CNS Daily Tobacco News Monitoring Report: 25 May 2012

Not-to-miss Tobacco News Today!  

1- Tobacco claiming more than 14,000 lives every day
(Daily Pioneer, Lucknow Uttar Pradesh) 
Tobacco kills more than 14,OQO people each day and nearly 60 lakh people each year, said Professor (Dr) Rama Kant, World Health Organisation (WHO)'s International awardee and Dean, College  of Surgeons of India, on the fourth day of the ongoing. Read more
2- New Zealand aims for a smoke-free country with 40% hike in tobacco taxes
(The Economic Times, New Delhi, Delhi)
New Zealand's government on Thursday squeezed smokers more than ever by announcing a 40 percent hike in tobacco taxes over the next four years. Prices here are already among the highest in the world, and by 2016 they will top 20 New Zealand dollars ($15) a pack on average. Read more

Smoke free

1- UP government contemplating banning ‘gutka’, ‘paan masala’
(IANS News, Uttar Pradesh)
The Uttar Pradesh government is seriously contemplating banning ‘gutka’ and ‘paan masala’. The state’s legal department has been asked to work on the proposal. Read more
2- SRK trampling anti-tobacco laws, says watchdog
(Deccan Herald, Panaji, Goa) 
India's premier anti-tobacco watchdog, NOTE has expressed concern over superstar Shahrukh Khan's arrogant behaviour with which he time and again decides to  ''trample'' the law and smoke in public places. Read more
3- J&K crackdown on smokers, 22 fined 
(Business Standard, Jammu & Kashmir, India) 
In a crackdown against smoking at public places in Jammu and Kashmir, authorities have fined 22 people here during the past two days. Read more

Tobacco and health

1- Maha to observe 'anti- tobacco day' on May 31
(IBN News, Mumbai, Maharashtra)
As many as three crore people in Maharashtra are addicted to different tobacco related products and the government will observe the "Anti-tobacco day" on May 31 by focusing on awareness programmes. Read more
2- Seminar on tobacco awareness
(IBN News, Bangalore, Karnataka) 
“The tobacco industry has been using covert ways to disrupt public health policies, and there is a conflicting mandate within government,” opined Upendra Bhojani, member, Consortium for Tobacco Control, Karnataka. Read more
3- 'Many people getting counselled for addiction'
(The Times of India, Mysore, Karnataka) 
There is a rise in the number of people, including women, consulting psychiatrists to quit addictions like smoking and drinking in the city. Majority of those wanting to get rid of addiction is professionals. Read more
4- Tobacco claiming more than 14,000 lives every day
(Daily Pioneer, Lucknow Uttar Pradesh) 
Tobacco kills more than 14,OQO people each day and nearly 60 lakh people each year, said Professor (Dr) Rama Kant, World Health Organisation (WHO)'s International awardee and Dean, College  of Surgeons of India, on the fourth day of the ongoing. Read more
5- तम्बाकू जनित रोगों से प्रतिवर्ष 60 लाख लोगों की मौत
6- तम्बाकू प्रतिवर्ष ले रहा साठ लाख जान
7- तम्बाकू लेती है हर साल साठ लाख लोगों की जान

Others (Pictorial warnings, tobacco advertisement, youth etc.)

1- NGO concerned over tobacco scenes in films
(The Times of India, Guwahati, Assam) 
Five months after the Union ministry of health and family welfare notified the rules for cigarettes and other tobacco products (Prohibition of advertisement and Regulation of trade and commerce, production, supply and distribution), the Voluntary Health Association of Assam (VHAA) on Thursday demanded proper implementation of the prohibitory order for the sake of Gen X. Read more
2- Kick the habit, hero
(The Hindu Business Line, New Delhi, Delhi) 
A study of about 4,000 students from 12 schools across New Delhi conducted by non-profit organisation Health Related Information Dissemination Amongst Youth (HRIDAY) suggests that adolescents exposed to tobacco use in Bollywood films are more likely to become tobacco users. Read more
3- New Zealand aims for a smoke-free country with 40% hike in tobacco taxes
(The Economic Times, New Delhi, Delhi)
New Zealand's government on Thursday squeezed smokers more than ever by announcing a 40 percent hike in tobacco taxes over the next four years. Prices here are already among the highest in the world, and by 2016 they will top 20 New Zealand dollars ($15) a pack on average. Read more
4- Don't expect change in a day: Anna
(The Times of India, Nashik, Maharashtra) 
During his one-and-a-half day stay in Nashik, activist Anna Hazare interacted with student volunteers about making Godavari pollution-free and about the crusade to ban tobacco and its products. He also met people who visited the government rest house where he stayed in large numbers. Read more

