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19 Jun 2023

Smoking Cessation: The Role Of Policymakers And Tobacco Control Measures

Smoking cessation is the most effective strategy for smokers to reduce their risk of harm and disease. Here is an in-depth overview of smoking cessation and tobacco control measures, read on.

16 Mar 2023

Bengaluru Honoured With $150,000 Global Award For Tobacco Control Efforts

Bengaluru has been awarded for its tobacco control efforts It has won an award of USD 150,000 award by a leading global initiative WHO Director praised the winners of the award for their efforts

08 Feb 2018

Study associates e-cigarettes with increased risk of pneumonia

The study published in the European Respiratory Journal did not directly compare vaping's effect to that of smoking tobacco cigarettes.

29 Nov 2017

Delhi urges NCERT to include chapter on tobacco control

The government seeks the chapter for the curriculum of Classes 6 to 12.

20 Jul 2017

Dramatic rise in tobacco control policies in last decade: WHO

The latest WHO report on the global tobacco epidemic found that 4.7 billion people--63 per cent of world's population--are covered by policies such as strong graphic warnings, smoke-free public places or other measures.

30 May 2017

India’s Health Minister JP Nadda gets WHO’s special recognition for tobacco control

Mr Nadda is among the two recipients of the special global award this year.

25 Apr 2016

Govt likely to completely ban FDI in tobacco sector

After making it mandatory to carry larger pictorial warnings on cigarette packets, the government is now working on a proposal to completely ban foreign direct investment (FDI) in the tobacco sector.

30 Mar 2016

'Twitter2quit' to help you kick the butt

On average, about 23 percent of tweets were in response to these automated texts, while 77 percent were spontaneous.

Assam Assembly Elections 2016

30 Mar 2016

Key Assam parties hailed for making tobacco control an issue

The Voluntary Health Association of Assam (VHAA) has welcomed the initiative of the major political parties in the state to include issues pertaining to tobacco control in their respective election manifestos following its advocacy efforts.

Dr. Margaret Hamburg

05 Feb 2015

US FDA Commissioner Margaret Hamburg to step down

Dr. Margaret Hamburg, who as commissioner of the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for almost six years has overseen public health initiatives ranging from tobacco control and food safety to personalized medicine and drug approvals, is stepping down, the agency said on Thursday.

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