tobacco
- Bollywood
Akshay Kumar no more a tobacco brand ambassador
Mumbai: Faced with a huge backlash, actor Akshay Kumar on Thursday announced that he is stepping down as the brand ambassador of a tobacco company with whom he had recently signed a…
- Crime in Hyderabad
Hyderabad: Three held for transporting gutka, tobacco
Hyderabad: Three persons were arrested for illegally procuring and transporting gutka, tobacco and other illegal materials here on Tuesday. The accused identified as Manak Kumawat (28), Prakash Kumawath (28), and Sohanlal (46)…
- Crime in Hyderabad
Two arrested by Rachakonda police for banned tobacco
Hyderabad: Special Operations Team of LB Nagar Zone, along with Ghatkesar police intercepted a Tata Safari vehicle at the ORR Toll Plaza at Ghatkesar and nabbed two offenders, who were procuring and…
- Health
New Zealand’s plan to end smoking: A lifetime ban for youth
Wellington: New Zealand’s government believes it has come up with a unique plan to end tobacco smoking a lifetime ban for those aged 14 or younger. Under a new law the government…
- Andhra Pradesh
Andhra Pradesh government bans tobacco products for one year
Hyderabad: The Commissioner of Food Safety, Andhra Pradesh, in an order on Monday banned the manufacture, storage, distribution, transportation and sale of Gutkha/Pan masala and chewing tobacco for a period of one…
- Crime in Hyderabad
Hyderabad Police seizes 1,475 kgs of banned tobacco worth Rs 57 lakh
Hyderabad: The Hyderabad Commissioner’s Task Force along with Afzalgunj Police has conducted a raid on a godown located at New Osmangunj and seized the banned noxious Chewing Tobacco products weighing about 1475…
- India
India likely to achieve 30% reduction in tobacco use by 2025: WHO
New Delhi: India is among 60 countries on track to achieve the global target of a 30 per cent reduction in tobacco use by 2025, according to the fourth World Health Organization’s…
- Crime in Hyderabad
Man selling gutka and tobacco arrested, police raids his house
Hyderabad: A man accused of illegally procuring and selling chewing tobacco and other noxious material was apprehended by the city police today. The Hyderabad police’s Task Force team conducted a raid at the…
- Health
Alcohol consumption linked to over 62,000 new cancer cases in India last year: Lancet study
New Delhi: Alcohol consumption was associated with 62,100 or five per cent of newly diagnosed cancer cases last year in India, according to a study published in The Lancet Oncology journal which…
- News
Police crackdown on contraband Tobacco, 1 arrested
Hyderabad: The Shahinayathgunj police a raided a stores at Begum Bazaar and seized banned tobbaco products worth 26 lakhs rupees. According to the police Syed Mohmmed Yousuf, the owner of Deccan Chalia…
- Featured News
Akbar was first Emperor to inhale Portuguese tobacco thru hubble-bubble
Salma Ahmed Farooqui The arrival and setting up base by the Portuguese in India in the sixteenth century heralded several consequences, some of which are well-known and easily identifiable like the introduction…
- Health
Deaths due to smokeless tobacco in India on rise: Study
London: The number of deaths due to smokeless tobacco in India is on the rise, say researchers, adding that deaths due to it globally has also gone up by a third in seven…
- News
Doctors must stress the importance of smoking, cancer screening: Study
Washington: Smoking is strongly linked to lower use of cancer screening services by women and more advanced disease once the cancer is diagnosed, reveals research. The research was published in the online journal…
- Top Stories
Smokers at high risk to catch COVID
New Delhi: Smokers are likely to be more vulnerable to COVID-19 as smoking increases the possibility of transmission of the virus from hand to mouth, the Union Health Ministry has said, warning…
- India
Tobacco use accelerates transmission of COVID-19: Health ministry
New Delhi: Smokers are likely to be more vulnerable to COVID-19 as smoking increases possibility of transmission of virus from hand to mouth, the Union Health Ministry has said, warning that use…
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