Produced voluntarily by:

Network for Accountability of Tobacco Transnationals (NATT), Indian Society Against Smoking (ISAS), Asha Parivar, Abhinav Bharat Foundation (ABF), CNS Tobacco Control Initiative and CNS News Monitoring Initiative (CNS-NMI).

तम्बाकू लेती है हर साल साठ लाख लोगों की जान

आज, लखनऊ, उत्त्तर प्रदेश 

तम्बाकू प्रतिवर्ष ले रहा साठ लाख जान

तम्बाकू जनित रोगों से प्रतिवर्ष 60 लाख लोगों की मौत

लोकमत, लखनऊ, उत्तर प्रदेश  

Tobacco claiming more than 14,000 lives every day

(Daily Pioneer, Lucknow Uttar Pradesh) 
Tobacco kills more than 14,OQO people each day and nearly 60 lakh people each year, said Professor (Dr) Rama Kant, World Health Organisation (WHO)'s International awardee and Dean, College  of Surgeons of India, on the fourth day of the ongoing .Rights and Responsibilities Summer Training Camp for Lucknow youths. "Included in this death toll are some 6 lakh non-smokers who are exposed to second-hand smoke. In '2004 children accounted for 31 per cent of such deaths;' added Prof Rama Kant, president, Association of Surgeons ofIndia, and vice president, SAARC Surgeons. "Almost half of children regularly breathe air polluted by tobacco smoke.

There are more than 4,000 chemicals in tobacco smoke of which at least 250 are known to be harmful, and more than 50 are known to cause cause cancer. Without urgent action, deaths from tobacco could reach 80 lakh by 2030. Most importantly 63 per cent of all deaths are caused by non-communicable diseases for which use of tobacco is one of the greatest risk factors. Fifty per cent of all deaths from lung disease are linked to tobacco. Around half of the smokers alive today will be killed by tobacco which is the single most preventable cause of deaths in the world today; said Prof Rarna Kant. A senior dental surgeon, Dr Shivani Sharma, urged the youths to restrict the intake of fast food, candies, colas and sweet desserts if they want to smile their way to health.  Even if colas and sweet drinks are taken occasionally, we should use a straw and not swish through the teeth, to avoid direct contact with-the upper front teeth. Dr Shivani Sharma cautioned the teenagers that eating too less was as bad as overeating. Lack of vitamins and minerals could cause deficiency diseases like scurvy or rickets, brittle bones and anemia. Anorexia (eating too little) as well as bulimia (eating too much) could cause gum diseases too. Dr Shivani Sharma recommended foods such 'as whole grains, vegetables, fruits, low fat/fat - free dairy products, lean meat, fish, eggs, beans and nuts. If at all we eat sugary or starchy food, it should be done during a meal because when we eat it the mouth releases saliva which washes away the food debris. We should also brush our teeth after eating sweets to get rid of the remaining food particles. Proper brushing removes food debris and helps prevent tooth decay.

CNS Daily Tobacco News Monitoring Report: 24 May 2012

Not-to-miss Tobacco News Today!  

