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 …
Back then, it was the epitome of macho style. Grey-haired daddies puffed on pipes, villains bit off cigars and Amitabh even made the bidi look hep when he lit one in Deewar. When he played Don in 1978, he smoked his role and no one batted an eyelid. When Shah …
New Delhi/Mumbai Reigning cola brands Coke, Thums Up and Pepsi and energy drinks such as Red Bull are set to lose a bit of their fizz with the government planning to make it mandatory for caffeinated beverages to flash a statutory warning stating they are not the ‘the right thing’ …
Maharashtra is one of the highest users of tobacco in the country with 43 per cent adult males and 19 per cent adult females addicted to it. The findings were published in the Global Adult Tobacco Survey in Maharashtra released here on Friday. According to the survey, the average age …
For making immense progress with the State's anti-tobacco campaign, the World Health Organisation has awarded Himachal Pradesh the WHO South East Asia Regional Office Award 2012. Disclosing this, an official spokesman said the State has achieved the target of making all district headquarters in the State smoke-free. The State is …
World No Tobacco Day was observed on Thursday. The focus this year was on addressing interference by the tobacco industry. According to World Health Organisation, the industry has been using intimidating tactics to counter the curb on use of tobacco. One gets a good understanding of tobacco influence and the …
More than 80 percent of Shanghai residents want smoking banned in restaurants and entertainment areas, a survey showed, reflecting a growing awareness of health issues in China, the world's top consumer of tobacco. Around a quarter of China's 1.3 billion people are smokers, or about as many people as there …
JAIPUR: Jhunjhunu on Thursday earned the distinction of being the first smoke-free district in the state on World No Tobacco Day. Now, if any person is caught smoking at public places in Jhunjhunu, he or she would be challaned. The public places include railway station, bus stands, banks, government offices, …
The World No Tobacco Day was observed in The University of Faisalabad on Friday. During his key note address, Dr Zahid Masood, the Head of Department of Community Medicine, University Medical & Dental College, told the audience that tobacco was responsible for over 80,000 deaths in Pakistan. Pakistan consumes Rs450 …
BHUBANESWAR: Even as the World No Tobacco Day was observed all across on Thursday, there are efforts to achieve the goal of making Cuttack and Khurda districts smoke-free. Both the districts are among the select few in the country to have been included under the National Tobacco Control Programme (NTCP). …
Contrary to the prevalent belief, smoking is the most important cause of premature heart attacks, with India having about 4.5 crore patients with ischemic heart disease, doctors warned on Wednesday on the eve of the “World No Tobacco Day.” According to the World Health Organisation, tobacco use is one of …
GUWAHATI: the World Health Organization (WHO) will observe the 12th World No Tobacco Day. This year WHO has selected ‘Tobacco Industry Interference’ as the theme. Article 5.3 of the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) requires all parties when setting and implementing their public health policies with respect to tobacco …
An average 274 people die each day in the country from tobacco-related diseases, according to a survey carried out by a consumer protection agency. In its report on the eve of World No-Tobacco Day being observed on Thursday, the agency says that more than 100,000 people die every year in …
This new WHO report provides information by country on the proportion of adult (age 30 years and above) deaths attributable to tobacco by major communicable and non-communicable causes by age and sex. This report provides information by country on the proportion of adult (age 30 years and above) deaths attributable …
Tobacco use is one of the leading preventable causes of death. According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), the global tobacco epidemic kills nearly 6 million people each year, of which more than 600,000 are people who have been exposed to second-hand smoke (passive smoking). World No Tobacco Day is …
CHENNAI : It might just be that much more difficult to get your daily dose of cigarettes on May 31. To mark World Tobacco-free Day, the Tamil Nadu Vanigar Sangankalin Peravai has made an appeal to their 2 lakh odd members in Chennai who are involved in the sale of …
Nearly 6 million Mumbaikars consume tobacco in some or the other form, according to statistics collected by Tata Memorial Hospital as part of its ongoing studies on tobacco use. The hospital has estimated that of these, 2 million, or one out of every seven, will die prematurely of tobacco-consumption related …
Tobacco-related diseases killed as many as 100,000 people every year and nearly 1,200 children start smoking every day in Pakistan because of government inaction, health experts agreed on Tuesday. They were addressing a seminar on the 'Role of Media for Advancing Tobacco Control'. Criticising the government inaction on tobacco control …
China currently has 260 million patients with chronic diseases, and these illnesses have resulted in some 85 percent of the country's total deaths, figures from the Ministry of Health show. According to a 2012-2015 blueprint on chronic disease prevention and control released by the ministry on Monday, as a result …
Most of the smokers feel encouraged to keep on this bad habit because of easy availability and comparatively lower prices of tobacco products, says a survey report. The government’s present and former officials, who attended the launch of the report, however, said it was not always possible to reduce the …
Bulgaria's parliament has adopted a total ban on smoking in indoor public places, after earlier attempts failed due to strong opposition from restaurant owners. The ban, which was approved yesterday and comes into force on June 1, has stirred discontent among many Bulgarians, at least 40 percent of whom are …
