Topic: tobacco

By Lucy Craymer WELLINGTON (Reuters) - New Zealand will repeal on Tuesday a world-first law banning tobacco sales for future generations, the government said, even while researchers and campaigners

According to the WHO South-East Asia Region, the use of tobacco has decreased slightly from 68.9 per cent in 2000 to around 43.7 per cent in 2022. However, the region still accounts for the highest number of people using tobacco worldwide.

If approved, the cigarettes-to-hotels conglomerate would hold 40% stake in the newly formed entity, to be named ITC Hotels Ltd, with the remaining 60% held by shareholders of ITC.

Punjab has lowest rate of tobacco consumption in India, according to NFHS-5 survey. Paan masala and gutka most common form of tobacco consumed in India.

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...

Are pan masala, gutka, zarda, khaini food or tobacco? Indian manufacturers are challenging state bans and courts are the battleground.

Researchers used data from GBD 2019 study to analyse role of 34 risk factors in deaths and ill health associated with 23 cancer types.

We can cut the risk of oral cancers by 50% within 5 years and also save 3.5 million hectares of land. We only need to curb smoking and tobacco.

The study was conducted on heart patients who chewed tobacco for the first time, also on those who took it thrice a day.