All for a smoke

Cultivation and production of tobacco is consuming forests in southern Brazil

Brush up law

As many tooth-care products contain harmful tobacco

Treating tobacco-related diseases cost India Rs 16,800 crore in 2011: report

Spending on treating such diseases is just a little less than revenue from tobacco products; Union health minister, Harsh Vardhan, says he would …

Air pollution linked with cardiovascular diseases: Study

Tobacco had the strongest association with heart disease, followed by physical inactivity and low-quality diet

India fails to curb tobacco use, report

Poor enforcement of laws and affordability of tobacco products are blamed

High BP, tobacco are top killers

Study on global disease burden shows infectious diseases are declining

Look who's invested in ITC

Insurance companies, Indian government are the mainstay of the tobacco-driven company

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Tobacco consumption rising among Indian TB patients: India TB 2020 report

Though notification of tuberculosis goes up, more than 0.5 million patients still missing  

Vehicular emissions are a cause for concern

Praful B Desai, professor emeritus and former director of the Tata Memorial Cancer Research Institute, Mumbai, spoke to Leena Chakrabarti on …

LIC’s unhealthy choice

Life Insurance Corporation invested more than Rs 3,500 crore last year in the tobacco industry 

Tobacco fight

'It is strange that government promotes products which directly cause cancer'

Pankaj Chaturvedi, associate professor and head and neck cancer surgeon at Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, was recently honoured with the Judy …

Reading 2021 NCRB report: Jump in forest-related crimes in Jharkhand

Jharkhand registered the maximum number of crimes under the Forest Act since 2012

Large graphical health warnings on tobacco packets more effective: Study

Such warnings help prevent initiation and motivate cessation, find researchers

International Women’s day: How Telangana’s women farm hands turned farmers

The concept of group farming in not new in the state but it had majorly been out of practice for some years now

Nicotine for vaping should be legalised in Australia: 40 international and Australian experts

When nicotine is separated from the toxins in tobacco smoke and used in its pure form, there is little evidence of long-term harm

Plain victory against Big Tobacco

Philip Morris has lost a case of trademark violation in Australia and this could have a cascading effect

Centre directs states to restrict advertisement, promotion of tobacco products

Move follows Supreme Court vacating stay on rules regulating tobacco advertisement and distribution

Diesel exhaust linked to lung cancer

WHO agency says there is compelling evidence to classify diesel fumes as deadly carcinogen along with tobacco, asbestos

Ads term gutkha ban unfair

Analysts call the ads misleading; health ministry plans action against industry

Nicotine anywhere

Tobacco manufacturer ITC exploits legal loopholes to openly advertise and sell nicotine gums

India’s fight against tobacco needs strength

Over-the-counter nicotine replacement therapies will save families and help the country

Health Ministry asks Railway Board to not allow junk food, tobacco ads

Indirect advertising of such products can increase the risk of non-communicable diseases, the health ministry says

Living with smokers is as bad as living in polluted cities

Passive smoking can expose non-smokers to three times the officially recommended levels of fine particulate matter