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 …
Governments all over the world usually mark World Anti-Tobacco day (May 31) by introducing measures to curb smoking. This year in India, the Union ministry of health and family welfare announced a ban on smoking scenes in films and television. However, despite many such measures, the war on tobacco may …
There is paucity of information on health related expenditure attributed to smoking in India. This community study estimated the expenditure on healthcare and morbidity borne by families of smokers and compared with those of families without smokers.
On 31 May 2005 (World No Tobacco Day), the Health Minister of India informed the media that the Ministry of Health would ban depiction of any form of tobacco use in films and teleserials with effect from 1 August 2005. Predictably, this announcement triggered a storm of protests from the …
Leading tobacco firm Philip Morris sought to downplay the well-established link between passive smoke and sudden infant death syndrome (sids) by influencing a scientist's research paper, according to researchers at the University of California at San Francisco (ucsf), usa. The ucsf scientists' review of once-secret industry documents has revealed that …
A landmark global tobacco regulation that came into force on February 27, 2005, is expected to save the lives of over 500 million people from the dangers of smoking. The World Health Organization's Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) bans direct advertising and sponsorship of cigarettes and use of misleading …
us scientists investigating the carcinogenic effects of tobacco smoke have, for the first time, uncovered the intricate cascade of reactions it triggers, leading to cell proliferation
India is the second largest producer and consumer of tobacco in the world. This despite the country being one of the first signatories of WHO's Framework Convention on Tobacco Control • Surveys providing information on tobacco use are rare; basically, studies on heart diseases and lung ailments are used to …
the biggest challenge to environmental and public health regulation is the burden of proof. It always rests with those arguing on the side of common good. The industrial system is driven entirely by the market, not by public good
Bhutan will soon become the world's first country to ban tobacco sales completely. Bhutanese trade and industry ministry has asked shops, hotels, restaurants and bars to dispose off their tobacco stocks by December 17, 2004, after which the ban will be enforced. The fine to be imposed on anyone caught …
Even as the us government's us$280 billion lawsuit against the cigarette industry takes its course, tobacco major Philip Morris is mired in a fresh controversy. A www.thelancet.com article charges the company with concealing information on tobacco research. It says the company covertly acquired a research facility in Germany in the …
smokescreen: As per a study by UK-based London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Philip Morris, the world's leading tobacco manufacturer, studied the effects of smoking 30 years ago, but it did not reveal the dangers of passive smoking. powered at last: The first wind power plant of the Arabian …
damage control: The Tokyo District Court awarded US $458 in damages to a municipal employee over passive smoking he suffered at his workplace. This is the first such ruling in Japan. The court said the government of Edogawa Ward, one of the 23 wards that form the central Tokyo metropolis, …
high-smoking zone: The number of smokers in Himachal Pradesh (HP) is alarmingly high. This despite the state having the second highest literacy rate in the country. Forty-five per cent of HP's population consists of smokers, according to Surender Kashyap, the head of the chest and tuberculosis department at Shimla's Indira …
Mild cigarettes are drawing strong reactions in the European Union (eu). In tune with its campaign against smoking, the eu has ordered manufacturers not to brand their products as "mild' or "light'. It is felt that such tags lead consumers to believe that the cigarettes are less harmful. The implication …
Lalnunmawii (name changed) lives in the Saron Veng locality of Mizoram’s capital, Aizawl. Of her eight siblings, three (two brothers and a sister) have fallen prey to cancer. One of her closest childhood friends died of stomach cancer in 2002. This woman’s husband had succumbed to oral cancer five years …
The European court of first instance in Luxembourg recently refused to shield three of the world's largest tobacco companies from legal action linked to cigarette smuggling. The move was initiated by the European Commission and backed by a majority of eu member states. Philip Morris, RJ Reynolds and Japan Tobacco …
