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 …
Bhopal: Minister of State for Public Health, Family Welfare, AYUSH and Medical Education Mahendra Hardia has taken a serious note of the news that some hookah centres are making people smoking-addicts by running their joints in the garb of coffee shops and has instructed to take stern action against them. …
Nalini Ravichandran | ENS CHEWING tobacco is no better than smoking when it comes to the ill health effects. But a research done on 65,000 persons in the districts of Thiruvallur and Kancheepuram has revealed that more than 12 per cent of those studied, above the age group of 20, …
Ashish Sinha With cigarette manufacturing in the country coming to a halt over the use of pictorial health warnings on packets, the government is staring at a potential loss of Rs 100 crore a day despite the fact that India remains among the lowest cigarette consumption market. Also, Indian cigarette …
WHO Study Finds That 52.3% Indians Exposed To SHS At Home, 29% At Public Places Kounteya Sinha | TNN New Delhi: Second-hand smoke (SHS) is killing six lakh annually, including 1.65 lakh children before they reach their fifth birthday. A study by the World Health Organization (WHO) in 192 countries
London: Are you a passive smoker? Beware, you may be at increased risk of hearing loss, experts say. It's already been established that people who smoke may damage their hearing. Now, a study, involving over 3,000 US adults, suggested the same is true of passive smoking too. Experts believe tobacco …
Unless effective tobacco control is in place, most tobacco-related deaths in the coming decades are likely to be seen in low and middle income countries. Tobacco surveillance among medical students offers an opportunity to assess the preparedness for tobacco control among future health care professionals in India.
BHUBANESWAR: A Compliance study on smoking at public places of the city claims that 90 per cent parameters required for declaring the Capital a smoke-free environment are met. The study, commissioned by the Health Department and conducted by students of XIM, Bhubaneswar, surveyed 216 identified public places and assessed a …
Sydney: Children exposed to secondhand smoke have significantly higher rates of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), headache and stuttering than those who are not exposed. A study conducted by American scientists, and presented at the Asia Pacific Conference on Tobacco or Health on Friday revealed children exposed to secondhand smoke …
Traffic policemen working in the busy traffic signal areas get exposed to the vehicular emissions for years together. The fumes, chemicals and particles present in the emission are reported to be damaging to the lung functions of these individuals. Since there were no data available on the PFT parameters of …
Lung cancer accounts for a substantial proportion of cancer incidence and mortality throughout the world. Epidemiologic data suggest that Chinese women have a high incidence of lung cancer in relation to their smoking prevalence. In addition to active tobacco smoke exposure, other sources of fumes and airborne particles in the …
The Global Adult Tobacco Survey India (GATS India) is the global standard for systematically monitoring adult tobacco use (smoking and smokeless) and tracking key tobacco control indicators. Global Adult Tobacco Survey India was carried out in all 29 states of the country and 2 Union Territories of Chandigarh and Puducherry, …
A tough new smoking ban that goes into effect Wednesday outlaws lighting up in all public indoor areas and prohibits most tobacco advertising. But how effective it will be is an open question. Greece
PAINTERS and those working in the construction industry are at a risk of developing bladder cancer, according to a report that reviewed the case studies of 3,000 painters with bladder cancer. Bladder cancer is the ninth most common form of cancer that claims 130,000 lives a year worldwide, according to …
This latest CPCB report provides details of the monitoring study conducted to measure Ozone levels, VOCs including carbonyls in ambient air in the city of Kolkata. It also includes recommendations for control of VOCs releases. Volatile Organic Compounds or VOCs play an important role in tropospheric chemistry byaffecting the OH …
C Shivakumar ENS Crores of rupee are spent on publicity materials for nonsmoking. These could have been spent for useful things, if smoking is curbed -- G Sundaramurthi, Industries Commissioner TAMIL Nadu government is planning to introduce a clause in giving licences to micro and small medium enterprises by making …