1- Pandey Facilitates session on RTI
(The Pioneer, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh) 
A Magsaysay Award recipi-ent, Dr Sandeep Pandey, and a UP High Court lawyer, Manu Shreshth Mishra, facilitated the session on Right to Information Act (RTI), 2005, and the Cigarette and Other Tobacco Products Act (COTPA), 2 3, at the rights and responsibilities summer training camp at the Professor (Dr) Rama Kant's Centre, lndiranagar, on Tuesday. Read more
2- Tobacco sales dip 18.42% in Karnataka
(The Hindu Business Line, Bangalore, Karnataka) 
Tobacco Board has sold 18.42 per cent lower Karnataka crop at 104.29 million kg in the crop year 2011-12. According to Mr K.N. Vishakantaiah, regional manager, Tobacco Board, there was a decrease in crop sales because it had fixed the state crop size lower at 100 million kg and had enforced strict regulation to cut down area under tobacco. It had also imposed steep fine/penalty on excess grown crop. Read more 

Industry updates

1- Tobacco sales dip 18.42% in Karnataka
(The Hindu Business Line, Bangalore, Karnataka) 
Tobacco Board has sold 18.42 per cent lower Karnataka crop at 104.29 million kg in the crop year 2011-12. According to Mr K.N. Vishakantaiah, regional manager, Tobacco Board, there was a decrease in crop sales because it had fixed the state crop size lower at 100 million kg and had enforced strict regulation to cut down area under tobacco. It had also imposed steep fine/penalty on excess grown crop. Read more 
2- Australia says big tobacco aiding WTO challengers
(Reuters India News, India)
The tobacco industry is providing legal advice to Ukraine and Honduras in their challenges to Australia's new tobacco packaging rules at the World Trade Organization, Australian Health Secretary Jane Halton said on Tuesday. Read more
3- Cigarette consumption jumps 4.2%
(The Indian  Express, New Delhi, Delhi) 
Domestic consumption of cigarettes in 2011-12 increased by 4.19 per cent to 1,16,166 million sticks over the previous year, Minister of State for Commerce and Industry Jyotiraditya Scindia has said. Read more

Smoke free

1- Shah Rukh Khan need not appear personally in smoking case: Experts
(The Times of India, Jaipur, Rajasthan) 
Legal experts said Khan has been booked under Section 5/11 of the Rajasthan Prohibition of Public Smoking Act, 2000, which defines a punishment up to Rs 200 for a person found guilty of smoking in public. And in this, an offender through his counsel may deposit the cash penalty before the court. Read more
2- Pandey Facilitates session on RTI
(The Pioneer, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh) 
A Magsaysay Award recipi-ent, Dr Sandeep Pandey, and a UP High Court lawyer, Manu Shreshth Mishra, facilitated the session on Right to Information Act (RTI), 2005, and the Cigarette and Other Tobacco Products Act (COTPA), 2 3, at the rights and responsibilities summer training camp at the Professor (Dr) Rama Kant's Centre, lndiranagar, on Tuesday. Read more
3- अधिकार एवं दायित्व शिविर में दी गई 'तम्बाकू और क़ानून ' की जानकारी

Tobacco and health

2- Vit C benefits newborns of smoking women
(The Times of India, New Delhi, Delhi)
Pregnant women who are unable to quit smoking can significantly improve the lung function of their newborns by taking Vitamin C daily. Read more

Others (Pictorial warnings, tobacco advertisement, youth etc.)

1- Law Ministry rules in favour of Health Ministry over no-smoking rules, Information and Broadcasting Ministry to follow rules

(India Today News, India)

Rules restricting onscreen smoking scenes - notified by the Ministry of Health - can't be set aside by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (I& B). Read more

2- Onscreen smoking rules: I&B 'loses' to Health Ministry
(MSN India News, New Dehli, Delhi)
All new movies with smoking scenes or showing any form of tobacco use will have to run anti-tobacco messages, scrolls and spots. Read more

Produced voluntarily by:

Network for Accountability of Tobacco Transnationals (NATT), Indian Society Against Smoking (ISAS), Asha Parivar, Abhinav Bharat Foundation (ABF), CNS Tobacco Control Initiative and CNS News Monitoring Initiative (CNS-NMI).

