Tobacco consumption declines across states, dry Bihar consumes more alcohol than Maharashtra: NFHS-5

Alcohol consumption among women aged 15 years and above highest in north-eastern states

Self defence

Tobacco case

Smoking unabated

Women in the US continue to puff one too many

Snippets

Objection overruled

FDA approves marketing of 8 smokeless tobacco products in US

Using General Snus instead of tobacco cigarettes can cut risk of mouth cancer, heart disease, lung cancer, stroke, emphysema, and chronic …

As gutkha stands banned, dohra consumption rising in Uttar Pradesh

Dohra does not contain any statutory warning label and hence, consumers are unaware of its health hazards

Tobacco control policies are effective, says WHO report

The report further finds that tobacco control does not harm economies and has a modest impact on employment

Spanish folly

When the Spanish found tobacco in America did they bite off more than they could chew? The debate still continues in the form of gutka in India

Cigarettes, cars, and public health

Why should only cars be blamed for causing cancer? There should be health norms for cigarettes, too

A luxury no more

Let-off

Tobacco companies get a reprieve in the UK. How will Asia fare?

REJECTED

Fighting Tobacco

Seeds of hope

GM technology overcomes its main drawback

Pictorial warnings still missing from cigarette and chewing tobacco packets

No tobacco product sampled in Delhi had new warning mandated from April 1, says survey by non-profit

Puffed up claim

Eschew tobacco

The health ministry is in a dilemma on whether to impose a ban on chewing tobacco products

KENYA

Time to fight

New gimmick

A cigarette company launches smoking prevention programme

Smokescreen

The most powerful government in the world and the behemoth tobacco industry are waging a ding-dong battle over...well, cigarettes

Will this one work?

If the first class action suit against tobacco companies in Florida is successful, the US tobacco industry is in trouble

Feeling the heat

The Justice department files a mammoth civil lawsuit against cigarette manufacturers in the US