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Smoking increases risk of post-surgical complications: Other health effects of tobacco use

Smokers who quit approximately 4 weeks or more before surgery have a lower risk of complication and better results 6 months afterwards.
Today Health Tips: 5 ways to resist tobacco craving

When you are trying to quit smoking, tobacco cravings or urges to smoke can wear you down. In our today health tips series, we bring to some effective ways to reduce and resist cravings.
Pan masala and Gutkha banned in Assam: Know the risks of tobacco use

On November 28, 2019, the Assam government banned the sale and manufacture of pan masala and Gutkha in the state for one year. Know the reasons why the state government had to take this step.
World No Tobacco Day 2019: Importance, theme and history

As we celebrate World No Tobacco Day today, here is all you need to know about this global awareness campaign. This WHO observance day aims to spread awareness about the negative impact of tobacco on our health, especially lungs.
Quit smoking: Why smokers find it difficult to give up and what to do about it!

We spoke Dr Arvind Kate, Pulmonologist to know why it is so difficult for a smoker to quit despite knowing the consequences and risks.
Neetu Chandra: 'Say no to tobacco'

World No Tobacco Day: Actress Neetu Chandra urges people to quit tobacco consumption.
World No Tobacco Day 2018: Tips to manage smoke cravings

It might seem impossible but it isn't. This World No Tobacco Day, give yourself another chance.
What do teenagers think about smoking? Fortis' study reveals stunning findings

Almost all teenagers think that if their parents smoke, it is OK for them to smoke!
'Less toxic' tobacco comes closer to reality

A discovery that could one day help reduce the need for nitrogen-based fertilisers in growing crops.
Tobacco exposure ups behavioural issues and dropout rates in children

Exposure to tobacco smoke is immensely toxic to the developing brain.
Experts say quitting tobacco can prevent 80 per cent neck, head cancer cases in India

Prevent head and neck cancer with a healthy lifestyle and quitting tobacco
Pictorial health warnings can force people to reduce tobacco use

Plain packaging, coupled with pictorial/graphic and text health warnings, thus becomes a very formidable tool to thwart the tobacco industry's nefarious designs.
World No Tobacco Day (31st May)- What everyone needs to know about party drugs and performance aids

The line between casual use and drug abuse is thin and dangerous, and more often than not, addiction sneaks up on the adolescent with a gradual increase in use as it begins to fulfill a valuable need in the eyes of the user.
World No Tobacco Day: Plain packaging will promote smuggled foreign brands, says TII

Plain Packaging of tobacco products, will destroy the legal cigarette industry and boost illegal trade, the Tobacco Institute of India (TII) said on Monday.
World No Tobacco Day--Will 85% pictorial warnings reduce tobacco consumption?

Enlarged pictorial warnings on cigarette packets, showing frightening effects of tobacco consumption on health, may be a welcome step towards educating people about the perils of smoking, but this is still not enough to reduce the consumption rate among the majority of habitual smokers, say stakeholders and experts.
Government urged to make Amitabh Bachchan the face of tobacco control campaign

Rajiv Gandhi Cancer Institute and Research Centre (RGCIRC) has urged the government to appoint prominent people, including Amitabh Bachchan among others, as brand ambassadors for the better impact of its tobacco control programmes.
Did you know tobacco products are cheaper than essential food items?

The current excise and Value Added Tax (VAT) rates are insufficient to increase the prices of tobacco products, therefore making these products easily affordable,' said the study conducted by the Institute for Studies in Industrial Development (ISID) and Public Health Foundation of India (PHFI).
World No Tobacco Day: Hitting roadblocks to tobacco endgame

The war on tobacco is no and we are hopeful to win over it.
8.4 mn deaths due to tobacco by 2020, 70% from developing countries: Experts
Tobacco-free Punjab