अधिकार एवं दायित्व शिविर में दी गई 'तम्बाकू और क़ानून ' की जानकारी

Pandey Facilitates session on RTI

A Magsaysay Award recipi-ent, Dr Sandeep Pandey, and a UP High Court lawyer, Manu Shreshth Mishra, facilitated the session on Right to Information Act (RTI), 2005, and the Cigarette and Other Tobacco Products Act (COTPA), 2 3, at the rights and responsibilities summer training camp at the Professor (Dr) Rama Kant's Centre, lndiranagar, on Tuesday. A social activist, Dr San deep Pandey taught the city youths how to write applications under the RTI Act, 2005, to fight corruption and to increase accountability and transparency in implementing tobacco control laws. He also appealed to the students to take a pledge that they would never give or accept bribe, Dr Sandeep Pandey drafted a sample RTI application. The application has to be addressed to the Public Information Officer (PIO) and must state that the information is being sought under the Right To Information (RTI) Act, 2005. Every RTI application has to be filed with I a fee of Rs 10 which can either be paid in cash or sent through a money order. Students do not necessarily have to go to the offices concerned because they can also send their applications through registered post, said Dr Sandeep Pandey. The participating youths then wrote an RTI application on some violations of the tobacco control laws or other laws in Lucknow. demanding action from the appropriate government authorities. 

The lawyer, Manu Shreshth Mishra, said that the Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products Act (COTPA), 2003, was one of the most comprehensive tobacco control laws in the world and India had also ratified the global tobacco treaty (Framework Convention on Tobacco Control - FCTC). We can use the RTI Act, 2005, to demand enforcement of tobacco control and public health laws. Manu Shreshth Mishra said that it was because of COTPA, 2003, that there was. a blanket ban on tobacco advertising, promotion and sponsorship, a countrywide ban on smoking in public places, pictorial warnings on every tobacco product and a ban on sale of tobacco within a radius of 100 yards from any educational institution among the other key public health measures the law had. The youths asked the Public Information Officers (PIO) of relevant departments why was a retail tobacco shop there within a radius of 100 yards from an educational institution when COTPA, 2003, prohibited the sale of tobacco within 1'00 yards from any educational institution, why were people smoking in public places, how many have been fined for smoking in public places under COTPA, why were children and young people selling tobacco or could buy tobacco when the law had banned it.

CNS Daily Tobacco News Monitoring Report: 23 May 2012

Not-to-miss Tobacco News Today!  

1- Working for implementation of anti-tobacco laws: Health Min 
(The Hindu Business Line, New Delhi, Delhi) 
Admitting that anti-tobacco laws were being followed only to a limited extent, Health Ministry today said it has written to Information and Broadcasting Ministry for complete implementation of rules to prevent promotion of cigarettes and tobacco products through advertisements and sponsorships. Read more 

Industry updates

1- Israeli farmers find a way of making millions from tobacco plants
(The Economic Times, Pune, Maharashtra) 
The Israeli farmers have found a new way of making money from the tobacco plant. The scientists of The Robert H. Smith Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment, Rehovot, part of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem have found a way of making human collagen in plants. Read more

Smoke free

1- Juhu rave party: Detainees caught smoking face inquiry
(Daily News and Analysis, Mumbai, Maharashtra) 
Additional commissioner of police Vishwas Nangre Patil has ordered an inquiry into the allegations that a few people detained in the raid at the Juhu hotel rave party on Sunday evening smoked cigarettes inside the police vans and on Bhabha hospital premises where they were sent for their urine and blood samples to be tested. Read more
2- Rajasthan Police serves notice on actor Shahrukh Khan for smoking in public
(News Track India, Jaipur, Rajasthan)
Rajasthan Police on Tuesday served a notice on Bollywood superstar Shahrukh Khan, asking him to appear before a Jaipur court on a complaint that he was seen smoking in public. Read more
3- Tobacco ban: Jaipur to be smoke free city
(The Times of India, Raipur, Rajasthan) 
In 2009, the Rajasthan Voluntary Health Association conducted a survey in 13 public places in Rajasthan. Among them 8 places allowed indoor smoking while 5 places put a ban to indoor smoking. Read more
4- Squads to check tobacco sale in school vicinity
(The Times of India, Kozhikode, Kerala)
With just ten days left for schools to reopen, the Kozhikode Corporation authorities have decided to act tough on shop owners selling tobacco and tobacco products within the 400m vicinity of educational institutions. Read more

