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

Posted By Editorial Team, January 22, 2020 at 12:07pm

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

Posted By Longjam Dineshwori, December 30, 2019 at 02:11pm

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

Posted By Editorial Team, November 28, 2019 at 07:02pm

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

Posted By Editorial Team, May 31, 2019 at 11:17am

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!

Posted By Debjani Arora, June 14, 2018 at 04:48pm

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'

Posted By Agencies, June 01, 2018 at 09:35am

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

Posted By Shaloo Tiwari, May 31, 2018 at 12:35pm

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

Posted By Editorial Team, December 04, 2017 at 04:14pm

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

Posted By Agencies, July 05, 2017 at 12:17pm

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

Posted By Agencies, November 29, 2016 at 11:28am

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

Posted By Agencies, July 28, 2016 at 09:29am

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

Posted By Editorial Team, June 02, 2016 at 10:46am

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

Posted By Editorial Team, May 31, 2016 at 10:44am

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

Posted By Agencies, May 31, 2016 at 09:46am

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?

Posted By Agencies, May 30, 2016 at 02:40pm

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

Posted By Agencies, May 30, 2016 at 09:49am

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?

Posted By Agencies, February 18, 2016 at 10:03am

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

Posted By Editorial Team, May 31, 2015 at 04:47pm

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

Posted By Agencies, May 29, 2015 at 11:37am
Tobacco-free Punjab

Posted By Agencies, February 10, 2015 at 09:46am