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India, Bangladesh, Nepal on track to achieve 30 pc tobacco use reduction by year-end: WHOBangladesh, India, and Nepal are set to significantly cut tobacco use. The WHO highlights these nations are on track for a 30 percent reduc...08 Oct, 2025, 09.49 PM IST- Smoking kills 1.35 million Indians annuallyTobacco kills 1.35 million Indians annually, yet quit rates remain low at just 7%. Experts urged science-backed harm reduction strategies, ...14 Sep, 2025, 11.33 AM IST
- India Needs To Review E-Cigarette Ban Via Multi-Stakeholder Consult15 Nov, 2022, 02.00 PM IST
- JB Chemicals launches medicated nicotine lozenges to help quit smokingOn the occasion of 'World No Tobacco Day', the drug maker has also launched an Artificial Intelligence-enabled chatbot 'Dr Will', which wou...31 May, 2021, 03.06 PM IST
- 28 states, UTs ban smokeless tobacco products, spitting due to coronavirusPublic health experts have welcomed the move by the central government to ban the use of tobacco products and spitting in public places to ...10 May, 2020, 02.50 PM IST
- World No Tobacco Day: 50% Indian smokers wish to quit the habit, but fail to do soIndia is the second largest consumer of tobacco in the world.31 May, 2019, 09.01 AM IST
- Centre planning to put toll-free 'quitline' number on tobacco packetsThe National Tobacco Cessation QuitLine-1800 227787 is a dedicated toll-free number that helps tobacco users to receive free support and gu...03 Dec, 2017, 04.41 PM IST
- Higher tobacco taxes can save 35-45 billion lives in South Asia: StudyIt stated that annual increase in tobacco tax has mostly been below the rate of inflation and income growth, thus cigarettes remain afforda...11 Apr, 2017, 11.19 PM IST
- Civil society should pitch in to control tobacco usage: Union Health Minister J P NaddaHe urged the NGO's and the civil organizations to come forward and adopt five schools and sensitize children about dangers of tobacco use.30 May, 2016, 04.58 PM IST
- Ways to curb non-users from taking to tobaccoWhile the number of tobacco users is reducing across developed nations, countries like India still have a long way to go.27 May, 2016, 11.53 AM IST
- Government launches four mobile health servicesThe four services that have been launched are Kilkari, Mobile Academy, M-Cessation and TB Missed Call initiative.15 Jan, 2016, 06.11 PM IST
- Government to launch 'M Cessation' to help kick tobacco habitThe government will soon offer a mobile phone-based intervention to tobacco users where they will be counselled to kick the habit.11 Oct, 2015, 12.15 PM IST
- Increase taxes on tobacco products to curb demand: WHOEven as India made progress in increasing taxes on cigarettes between 2012-14, it has little effect as the "modest hikes" were compensated ...07 Jul, 2015, 06.32 PM IST
- Increase taxes on tobacco products to curb demand: WHOThe report also urged nations across the globe to raise taxes on tobacco products to reduce their consumption.07 Jul, 2015, 04.24 PM IST
- Youngsters need to be warned over 'killer tobacco' to curb oral cancerAn alarming 30% of the Indian population use some form of tobacco. Two days from now, when everyone takes a pledge to fight this addiction,...29 May, 2015, 12.52 PM IST
- India, Bangladesh have 80 per cent smokeless tobacco usersThe report says that there is sufficient evidence to conclude that smokeless tobacco causes oral cancer, esophageal cancer and pancreatic c...15 Dec, 2014, 11.15 PM IST
- MBBS, BDS courses to include tobacco control?For the first time, India is planning to introduce "tobacco control and cessation" into the curriculum of Bachelor of Dental Surgery (BDS).11 Mar, 2011, 09.01 AM IST
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