Tag: Smoke
Chulha smoke, metal & stone dust leading to chronic lung disease...
Doctors say they are seeing alarmingly poor lung health among people in the region
Smokers are at higher risk of COVID-19
People should take this as 21 day Corona challenge for quitting, say Experts.............
TRENDS urges health ministry to re-examine E-Cigarettes ban
As per the voluntary association representing ENDS, the ban will open up the black market and create room for substandard unregulated products. It said that health ministry will not want to be seen as creating such a market scenario.................
The Cancer Foundation challenges ICMR’s white paper on ENDS
The non-profit organization involved in multi-aspect alleviation of cancer problem urged the union government on the need for appropriate regulations, not a blanket ban.................
With focus on lung health, global researchers resolve to improve ‘quit...
New health, science, and technology grants will allow 100+ researchers to explore smoking cessation and harm-reduction innovation...............
Asia Pacific policymakers & mayors pledge to strengthen tobacco control &...
Representatives from Singapore, Indonesia, Vietnam, Philippines, Myanmar, Malaysia, Timor Leste, Laos, Cambodia, Nepal, Bangladesh and India met on 4th to 6th December to discuss how best to overcome the considerable challenges to tobacco control in the region...…………….
Is India jumping the gun on e-cigarettes?
Besides an overview of the proposed ban on e-cigarettes in India, Samrat Chowdhery in this article cites many reasons over why the government should regulate rather than ban it.............
More than half smokers in India have tried to quit unsuccessfully,...
More than 104 million people in India alone continue to imperil their health by using combusted tobacco every day...............
Interactive billboard to detect smokers, warn them of its harms
Launched to coincide with World No Tobacco Day, “This is what you are doing to your heart right now” digital billboard installed in Gurugram shows what happens inside the body of a smoker when they smoke...............