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.
Epigenetic modifications, such as DNA methylation, due to in utero exposures may play a critical role in early programming for childhood and adult illness. Maternal smoking is a major risk factor for multiple
INDORE: The Indore district administration on Friday enforced a two-month ban on hookah bars and sheesha lounges to check alleged activities. Ban will remain in force till November 27. Additional district
SILCHAR : The consumption of tobacco and its related products are one of the causes of the dreaded disease cancer and the best way to keep oneself away from its spectre is to avoid the bad habit, pointed
In comparison to the national percentage, Tamil Nadu has fewer people using tobacco products, according to the Global Adult Tobacco Survey India 2009-2010. In Tamil Nadu, 24 per cent of men, and 8.4 per
SHILLONG: Despite the government initiating several measures to curb the menace of tobacco and other allied products, the tobacco consumption is increasing every year in the State. “The scenario in Shillong is very bad as far as tobacco consumption is concerned and as per reports Meghalaya is ranked third among the north eastern states with over 65 per cent of tobacco users”, President of the Rotary Club of Orchid City Dr C Varghese said.
PANJIM: Staff of health department will be trained to implement the Control of Tobacco Products Act (COTPA), whose provisions ban smoking in public places, as part of measures to effectively implement the Act in Goa. The move suggested during a brainstorming session of a workshop on ‘Tobacco Control and the role of enforcement agencies’ organised by the Voluntary Health Association of Goa, VHAG recently also suggests making police more proactive in enforcing the no smoking law in Goa. The health officers along with the state nodal officer and the member secretary (of tobacco control) suggested that they train their own staff on how to implement the Act.
Voters in Switzerland have rejected a total ban on smoking in enclosed public places at a referendum. Although Geneva voted slightly in favour, results from the country's other 25 cantons showed a majority
LUCKNOW: With as many as 13 states in the country imposing a ban on the sale of gutka and paan masala, the Allahabad High Court has questioned "the sincerity and commitment of the UP government to care
LUCKNOW: The Allahabad High Court has ordered the UP government to restrain manufacturing, sale and distribution of 'gutka' in the state and inform the court after 14 days steps taken to implement the
With a number states deciding to ban use and sale of gutka, the Union health ministry has urged the Uttar Pradesh (UP) government to follow its counterparts in rest of the country in banning sale of such products in the state. So far, states of Madhya Pradesh, Kerala, Bihar, Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Haryana, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand and Delhi have implemented the provision as envisaged under Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) regulation and enforced enforce ban on manufacture, sale and storage of gutka and pan masala containing tobacco and nicotine in their states. Chandigarh also followed the suit and banned the sale, manufacture and storage of gutka.
