According to the government spokesman, the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare had sent an advisory letter to all the state governm...

The Union Health Ministry had last month asked all states to prohibit the use and spitting of smokeless tobacco.

Young employees are finding help from employers and colleagues to quit smoking.

A little more than one-third (35%) of the non-smokers were exposed to second hand smoke at home in India.

The National Tobacco Cessation QuitLine-1800 227787 is a dedicated toll-free number that helps tobacco users to receive free support and gu...

Also, there is an increase of one year in the mean age at initiation of tobacco use from 17.9 years in 2009-10 to 18.9 years in 2016-17, th...

He said there was no earmarking of funds to the health care sector out of the funds collected from taxes on tobacco.

Over 20% of TV programs observed and coded for this study were found to depict tobacco and 71% of these programs were broadcast when childr...

The report said that using SLT during pregnancy results in 70 per cent higher risk of anaemia in pregnant women, 2-3 times higher rate of l...

VHAA demanded at least 40 per cent sin tax with a provision for states' right to impose top-up taxes on all types of tobacco, like cigarett...

He urged the NGO's and the civil organizations to come forward and adopt five schools and sensitize children about dangers of tobacco use.

While the number of tobacco users is reducing across developed nations, countries like India still have a long way to go.

Police has booked 23,754 people for violating COTPA by smoking in public places from May 2013 to May 2015, they said.

Nearly half of the cancers affecting men and one-fourth among women are related to tobacco as per a report, the Rajya Sabha was informed to...

Singapore today decided to impose a ban on Shisha smoking, saying it is no less harmful than other forms of tobacco.

Health ministry endorsed a ban on manufacture & sale of all forms of nicotine-laced pan masala, gutka and chewing tobacco.

For the first time, India is planning to introduce "tobacco control and cessation" into the curriculum of Bachelor of Dental Surgery (BDS).