Tobacco Epidemic

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  World No Tobacco Day 2021: Here's Why Quitters Are Winners

  World No Tobacco Day 2021: Today is World No Tobacco Day. The theme of 2021 theme and campaign of World No Tobacco Day is: Commit to Quit. Ending the global tobacco epidemic is a defining challenge in global health

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  E-Cigarettes' Consumer Base Small, Ban Will Be Effective: Health Minister

  Bringing an ordinance to ban e-cigarettes was an urgency as vaping was turning into an epidemic among the youth and allowing such products would have seriously undermined the government's tobacco control efforts, Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said.

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  FDA Chief Calls Youth Use Of Juul, Other E-cigarettes An 'Epidemic'

  Flavors other than menthol have been banned since 2009 in regular cigarettes to reduce their appeal to young people. No flavors currently are restricted from other tobacco products.

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  Tobacco Products Cheaper Than Essential Food Items: Study

  Tobacco products were cheaper than essential food items in India, says a new study.

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  WHO Urges Governments to Raise Tobacco Taxes to Beat Smoking

  Governments around the world should increase taxes on cigarettes and other tobacco products to save lives and generate funds for stronger health services, the World Health Organization (WHO) said today.

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  The Leading Cancer Killer in Women is Not What You Think

  According to a latest report, lung cancer has surpassed breast cancer as the leading cause of cancer death in females in developed countries and the change reflects the tobacco epidemic in women.

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  Lung Cancer Now Deadlier Than Breast Cancer in Rich Nations

  Lung cancer is now the leading cause of cancer death among women in developed nations, beating out breast cancer which had long been the top killer, researchers said on Wednesday.

• Supreme Court Issues Notice to Centre, States on Plea to Ban Smoking

  The Supreme Court today issued notice to the Centre and the states on a PIL seeking complete ban on smoking products in the country.

• India to Host Conference on Tobacco Epidemic

  Experts from across the world will come together in the national capital to discuss a way forward for a cohesive policy environment to promote public health by reducing current tobacco use prevalence.The international conference organised by the Public...

• Tobacco Epidemic: 2500 Die in India Daily

  The tobacco epidemic is one of the biggest public health threats the world has ever faced. Mass media campaigns, graphic warnings and alternative crop options for tobacco growers can help stop or reduce the estimated 800,000-900,000 tobacco-attributable...

• Smoking is really injurious to health!

  WHO notes that the tobacco epidemic is still expanding, especially in developing countries where, currently, 84% of the smokers live. Tobacco use kills 4.9 million people each year, and this toll it is expected to double in the next 20 years.

• The cancer epidemic

  More and more people may suffer from cancer in the next ten years if steps are not taken to check it, says Dr. K.A. Dinshaw, a noted radiation cancer specialist. Delivering the fifth Padmashree Dr. S.P. Mukherjee Memorial Lecture in Indore, Dr. Dinshaw, Director of the Tata Memorial Cancer Hospital in Mumbai, said that