LIC’s unhealthy choice
Life Insurance Corporation invested more than Rs 3,500 crore last year in the tobacco industry
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 …
Air pollution linked with cardiovascular diseases: Study
Tobacco had the strongest association with heart disease, followed by physical inactivity and low-quality diet
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
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
Plain victory against Big Tobacco
Philip Morris has lost a case of trademark violation in Australia and this could have a cascading effect
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
Nicotine anywhere
Tobacco manufacturer ITC exploits legal loopholes to openly advertise and sell nicotine gums
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
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
World no tobacco day: Push for plain packaging to save lives
Plain packaging of tobacco products restricts advertising and promotion and increases the effectiveness of health warnings
Now, dial a motorbike ambulance in case of a heart attack in Delhi
The idea is to reach with medical help much faster, given the high density traffic in the city where movement of four-wheeler ambulances becomes …
Clearing the smoke on packaging
WTO rules that Australian laws on tobacco packaging don't violate global obligations to protect intellectual property
Government schools encouraging healthier lifestyles: study
The onset of many lifestyle or non-communicable diseases can be prevented or delayed by addressing these risk factors earlier in life
Environment ministry order bans use of plastic packaging for tobacco, gutkha
The ministry passed its order after the companies failed to adhere to the Supreme Court directive asking them to adhere to the new Plastic Waste …
SC upbraids Centre for 'conniving with tobacco industry'
Directs it to effectively implement rules that severely restrict advertisement, promotion and sponsorship of tobacco products
Is UN giving in to industry?
UN adopts resolution to fight chronic lifestyle diseases, without targets or commitments
What are these ‘cancer vaccines’ I’m hearing about? And what similarities do they share with COVID vaccines?
Rather than preventing disease, these vaccines are a personalised treatment for cancer, to combat disease
Neo-addiction
Youngsters are getting hooked on flavoured e-cigarettes. Studies belie manufacturers’ claims
Top 10 stories of the week that was (July 29-August 4)
Down To Earth recaps the primary environment, health and developmental news from the week just gone by
Tobacco behind more than a quarter of India’s cancer cases
Released by the National Cancer Registry of India, a new report has profiled the country’s cancer landscape
Air Pollution thwarting moths’ food-hunting abilities
Study underlines negative impacts of pollution, especially from vehicles, on agriculture