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 …
Close on the heels of three villages in Noida banning tobacco and tobacco products, around 30 gram panchayats are also set to follow suit. “We will be conducting a regional panchayat next week, in which heads of nearly 30 villages will take part. We will declare tobacco banned in these …
The Bombay High Court is on Monday likely to hear five petitions challenging the state government’s ban on the sale of gutkha. Gutkha and paan masala manufacturers have urged the court to set aside the government’s July 19 notification and two regulations under the Food Safety and Standards Act (FSSA), …
KOHIMA: Nagaland State has earned the unenviable position of being ranked second among Indian states in terms of tobacco consumption, next to another small North-eastern State Mizoram. According to latest survey conducted by Global Adult Tobacco, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare (MoHFW), every second man and every third women …
The state cabinet approved a blanket ban on the manufacture, storage and distribution of all types of gutkha and paan masala which have tobacco and nicotine content due to increased number of oral cancer patients. Cabinet co-ordination department’s principal secretary N N Pandey said the order would become effective in …
GUWAHATI: The Nartional Rural Health Mission (NRHM) organized a meeting for the Northeastern States on Thursday which was chaired by special secretary, Government of India Heshab Desiraju. The purpose of carrying out the meeting was deliberate on the implementation of the Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products act, Food Safety and …
A smoker spends nearly Rs 384.10 a month on cigarettes on an average (a beedi smoker shells out Rs 126.5), according to the figures furnished by Global Adult Tobacco Survey of Karnataka for the year 2009-10. The survey was officially released by Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar on Tuesday. It reveals …
NEW DELHI, 22 JULY: Smokers in Delhi seem the least interested in kicking the killer habit. A new analysis of the tobacco burden in the northern Indian states says attempts to quit by cigarette smokers in Delhi have been the least as compared to any other state in the region. …
The ban on gutkha and pan masala across Maharashtra came into effect from on Friday with the state government issuing a notification in this regard. The notification, which bans the sale and consumption of gutkha and paan masala, will be valid for a year. It will be later extended for …
People in the national capital are the least interested in stubbing out their smoking habit compared to other states in north India. A new analysis on tobacco burden in north India has revealed that attempts to quit smoking have been the least in Delhi as compared to any other state …
Agartala: Alarmed at the high incidence of cancer and tobacco and drug-related diseases in the state, the Tripura government has decided to punish those using tobacco in public places, officials said here Friday. The government will also continue its drive against excessive use of tobacco products for their ill-effects and …
Haryana government on Friday banned manufacture, storage, distribution or sale of Gutkha, Pan Masala, Zarda (chewing tobacco) or other items with tobacco and nicotine content. This was decided at a meeting of the Haryana cabinet chaired by Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda. The ban will come into effect on August …
BHUBANESWAR: As high as 45.5 pc of males in the State chew tobacco. The number of females is no less with not less than 30 pc addicted to chewing-tobacco. More than 38 per cent population of Odisha is addicted to chewing tobacco. The habit is more prevalent in rural areas …
JAIPUR: If you have a gutkha habit, now would be a good time to stop. The Rajasthan government on Wednesday decided to ban production, storage, distribution and sale of gutkha in the state, clearing the proposal during a meeting of the council of ministers. The ban would come into force …
KOLKATA, 17 JULY: Global Adult Tobacco Survey (GATS), a nationwide survey on tobacco users, conducted by the Central Ministry of Health and Family Welfare with the help of World Health Organisation (WHO) covering a population of 69,000 in India, said 10 lakh people die every year in India due to …
The High Court on Monday ordered issue of notices to the Karnataka and the Union governments in connection with a plea seeking a ban on sale of gutka and other tobacco products in the State. Hearing a plea filed by the Cancer Patients Aid Association, the Division Bench headed by …
The Maharashtra government today told the legislative assembly that it will file a caveat in the Bombay High Court to prevent gutkha manufacturers from obtaining a stay on its decision to ban the sale, manufacture, storage and distribution of gutkha and pan masala. The decision was taken by the state …
The state has decided to impose a ban on the manufacture, sale and storage of gutka in Maharashtra. The decision will mean a loss of Rs100 crore to the government. Maharashtra finance minister and deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar indicated that the government has taken all legal aspects into account …
The Congress-led government in Maharashtra will formally take a decision banning production, distribution and consumption of gutka in the state. The proposal was mooted by Deputy CM Ajit Pawar a month ago. The ban would be initially imposed for one year under the provisions of Food Safety & Standards Act …
An observation by the Supreme Court that gutkha is food has set off a tussle between the Health Ministry and the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India over regulating the product. The FSSAI wants gutkha banned but the ministry would rather have the former laying down food safety standards …
Eating fruits and vegetables every day can reduce your risk of developing heart disease by 20 percent, a World Health Organization (WHO) study showed. Death rates from heart disease are twice as high among people who eat diets high in saturated fat, trans fats and salt such as junk food, …
