Adopt a healthy diet on World No Tobacco Day 2022Quitting smoking is not easy but extremely necessary. Smoking causes several life-threatening diseases, including cancer and heart failure....
30 May, 2022, 08.03 PM IST
Jharkhand to get WHO award for tobacco controlNTCP was launched in Jharkhand in 2012 when the tobacco prevalence rate in the state was 51.1 per cent, of which 48 per cent were smokeless...
29 May, 2022, 12.54 PM IST
Allow smoking, lose bar & eatery licence: BBMP to bars in BengaluruThe circular is hailed as a victory to the sustained campaign by antitobacco activists including oncologist Dr Vishal Rao, who is a member ...
30 Aug, 2018, 10.51 AM IST
Switching to e-cigarettes not a healthy choice; can damage DNA, up cancer riskIntroduced to the market in 2004, e-cigarettes are often touted as a safer alternative to regular cigarettes.
21 Aug, 2018, 06.01 PM IST
Government asks FICCI to close stall selling herbal cigarettes at wellness fairArora also pointed to other violations, including display of cigarettes at the counter and a person promoting cigarettes in the stall with ...
06 Dec, 2017, 07.19 PM IST
Jammu and Kashmir government bans sale of e-cigarettesA complete ban has been imposed on the sale (including online sale), manufacture, distribution, trade, import and advertisement of Electron...
24 Jul, 2017, 09.46 PM IST
- Strawberry flavour increases toxicity in e-cigarettes
New York, Sep 20 (IANS) Are you addicted to flavoured e-cigarettes? If so, then think again before you use them.
20 Sep, 2016, 05.15 PM IST
Parliament panel asks govt to promote tobacco cessation projectsA Parliamentary panel has termed as "negligible" and "meaningless" the government's spending on tobacco de-addiction programme.
16 Mar, 2016, 08.27 PM IST
E-commerce portals get notice for selling e-cigarettes in PunjabPunjab government has issued notices to various e-commerce portals for allegedly violating the Drugs and Cosmetics Act by selling e-cigaret...
23 Jan, 2016, 10.02 PM IST
Delhi government fines institutes for violating tobacco control act, collects Rs 82,000The Delhi government today issued challans to several educational institutions for allegedly not following rules under the Tobacco Control ...
31 Aug, 2015, 08.08 PM IST
FIR against tobacco company for surrogate advertisingAs per Section 5 of COTPA 2003, all kinds of advertisements of tobacco products direct as well as indirect are banned in India.
02 Aug, 2015, 01.17 PM IST
Smoking ban: Government collects Rs 57 lakhs in finesFurther, a survey on prevalence of tobacco usage in the city recorded that 41% men and 3.7% women use some kind of tobacco product.
04 Oct, 2014, 03.59 PM IST
69,000 people challaned under no-smoking rules since 2008The State Tobacco Control Cell has collected fine amount of Rs 57.92 lakhs from people violating the rules till September 30.
03 Oct, 2014, 04.43 PM IST
The tobacco industry peddles lies: Jeffrey S WigandThis anti-tobacco crusader who hates to be called whistle-blower says he got death threats as late as last year from Big Tobacco.
10 Sep, 2013, 05.56 AM IST
- Doctor's 6-point formula to win fight against cancer
Dr Siddhartha Mukherjee, author of the bestselling 'The Emperor of Maladies: A Biography of Cancer', has a six-point formula to help India ...
25 Jan, 2011, 09.46 AM IST
- Assam gets Rs 7.98 crore revenue from sale of tobacco
Assam health minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Friday informed that in 2007-08, revenues of Rs 7.98 crore were earned as tax from sale of tob...
11 Dec, 2009, 09.54 PM IST
- Govt to promote tobacco free villages
With a view to eradicate the menace of tobacco, root cause of dreaded disease like cancer, the government will promote the success of tobac...
31 May, 2007, 09.40 AM IST