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
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
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
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
Biden planning a parting gift for Americans: Cigarettes without nicotineThe Biden administration plans to propose a limit on nicotine in cigarettes. This move aims to reduce smoking addiction and save lives. The...
13 Jan, 2025, 02.24 PM IST
Italian watchdog fines BAT and Amazon over misleading advertisingBAT was fined 6 million euros and Amazon 1 million euros for failing to provide sufficient information to consumers about the nicotine cont...
14 Feb, 2024, 03.11 PM IST
Save lives: respect citizen rights, rethink nicotine25 Nov, 2022, 11.40 AM IST
Throes of nicotine withdrawal: Understanding the science of addictionThe science of nicotine addiction has come a long way since 1964.
04 Aug, 2022, 05.27 PM IST
Tobacco Harm Reduction - A Missed Public Health Opportunity for India23 Aug, 2021, 03.55 PM IST
Startup seeks approval for inhaler that would help smokers quitThe coronavirus pandemic has spurred new interest in products that help users of cigarettes and vaping products quit. Some public health ag...
17 Jun, 2020, 09.43 AM IST
E-cigarette legislation 'all bark no bite', diluted under industry influenceA recipient of 2013 WHO award for fighting tobacco, he said the bill "partially addresses" the usage of e-cigarettes, which is less than 1 ...
02 Dec, 2019, 08.34 PM IST
Government likely to stub out 'toxic' e-cigarettesAn e-cigarette is a battery-operated device that uses liquid nicotine, propylene glycol, water, glycerin and flavour to give a user the sen...
25 Sep, 2019, 04.23 PM IST
Health ministry calls for halting sales of e-cigarettes, smoking devicesThe health ministry said it was possible that children and non-smokers using such products could switch to cigarettes once they get addicte...
29 Aug, 2018, 11.53 AM IST
Singapore bans e-cigarettes, other emerging tobacco productsIn a pre-emptive measure to protect public health, Singapore has banned emerging tobacco products like e-cigarettes, smokeless cigars and c...
14 Dec, 2015, 06.49 PM IST
Government labs to test tar, nicotine level in tobacco productsCigarette and bidi manufacturers may soon have to declare tar and nicotine content on their packets, with government preparing to launch te...
20 Sep, 2015, 11.28 AM IST
Cigarette substitutes pose risk due to over-useCigarette smoking is the leading cause of preventable death worldwide, researchers said. In order to overcome this addiction, many people r...
30 Aug, 2014, 04.55 PM IST
- Gujarat government extends gutka ban by a year
During the past one year, state agencies raided 28,172 units of wholeseller and retailers and seized around 8,976 kg of gutka from 31 units...
11 Sep, 2013, 07.51 PM IST