EAC-PM paper finds sharp rise in rural and urban tobacco consumption between 2011-12 and 2023-24, with poorer households hit hardest even as public healthcare spending expands.
The study, ‘The Environmental Burden of Tobacco Products Wastes in India’, was released Tuesday. It was conducted by ICMR's National Institute of Cancer Prevention & Research and AIIMS Jodhpur.
New Delhi: The Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare is currently working on bringing in amendments to regulate tobacco products in India, secretary...
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EAC-PM paper finds sharp rise in rural and urban tobacco consumption between 2011-12 and 2023-24, with poorer households hit hardest even as public healthcare spending expands.
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