tobacco
- Health
Radiation therapy gives mouth cancer patient new life
New Delhi: For 45-year-old Gagan Wadhwa, life came to a standstill after he was diagnosed with mouth cancer as a result of chewing tobacco. The Delhi resident — an avid gym lover…
- Lifestyle
Exposure to tobacco smoke linked with increase in heavy metals in children’s saliva
New Delhi: Exposure to tobacco smoke has been linked with an increase in the presence of non-essential heavy metals such as lead in children’s saliva, which could cause biological malfunctioning, leading to…
- Entertainment
Case filed against Tamil superstar Thalapathy Vijay and Leo team
Chennai: Tamil superstar, ‘Thalapathy’ Vijay is in a legal tangle for promoting tobacco in a song of his new movie ‘Leo’, directed by Lokesh Kanagaraj. A case has been filed against him…
- Science
Gas stoves raise indoor benzene levels above secondhand smoke
New Delhi: Indoor levels of the highly flammable, carcinogenic benzene rise above those in secondhand tobacco smoke upon lighting a gas stove, common in residential living, a new Stanford-led analysis has found.…
- India
OTT programmes to carry anti-tobacco warnings; health ministry amends rules
New Delhi: On World ‘No Tobacco’ Day, the Union health ministry on Wednesday notified the amended rules under the Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products Act, 2004, making it mandatory for OTT platforms…
- Technology
CSIR-CIMAP study lowers nicotine content in Tobacco plant
Lucknow: The CSIR-Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants (CIMAP) has successfully lowered nicotine content in the Petit Havana Tobacco plant variety by using a genome editing tool and reduced 60-70 percent…
- Andhra Pradesh
AP CM requests Centre to allow sale of excess FCV Tobacco without penalties
Hyderabad: Andhra Pradesh chief minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy on Friday wrote to the Union Minister for Commerce and Industry, Piyush Goyal requesting to allow the sale of excess Flue Cure Virginia…
- India
Govt caps maximum GST cess rate on pan masala, tobacco
New Delhi: The government has capped the maximum rate of GST compensation cess that would be levied on pan masala, cigarettes and other forms of tobacco and linked the highest rate to…
- Andhra Pradesh
AP: Ambulance carrying patient catches fire in Prakasam district
Amaravati: An ambulance carrying a patient caught fire injuring a person and destroying tobacco worth Rs 40 lakh. The incident occurred in Andhra Pradeh’s Prakasam district late on Monday. The 108 ambulance…
- Bangalore
GST, Excise duty can be imposed on tobacco: Karnataka HC
Bangalore: The Karnataka High Court has ruled that the Union government is entitled to levy Central GST (CGST) as well as excise duty on tobacco and tobacco-derived products. It dismissed a bunch…
- Middle East
Saudi Arabia bans selling tobacco products to children under 18
Riyadh: The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) has banned the sale of tobacco products to children under 18-year-old, local media reported. The Ministry of Municipal and Rural Affairs and Housing (MOMRA) has…
- India
Bring strong anti-tobacco law to save youth, ban designated smoking areas: Experts
New Delhi: While appreciating the steps taken by the government under tobacco control legislation, top health experts and an activist on Friday said it is time the law is strengthened by completely…
- Middle East
Saudi: 11 including Indians, sentenced in commercial fraud case
Dammam: The Ministry of Commerce issued the names and details of 10 foreign workers and a Saudi citizen after their sentence was declared for commercial fraud by a court in the Eastern…
- World
Tobacco industry worsening global pollution, deforestation: Expert
Mexico City: The tobacco industry and tobacco consumption are exacerbating soil, air and water pollution, along with deforestation, according to one expert. “The tobacco industry is one of the main causes of…
- Bangalore
Karnataka: Thousands of cigarette, bidi butts collected to expose rampant public smoking
Bengaluru: In a bid to expose rampant smoking in public places, thousands of cigarette and bidi butts were collected by NSS volunteers, citizens and civil society organisations across the city. The collected…
