Women smokers are on the rise. Here are some facts you didn't know about women and smoking:
About 200 million of the world’s one billion smokers are women
Far fewer women than men use tobacco. Globally, about 40% of men …
Second-hand or passive smoking is almost as dangerous as active smoking. According to WHO, passive smoking causes 600,000 deaths every year. Here are 10 facts you should know about about passive smoking:
Second-hand …
In a step to increase the reach of the National Tobacco Control Programme (NTCP), the central government has instructed the states to use the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) workforce for anti-tobacco …
May 31 is World No Tobacco Day. The theme for WHO’s World No Tobacco Day this year is ‘tobacco industry interference’. The campaign looks to focus on the need to expose and counter the tobacco industry's brazen and …
Quit smoking or die. It's as simple as that.The harmful effects of smoking are well known. Cigarettes contain many carcinogens and smoking is one of the major causes of cancer for active and passive smokers. It is our duty to …
May 31 is World No Tobacco Day.
Passive smoking, often dubbed the 'silent killer', is more dangerous than you believe and the complications it creates have gone up like never before. "Passive smoking is little talked about. But …
May 31 is World No Tobacco Day.
A study published by the journal Tobacco Control found that if nations immediately implemented the proven, cost-effective tobacco control policies called for by the World Health Organization, …
May 31 is World No Tobacco Day.
Abhishek Shetty led the typical life of a young employee in an IT company. A regular smoker, the 32-year-old had a hectic schedule, odd sleeping hours and irregular meals - all of which caught up …
May 31 is World No Tobacco Day.
Does smoking on screen harm youth? Some feel depicting actors smoking in films and TV shows can affect young, impressionable minds, but others do not agree with this. "Youth consider celebrities …
May 31 is World No Tobacco Day.
The theme for World Tobacco Day 2012 is Tobacco industry interference. The World Health Organisation (WHO) urged governments in Southeast Asia to beware of the tobacco industry's interference …
May 31 is World No Tobacco Day! Vivek Oberoi not only stays away from tobacco, he also avoids passive smoking and says that when someone smokes on the movie sets, he leaves that place.
"There is absolutely no smoking allowed on …
Upendra Bhojani, a member of the Consortium of Tobacco Control, Karnataka alleges that the tobacco industry has been using dubious methods to disrupt public health policies and because of the huge tax benefits from tobacco sales …
Callers will receive tobacco cessation counselling in English, Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati and Bengali. This free of charge service can be used by all tobacco users, friends and families of tobacco users and even healthcare …
