Tobacco kills 1.35 million Indians annually, yet quit rates remain low at just 7%. Experts urged science-backed harm reduction strategies, ...

Health experts have criticised the government’s move to cut GST on beedis from 28% to 18% while keeping other tobacco products at 40%. They...

The state government of Karnataka has imposed a ban on hookah bars, including the sale and promotion of hookah and its related ingredients....

In a letter to all state health ministers, Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said smokeless tobacco users have a tendency to spit in public pla...

Tobacco Atlas report describes the latest products and tactics being deployed by the tobacco industry to grow its profits and delay or dera...

He said the health ministry has learnt through media reports that the railways is planning to brand trains and stations to increase revenue...

WHO estimates that one person dies from tobacco-related disease every six seconds or so, equivalent to about 6 million people a year.

An alarming 30% of the Indian population use some form of tobacco. Two days from now, when everyone takes a pledge to fight this addiction,...

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...

"As per the report of Tobacco Control in India (2004), each year 8-9 lakh deaths in India can be attributed to tobacco use," Health Ministe...

The government has put on hold its decision to increase pictorial warnings on tobacco products to 85 per cent from the present 40 per cent.

Diseases caused by tobacco consumption caused an economic burden of Rs 1.04 lakh crore in 2011 to the country, according to a report by Min...

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has called for increasing tax on tobacco products to highlight health risks associated with its use.

Union health minister Harsh Vardhan is for levying increased taxes on tobacco and tobacco-related products to discourage its consumption.

The amount spent is more than the combined health expenditure by the Central and state governments.

Three out of every five deaths in 2008 were caused by non-communicable diseases (NCDs) like cancer, stroke, diabetes and cardiovascular dis...

The government has set up a Rs 5,000-crore fund to finance tobacco farmers diversifying into other crops such as oilseeds, soyabean and chi...