Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item Titled "Neglected Katora Houz in Hyderabad’s Golconda Fort Cries for attention appearing in ‘The Siasat Daily’ dated 25 May 2025". The application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled “Neglected Katora Houz in Hyderabad’s …
There are many avoidable lifestyle factors that are responsible for the increased cancer incidence, the government and society need to take proactive steps to help the situation. It is difficult to believe that in India, just a decade ago, cancer was not a commonly known disease. What is essentially a …
Jaipur: Lung cancer among male geriatric population is the most prevalent malignancy, a study conducted in Sawai Man Singh Hospital has revealed. The study was published in Scholars Journal of Applied Medical Sciences (SJAMS). "Lung carcinoma and oral cancer are the most frequent malignancies among the male population as per …
No tobacco day: 150 lives lost per hour in Southeast Asian countries With tobacco-related fatalities in Southeast Asia reaching the 150 per hour mark, the World Health Organisation today urged governments of the region to make plain packaging of tobacco products mandatory to reduce their appeal and make anti-product warnings …
Jaipur: For the effective implementation of Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products Act (COTPA), the health department has moved a proposal to the state government to make licences mandatory for vendors to sell tobacco products in Rajasthan. On the eve of World No Tobacco Day, chief minister Vasundhara Raje appealed to …
Smokers, if you didn't have enough reasons to kick the butt, then a new study is giving you one more: smoking alters bacterial balance in mouth, putting you at many health risks. The study led by NYU Langone Medical Center and its Laura and Isaac Perlmutter Cancer Center found that …
In an unprecedented move, nearly 653 doctors of India and office bearers of medical societies all across India have urged the Prime Minister to implement the new set of pictorial warnings from April 1. Doctors have recommended that warning on tobacco products should be 85%. These doctors are the witness …
A Parliamentary panel has recommended framing an "equitable and pragmatic" National Tobacco Control Policy so various organs of government can work in tandem and tobacco production can be brought under a regulatory regime. The committee feels that there is an urgent need for framing a 'National Tobacco Control Policy' with …
Oral Cancer Among Women On Rapid Decline: National Cancer Registry The use of tobacco, the leading cause of preventable death, has for the first time begun to decline across country . Data from the first phase of National Family Health Survey released by the Union health ministry shows a dip …
This is essential for screening programmes to cover all rural areas, says Dr. V. Shanta With 56,000 new cancer cases in Tamil Nadu in 2015 and the incidence of cancer rising every year, eminent cancer specialist and chairperson of Cancer Institute, Adyar, V. Shanta called for standard protocols for screening …
The WHO has asked all countries, including India, to introduce age-classified ratings for films and other entertainment programmes with tobacco imagery to restrict the number of new adolescent smokers. "Today, we want to emphasise that governments should require age-classification ratings for films with tobacco imagery to reduce the overall exposure …
However, long-term study required to establish beedi as a causative factor Beedi, or hand-rolled tobacco, a known risk for cancers of the lung and oral cavity, could be a risk factor for gastric cancers as well, according to a study conducted by the Regional Cancer Centre (RCC). The study, ‘Gastric …
Environmental factors such as sunshine and tobacco smoke cause more cancers than random DNA mutations, researchers have affirmed — contesting another team's conclusions that "bad luck" was mainly to blame. The study, published in the journal Nature on Wednesday, was conducted to challenge a controversy-stirring paper carried by US-based Science …
NEW DELHI: Here's another reason for you to kick the butt. Research conducted at AIIMS has showed that men who smoke or consume tobacco in other forms are more likely to father children suffering from cancer. This is so because microelements present in smoke cause oxidative stress that affects the …
Days after the Rajasthan HC directed the Union health ministry to implement the new pictorial warnings on tobacco products without any delay, the ministry has said that “they are committed” to issuing larger pictorial warnings in the court. The ministry recently filed a “compliance” affidavit in the court, citing that …
Cancer is killing 1 in every 10 people in South East Asia region. Eleven health ministers from the region and the World Health Organization are meeting in two weeks to deal with what they are calling "an important public health priority". WHO says "it is a matter of serious concern …
About 38% of male population in Madhya Pradesh smoke tobacco daily while 39% population use smokeless tobacco leading to a rise in cancer cases. These startling facts were put up by World Health Organization at a sensitization workshop against tobacco use here on Sunday. Findings of TCP India Wave 1 …
According to a Government Resolution (GR), school heads will have to sign and fill up an undertaking with their picture. The head of a school will now be held accountable for sale and consumption of tobacco and related products inside the school or within 100 metre radius of the school …
It said that "too few" governments levy appropriate levels of tax on cigarettes and other tobacco products and miss out on a proven, low-cost measure to curb demand for tobacco and save lives Even as India made progress in increasing taxes on cigarettes between 2012-14, it has little effect as …
Too few governments levy appropriate levels of tax on cigarettes and other tobacco products. They therefore miss out on a proven, low-cost measure to curb demand for tobacco, save lives and generate funds for stronger health services, according to the "WHO Report on the global tobacco epidemic 2015". The report …
High tobacco consumption by people is the culprit, finds survey by Tata Hospital A study by Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, has allayed fears that radiations fromthe Kaiga nuclear power plant in Uttara Kannada district are causing cancer among people in nearby villages. DH PHOTO An interim report of the Tata …
