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 …
The campaign to make Delhi University a smoke-free zone seems to be paying dividends. According to a recent survey conducted on North Campus, some 18.4% boys smoke and a mere 3.3% girls smoke as compared to 23.5% boys and 3.9% girls some five years ago (VPCI survey). DU proctor Gurmeet …
Sales and promotion of tobacco products on the Jagannath University campus will be prohibited, said the university vice-chancellor, Professor Abu Hossain Siddique, at an awareness campaign on Tuesday. The World Health Organisation and Jogsutro organised programme on the university campus in Old Town of Dhaka that featured an anti-tobacco play, …
Twelve hundred children between the ages of six and 16 become chain smokers in Pakistan every year, which increases the chances of them falling prey to chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases (COPD). This was stated a conference organised at the Doctors Hospital. Its main purpose was to create awareness among people …
Spreading awareness: (From left) S. Elango, Director - Public Health, Government of Tamil Nadu; Dinesh Bhatnagar, Additional Director-General of Health Services, Government of India; V. Shantha, Chairman, Cancer Institute, Adyar, and Vineet Gill Munish, NPO, WHO India, at the regional advocacy workshop (southern region) on
BY YOJNA GUSAI NEW DELHI Cricketers Sachin Tendulkar and Mahendra Singh Dhoni along with Bollywood beauty Priyanka Chopra are likely to be the new faces promoting the health ministry
Although in the last few years some European countries have implemented smoking bans in hospitality venues, the levels of secondhand smoke (SHS) in this occupational sector could still be extremely high in most countries. The aim of this study was to assess exposure to SHS in hospitality venues in 10 …
VICTORIOUS: Health Minister Anbumani Ramadoss has been a strong advocate of a ban on smoking (Reuters) The verdict is clear. Smokers will no longer be able to light up whenever and wherever they please. The Centre
Union Health Minister Anbumani Ramadoss couldn't have given a better birthday gift to the father of the nation. On October 2, the complete ban on smoking in public places will come into effect under the Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products (Prohibition of Advertisement and Regulation of Trade and Commerce, Production, …
Smoking damages lungs in many ways as the irritating effect of cigarette smoke attracts cells to the lungs that cause inflammation. According to the head of pulmonology department, Liaquat University of Medicine and Health Sciences (LUMHS), Dr Rashid Ahmed Khan, cigarette smoke also stimulated inflammatory cells to release elastics, an …
Suvi Dogra / New Delhi October 4, 2008, 0:24 IST Hit by the recent government diktats on banning smoking in public places, cigarette manufacturing firms are putting up a brave front and are gearing up to cope with the revenue loss. While companies like Godfrey Phillips have put up
AHMEDABAD: If you are still taking the ban on smoking in public places lightly, sample this: Every year, over 16,000 people, especially youngsters, a re diagnosed with oral and lung cancer caused by tobacco in Gujarat. "Over 40,000 people are diagnosed with cancer every year in the state. Of these, …
BS Reporters / Chennai/kolkata/mumbai/new Delhi October 3, 2008, 0:55 IST It was just another day for smokers as well as vendors as the new nationwide law that kicked in prohibiting smoking in public places. Though most state governments said they were serious about implementing the new rule, people in cities …
Jaipur, October 2 Traditional hookah and chillum are more injurious to health than cigarette, a study has said. The study underlines that the old mode of smoking is much more toxic than cigarette smoke as carbon monoxide (CO) level is higher in it, the study conducted by a group of …
New Delhi: For long a style statement for many, lighting up in front of your friends or peers will not be such a good idea any more with the ban on smoking in public places coming into force on Thursday. A pet project of Union Health Minister Anbumani Ramadoss, the …
NEW DELHI: Day One of the ban on smoking at public spaces turned out to be a relatively easy affair for the implementing agencies like the New Delhi Municipal Council, the Municipal Corporation of Delhi and Northern Railway. For it was a public holiday because of Gandhi Jayanti. While the …
