UK lawmakers approve lifetime smoking ban for today's under-18sBritain passes landmark law to create a smoke-free generation by permanently banning cigarette sales to those aged 17 and under and tighten...
22 Apr, 2026, 05.01 PM IST
WHO estimates at least 15 million teenagers use e-cigarettes worldwideGlobally, 15 million teenagers are vaping, with youth nine times more likely to use e-cigarettes than adults. Over 100 million people world...
06 Oct, 2025, 06.23 PM IST
PMI’s Science-Led shift: Dr. Moira Gilchrist argues for Tobacco Harm Reduction at Technovation 202414 Nov, 2024, 08.40 PM IST
Covid stress and anxiety made it difficult for smokers to kick the buttFewer smokers called quit-smoking hotlines last year.
30 Mar, 2021, 05.44 PM IST
Vaping won't help your heart, can be just as harmful as smokingE-cigarettes are often used to kick the smoking habit.
14 Nov, 2019, 06.31 PM IST
Philip Morris makes a case for scientifically substantiated smoke-free alternativesPhilip Morris has urged the Indian government to create a regulatory environment for scientifically substantiated smoke-free alternatives.
15 May, 2019, 12.31 PM IST
E-cigarette lobby group wants Karnataka to lift ban on its useKarnataka’s Health & Family Welfare department had, by a circular on June 15, 2016, said sale, manufacturing and distribution of e-cigarett...
10 May, 2019, 10.47 PM IST
The struggle is real: Smoking has a significant effect on your biological ageIt has long been proven to negatively affect people's overall health in multiple ways.
19 Jan, 2019, 05.20 PM IST
India shows care for loved-ones; exposure to second-hand smoke reducesA little more than one-third (35%) of the non-smokers were exposed to second hand smoke at home in India.
09 Jun, 2018, 07.00 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
Upping the urge: Vape pens tempt you to smokeThey have low resemblance to cigarettes, so some people were hoping they might not produce the same urge to smoke but it is the other way r...
16 Jan, 2017, 06.54 PM IST
It's not too late, yet: Quitting smoking even in your 60s helpsThe study also suggested that people aged 70 or older currently smoking were more than three times likely to die than never-smokers.
06 Dec, 2016, 09.58 AM IST
Staying far from the local tobacco shop may help you kick the buttSmoking is a global health risk. Retail outlets in neighbourhoods have gotten attention as potential targets for policies to reduce smoking.
17 Aug, 2016, 06.40 PM IST
Smoking dips 10% in 2 years in India but women smokers up sharplySmoking in India is falling steadily even as the number of women smokers is rising, making it home to the second largest number of female s...
28 Dec, 2015, 12.27 PM IST
Over 23,000 persons booked under COTPA in Jammu and Kashmir: PolicePolice has booked 23,754 people for violating COTPA by smoking in public places from May 2013 to May 2015, they said.
02 Jul, 2015, 05.01 PM IST
Smoking thins vital part of brain, says studyThe study involved 244 male and 260 female subjects - five times larger than any previous similar research on smoking and cortical thicknes...
11 Feb, 2015, 03.38 PM IST
Combo treatments boost smokers' ability to quitTo measure the benefit of combining treatments, the researchers enrolled 349 adults who reported smoking 10 or more cigarettes a day.
21 Jun, 2014, 12.49 PM IST