Tobacco and health

1- Childhood exposure to passive smoking have long-term hazards 
(The Hindu Business Line, New Delhi, Delhi)
Children exposed to secondhand smoke are more likely to suffer from chronic cough in adulthood, a new study has claimed, giving one more reason why one should stop smoking at home. Read more 

Others (Pictorial warnings, tobacco advertisement, youth etc.)

1- Working for implementation of anti-tobacco laws: Health Min 
(The Hindu Business Line, New Delhi, Delhi) 
Admitting that anti-tobacco laws were being followed only to a limited extent, Health Ministry today said it has written to Information and Broadcasting Ministry for complete implementation of rules to prevent promotion of cigarettes and tobacco products through advertisements and sponsorships. Read more 
2- Ministry of health wins smoky war with I&B over tobacco rules
(Mail Online India, New Delhi, Delhi)
Rules restricting onscreen smoking scenes - notified by the ministry of health - can't be set aside by the ministry of information and broadcasting (I&B). Read more

Produced voluntarily by:

Network for Accountability of Tobacco Transnationals (NATT), Indian Society Against Smoking (ISAS), Asha Parivar, Abhinav Bharat Foundation (ABF), CNS Tobacco Control Initiative and CNS News Monitoring Initiative (CNS-NMI).

CNS Daily Tobacco News Monitoring Report: 22 May 2012

Not-to-miss Tobacco News Today!  

1- Cigarette consumption up by 4.19% in the year 2011-12
(The Economic Times, New Delhi, Delhi)
Domestic consumption of cigarettes in 2011-12 increased by 4.19 per cent to 1,16,166 million sticks over the previous year, Minister of State for Commerce and Industry Jyotiraditya Scindia has said. Read more
2- Hookah ban: Judge quashes Palike’s order
(The Time of India, Bangalore, Karnataka) 
The Karnataka high court recently quashed an order of the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) health officers cancelling licences of hookah bars across the city. Read more

Industry updates

1- Cigarette consumption up by 4.19% in the year 2011-12
(The Economic Times, New Delhi, Delhi)
Domestic consumption of cigarettes in 2011-12 increased by 4.19 per cent to 1,16,166 million sticks over the previous year, Minister of State for Commerce and Industry Jyotiraditya Scindia has said. Read more
2- Cigarette consumption up by 4.19% in 2011-12 
(The Hindu Business Line, New Delhi, Delhi) 
Domestic consumption of cigarettes in 2011—12 increased by 4.19 per cent to 1,16,166 million sticks over the previous year, the Minister of State for Commerce and Industry Mr Jyotiraditya Scindia has said. Read more
3- Food, Beverages, Tobacco companies’ capacity utilisation rises 
(Business Day News, India) 
Average capacity utilisation of companies in the food, beverages and tobacco sector rose in 2011 against the figure recorded in 2010. Read more

Smoke free

1- Jorhat model for tobacco drive
(Yahoo India News, Jorhat, Assam)
Assam is likely to be the first state in the country to expand the central anti-tobacco campaign to all its districts, with Jorhat as the role model. Read more
2- Hookah ban: Judge quashes Palike’s order
(The Time of India, Bangalore, Karnataka) 
The Karnataka high court recently quashed an order of the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) health officers cancelling licences of hookah bars across the city. Read more
3- Smoking case: Rajasthan police off to Mumbai to summon Shah Rukh Khan
(The Times of India, Jaipur, Rajasthan) 
Nearly three weeks after a court took note of a complaint against actor Shah Rukh Khan for smoking in public, a Jaipur cop left for Mumbai on Monday to serve summons on him. SRK was caught smoking on camera during an IPL match at the Sawai Man Singh Stadium. Read more
4- Shah Rukh Khan's smoking row: Rajasthan police serves notice to the actor
(NDTV News, Jaipur, Rajasthan) 
The Rajasthan Police today served summons on superstar Shah Rukh Khan to appear in a Jaipur court on a complaint that he was seen smoking in public. SRK was seen on camera smoking during an IPL match at Jaipur's Sawai Man Singh stadium in April this year. Read more

