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The silent, deadly KILLER of 60 lakh people!

Governments across the world are slowly gearing up to find lasting solutions to curb the menace of tobacco, says Shobha Shukla Tobacco is the single most preventable cause of death in the world......

Watch out for new warning on your cigarette pack

Beginning May 31, all tobacco products will have to carry pictorial warnings on the front of the pack in a bid to discourage their consumption. Rejecting reservations of tobacco companies, the......

Colleagues' smoke can kill you

Offering alarming new evidence of dangers of inhaling second-hand smoke, a new study shows that non-smoking employees absorb a potent carcinogen not considered safe at any level while working at......

From Jan 1, no smoking on television

From January 1, 2006, it may be no longer be possible for anyone to make use of cigarettes and other tobacco products on screen or in TV programmes. The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare is......

Holy smoke! 11.2 per cent of world smokers are in India

According to a new study, China, India, Indonesia, USA, Russia have the largest number of smokers. More than one in 10 deaths globally was caused due to smoking in 2015 and over 50 per cent......

New tobacco law may hurt livelihood of millions of women

The proposed amendment to the Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products Act puts the livelihooNewd of millions of women in jeopardy, according to a study. The new insertion (Section 10A(3)) makes it......

Govt plans law to ban tobacco ads

The government on Thursday said it will soon come out with a comprehensive legislation to ban advertising and control the use of tobacco, with the Cabinet approving ratification of the Framework......

India accepts proposal to ban sale of single cigarettes

The health ministry has accepted the recommendation of an internal panel to ban the sale of single cigarettes, Health Minister JP Nadda said in a statement in the upper house on Tuesday. The World......

Tobacco Board to submit Rs 125-cr rehab plan soon

The Tobacco Board will submit a Rs 125-crore (Rs 1.25 billion) proposal to the Commerce Ministry in the next 10 days to rehabilitate farmers who would switch to other crops, as part of a move to......

WHO wants worldwide ban on tobacco ads

Cross-border advertising, among the few remaining means available to cigarette companies to advertise, without violating laws, is something the World Health Organisation has trained its sights on......

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Framework Convention On Tobacco Control

News for Framework Convention On Tobacco Control

The silent, deadly KILLER of 60 lakh people!

Watch out for new warning on your cigarette pack

Colleagues' smoke can kill you

From Jan 1, no smoking on television

Holy smoke! 11.2 per cent of world smokers are in India

New tobacco law may hurt livelihood of millions of women

Govt plans law to ban tobacco ads

India accepts proposal to ban sale of single cigarettes

Tobacco Board to submit Rs 125-cr rehab plan soon

WHO wants worldwide ban on tobacco ads

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