There is a growing recognition of the benefits of preventive health measures, which is now driving the health insurance industry to focus on proactive care rather than reactive care
For decades, tobacco companies used doctors in ads to show cigarettes as 'healthy'. Experts now urge government to ban tobacco ads.
About 750 packets of chewable tobacco products, some other drugs, a weighing machine and packing materials were seized during the raid, police said.
The recent hike in national calamity contingent duty on cigarettes by 16 per cent is indicative of the government's intent to further strengthen the tobacco control policy
Actor Akshay Kumar faced a massive outrage after he joined the ad of a popular paan masala brand. Now, he has apologised to his fans for the same and said that he will donate the fee to a 'worthy cause'.
Rajasthan Health Minister Parsadi Lal Meena's comment came recently while addressing a programme in Jaipur to mark World Cancer Day.
The Madhya Pradesh cabinet has approved a bill banning hookah lounges in the state, a minister said.
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Wildfires broke out in several Middle Eastern countries in October 2020 amid a heat wave that was unusual for that time of the year, leaving Syria particularly hard-hit.
The insurance company had refused to pay the medical claim saying the patient’s addiction to smoking was the reason for his disease.
The National Organization For Tobacco Eradication has requested megastar Amitabh Bachchan in a letter to withdraw himself from the pan masala ad campaign as it...
Being an important immune modulator, tobacco suppresses the immune system by reducing antibody responses and thereby causing hindrance to fight coronavirus.
Amid mounting evidence pointing to the relative safety of e-cigarettes compared to combustible ones, India’s ban on the former appears to be on shaky ground
WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus's statement said smokers can develop cancer, heart diseases, and respiratory illnesses from the coronavirus.
The survey suggested that despite coronavirus being a respiratory disease, smoking might be beneficial due to its role in increasing mucous production.
Fewer smokers called quit-smoking hotlines last year and some smoked more, contributing to an unusual bump in cigarette sales.
You know by now that the coronavirus doesn’t merely attack your lungs. But how does the presence of a whole axis of co-morbidities amplify the dangers?...
You know by now that the coronavirus doesn’t merely attack your lungs. But how does the presence of a whole axis of co-morbidities amplify the dangers?...
A new research explains how smoking links to increased risk of severe Covid-19 infection
The chemical components of tobacco smoke can trigger activation of latent tuberculosis, and smoking can also increase the risk of disability and death in...
Under the law, a person can be fined up to Rs 1,000 or jailed for a maximum two years for spitting and spreading something as serious as COVID-19
Cigarette butts — whose filters contain tiny plastic fibres — are the most common type of plastic waste found in the environment.
We sadhus have left everything including our home, mother and father for a greater cause, then why we cannot leave smoking," Yoga guru Ramdev said.
The presiding officer of each polling booth will be nominated as nodal officer for ensuring tobacco-free status at their booths.
The UK-707 flight from Amritsar to Kolkata flight was scheduled to have a halt in Delhi, which is where the incident was reported prior to take off.
According to latest research removing displays of tobacco products from shops may have reduced the proportion of children buying cigarettes by 17 per cent
