agency …
For decades the tobacco haze filling Turkey's bars, restaurants and workplaces has been as much a feature of the country's cultural landscape as the stunning architecture of its mosques and historical buildings. But now Turkey's image as a land of hardened smokers appears doomed to obsolescence as it prepares to …
Researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) have found that a toxic gas present in air pollution and tobacco smoke plays a significant role in triggering tuberculosis infection. For the study, researchers study focused on carbon monoxide (CO), a colourless, odourless gas present in tobacco smoke, and vehicle …
HUNDREDS of venue owners and patrons have been warned and three fined for breaking Victoria's tough ban on smoking in licensed venues. Local councils have been given a hit-list to target the one-in-four high-risk venues that the Government estimates may be "non-compliant" with smoking laws introduced in July last year. …
