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 …
Smokers can greatly cut down the risk of disease and death by replacing cigarettes with their smokeless version. They provide a much safer alternative to smokers, because they continue to deliver nicotine without the harmful effect of smoking, says Brad Rodu, professor of medicine from the University of Louisville (UofL), …
The Health Ministry is in favour of banning smokeless forms of tobacco which are being used by 25 per cent of the population and are known to contain chemical components with serious implications for human health. Answering a query on the sidelines of the launch of “Tobacco kills your baby”, …
Every year 5.6 million people died in the world due to tobacco. This was stated by Tobacco Control cell Hyderabad in a seminar on Monday. Addressing to the seminar, the Hyderabad Press Club President, Jaffar Memon said that tobacco is the second biggest reason of deaths in the world and …
This time, when the Directorate of Advertising and Visual Publicity (DAVP) chooses the new set of pictorial warnings for tobacco products they will have to be extra careful. With the earlier photo — a blurred image that appeared to be resembling footballer John Terry — creating trouble, the Union health …
After Budgam district of central Kashmir was declared as tobacco-free, Srinagar district is to follow the suit by imposing similar restrictions in all the educational institutions to make the summer capital tobacco-free.
Public health policies such as tobacco control, air pollution reduction, and hazardous waste remediation may have reduced cadmium exposure among U.S. adults. However, trends in urine cadmium, a marker of cumulative cadmium exposure, have not been evaluated. The authors estimated the trends in urine cadmium concentrations in U.S. adults using …
A response to “A Rational Taxation System of Bidis and Cigarettes to Reduce Smoking Deaths in India” (EPW, 15 October 2011). It is important to first have better information on the production of tendu leaves and bidis, and then to correct the prices of inputs (including wages) if tax policies …
The district administration will soon adopt stringent measures to curb the sale and use of tobacco and tobacco-based products in the vicinity of educational institutions. Complying with the directions of the Health Department, the sale of such products has been banned within a radius of 400 yards from educational institutions. …
NGOs have claimed that recent reports suggesting that one of the pictorial warnings for tobacco products resembles footballer John Terry could be an attempt by the manufacturers to scuttle the pictorial warnings once again. In a recent RTI filed by the Voluntary Health Association of India (VHAI), the issue was …
In 2009, the promulgation of US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) tobacco regulation focused attention on cigarette flavor additives. The tobacco industry had prepared for this eventuality by initiating a research program focusing on additive toxicity. The objective of this study was to analyze Philip Morris' Project MIX as a …
Bezawada — Vijayawada is better known by that name — is the first feature film to carry health warnings on every smoking scene as required under the just notified second amendment of the Rules of the Cigarette and Other Tobacco Products (Prohibition of Advertisement and Regulation of Trade and Commerce, …
In 2009, the promulgation of US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) tobacco regulation focused attention on cigarette flavor additives. The tobacco industry had prepared for this eventuality by initiating a research program focusing on additive toxicity. The objective of this study was to analyze Philip Morris' Project MIX as a …
Gurgaon district administration enforced Section 144 of the CrPC on Monday to ban hookah bars in the city. As per orders, no hookah bar can operate within city premises and those already functional will be shut down. The move is part of larger plan to make Haryana a nicotine-free state, …
GUWAHATI: State Unit of National Tobacco Control Program has decided to launch the special campaign ‘Save the Future’ across the country, led by the Tata Memorial Hospital Mumbai. The campaign aims at curbing the smoking habit among children. Assam has nearly 40 per cent overall prevalence of tobacco use, and …
New Delhi: “Smoking hubs” continue to thrive on Delhi University campus despite a ban on sale of tobacco products within 100 yards of any educational institution. Delhi high court on Wednesday ordered immediate closure of such outlets near DU landmarks, including Delhi School of Economics, Miranda House Hostel, PG Men’s …
The Golaghat district administration, inspector of schools and district elementary education officer have jointly declared all schools under its jurisdiction tobacco free. According to the declaration, usage and sale of all tobacco products in any form within a radius of 100 yards (91.44 metres) from the outer boundary of educational …
Mumbai: Deadlier than cancer, and called the silent killer, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) affects eight out of 100 people living in Mumbai and Thane district, said a city-based study. Researchers at the Indian Institute of Environmental Medicine (IIEM), who conducted the study concluded that the percentage of citizens afflicted …
Corporate hospitals would have to face the test of providing equitable healthcare: N. Ram The nation is in need of a comprehensive plan to prevent cancer, and specialists in the field of oncology and non-governmental organisations should work towards stepping up awareness among the people of risk factors, Tamil Nadu …
A federal judge on Monday blocked a Food and Drug Administration requirement that tobacco companies put big new graphic warning labels on cigarette packages by next September. In a preliminary injunction, Judge Richard J. Leon of United States District Court in Washington ruled that cigarette makers were likely to win …
People who have never smoked, but who live in areas with higher air pollution levels, are roughly 20 percent more likely to die from lung cancer than people who live with cleaner air, researchers conclude in a new study. "It's another argument for why the regulatory levels (for air pollutants) …
