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 …
Bombay High Court on Monday refused to quash seizure order of over Rs 3-crore gutkha consignment, observing export of any food product, the manufacture of which is in contravention to the Food Safety and Standards Act (FSSA), is restricted. A division bench of Chief Justice Mohit Shah and Justice A …
Non-communicable diseases (NCDs, e.g., cardiovascular disease, diabetes, cancers, chronic respiratory diseases, neurological diseases) have been the commonest cause of death and disability globally for at least the last three decades. Even in sub-Saharan Africa, NCDs contribute a third of the disability-adjusted life year burden. However, research resources allocated to NCDs …
The state government has asked district collectors to form coordination committees for effective enforcement of the ban on gutka and paan masala, containing tobacco. Chief secretary B K Patnaik discussed the issue with the collectors through video-conferencing on Thursday. The government will provide the 30 districts Rs 1 lakh each …
The Patna high court on Wednesday restrained the state government from taking any coercive action against two gutka manufacturing companies - Rajat Industries and R K Industries - in the wake of its ban on gutka. A single bench presided by Justice R K Datta passed the order while referring …
Centre, doctors have recommended ban on the cancer-causing product While 14 states in the country have banned manufacture and sale of gutka in accordance with the Centre’s directions, Karnataka is dragging its feet on the issue. The government is yet to take a decision in this regard, despite doctors’ associations …
The State government seems to be getting its act together on COTPA — Control of Cigarettes & Other Tobacco Products Act, 2003, which came into effect 10 years ago. Besides engaging the Home Department for the purpose, it is understood the Institute of Public Health has been appointed as nodal …
Bangladesh unveiled a "Death Clock" in its capital to raise awareness about smoking-related deaths in a country which ranks among the world's highest in tobacco consumption. Around 57,000 people die annually from tobacco-related diseases in Bangladesh, on average 156 people per day, said Sayed Badrul Karim from the Progga NGO, …
Hyderabad: The sale of gutka continued on the first day of the ban ordered by the state government. The order has created fear, but has not deterred shopkeepers from selling it. It is no longer displayed in shops as it was done earlier. A sachet whose actual price is Rs …
‘40% Of Smokers Want To Quit The Habit’ Jaipur: Alarmed over several deaths reported in the state due to cancer caused by tobacco consumption, the medical, health and family welfare department has launched a massive anti-tobacco awareness campaign in rural Rajasthan, which is one of the biggest campaign in the …
Hyderabad: The Andhra Pradesh government on Wednesday decided to impose ban on sale of gutkha, pan masala and other such tobacco products in the state. State Commissioner of Food Safety had requested the government to permit him to impose ban on gutkha, pan masala and other chewable products, a Government …
The Odisha government on Friday issued the notification for banning manufacturing, sale and use of gutkha in the state. “In pursuance of regulation 2.3.4 of the Food Safety and Standards (Prohibition and Restrictions on Sales) Regulation-2011, the manufacture, storage, sale and distribution of gutkha and panmasala containing tobacco or nicotine …
Expressing dismay over the government’s inaction, the Supreme Court today restored the ban imposed on the advertisements on cigarettes and other tobacco products under a law enacted by Parliament in 2003. A Bench comprising Justices GS Singhvi and Gyan Sudha Misra said the stay granted by the Bombay High Court …
Death Clock, a billboard counting death of 156 people in Bangladesh every day due to tobacco uses, set up at Bijoy Smarani in the capital, is waiting for inauguration shortly, according to anti-tobacco campaigners. As 57,000 people die in Bangladesh each year for tobacco consumption and so Death Clock counted …
Wednesday, January 02, 2013 - Islamabad—The federal capital district administration has decided to launch anti-smoking awareness campaign in collaboration with the civil society, traders and educationists. Deputy Commissioner (DC) Islamabad Aamir Ali Ahmed, talking to INP, said that Rs1,000 to Rs100,000 fine could be imposed on the v iolator of …
The ban on the sale of gutkha, pan masala and other chewing tobacco-based products in Uttarakhand came into effect from Tuesday. “This is a comprehensive ban on the sale, stocking and production of gutkha and all other tobacco chewing products in Uttarakhand,” a top government official said. Most of the …
Joining the league of tobacco-free states, the Odisha government on Tuesday imposed a ban on the manufacture, sale and consumption of guthka in the state. “Rising up to its concern for healthy living of common people, the state government has decided to ban tobacco containing gutkha according to section 234 …
The government has started the implementation of the Tobacco Control with the beginning of the new year. The Tobacco Control Act stipulates measures to control use of tobacco including prohibition of growing and advertising tobacco and tobacco products, how such products could be imported and exported, how they can be …
According to a recent survey conducted by NGO Salaam Bombay Foundation in Mumbai, 94% of the 2500 respondents are in favor of the ban on gutkha & paan masala in Maharashtra. One of the main reasons why citizens feel the ban is essential is because of the correlation between tobacco …
In an attempt to check smuggling of gutkha and paan masala from other states, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has appointed a special flying squad to inspect private vehicles and trains entering Maharashtra. On Friday, FDA inspectors had seized gutkha worth Rs 22 lakh in the luggage compartment of …
MARGAO: South Goa District Collector N D Agrawal on Tuesday said that teachers have a pivotal role to mould students and ensure a tobacco free society. Speaking at the district level workshop on Tobacco Free Educational Institutions at the Ravindra Bhavan, Margao, Agrawal said teachers play an important role in …