5- तंबाकूनोशी करने वालों के चालान 
(पंजाब केसरी, फरीदकोट, पंजाब) 

डिप्टी कमिश्नर परमजीत सिंह के नेतृत्व में जिले को तंबाकूनोशी मुक्त जिला बनाने के शुरू किए गए अभियान के तहत आज स्वास्थ्य विभाग की तंबाकू कंट्रोल कमेटी द्वारा जिले भर में सार्वजनिक स्थानों पर बीड़ी-सिगरेट पीने वाले 24 व्यक्तियों को काबू करके उनके चालान किए और मौके पर ही जुर्माना वसूल किया। आगे पढ़ें 

Tobacco and health

1- Tobacco smoke harms kids
(The Times of India, New Delhi, Delhi) 
Exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) may pose respiratory problems in children, which can persist well beyond childhood, independent of whether or not those individuals end up becoming smokers later in life. Read more
2- तम्बाकू जनित रोग के प्रति लोगों को किया गया जागरूक
(दैनिक जागरण, कटिहार, बिहार)
कटिहार जिला दंत चिकित्सक एसोसिएशन के द्वारा वार्षिक समारोह का आयोजन स्थानीय एक होटल के सभागार में किया गया। इस सम्मेलन में सिविल सर्जन डा. योगेन्द्र प्रसाद, लायंस क्लब के अध्यक्ष राजकुमार अग्रवाल, समाजसेवी अरविंद पटेल, रेडक्रास सोसाइटी के चेयरमैन अनिल चमरिया को दंत चिकित्सा के क्षेत्र में उनके महत्वपूर्ण योगदान के लिए सम्मानित किया गया। आगे पढ़ें  

Produced voluntarily by:

Network for Accountability of Tobacco Transnationals (NATT), Indian Society Against Smoking (ISAS), Asha Parivar, Abhinav Bharat Foundation (ABF), CNS Tobacco Control Initiative and CNS News Monitoring Initiative (CNS-NMI).

CNS Daily Tobacco News Monitoring Report: 21 May 2012

Not-to-miss Tobacco News Today!  

1- Kids exposed to tobacco smoke may face long-term respiratory problems
(Daily News and Analysis, Mumbai, Maharashtra) 
Exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) may pose respiratory problems in children, which can persist well beyond childhood, independent of whether or not those individuals end up becoming smokers later in life. Read more
2- Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids Honors Australia Attorney-General Nicola Roxon for Leadership in Fighting Tobacco and Saving Lives 

(The Asian Tribune, Sri Lanka/India/Thailand) 

The Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids presented Nicola Roxon, Australia’s Attorney General and former Health Minister, with its highest honour, the Champion Award, for her tireless and innovative efforts to reduce tobacco use and stop the tobacco industry from addicting a new generation of smokers. She received the award at the Campaign’s annual gala on May 17, 2012, in Washington, D.C. Read more

Smoke free

1- J&K crackdown on smokers, 22 fined
(IBN Live News, Jammu and Kashmir) 
In a crackdown against smoking at public places in Jammu and Kashmir, authorities have fined 22 people here during the past two days. Twenty-two persons were found smoking in public places such as bus stands and B C Road and fine was realised from them, officials said. Read more
2-No smoking in Arthur Road barracks
(Daily News Analysis, Mumbai, Maharashtra) 
Smoking inside the barracks at Arthur Road Jail will now be completely banned for inmates who can now smoke only on the open ground within the premises. Read more
3- Cops set targets to net smokers
(Deccan Herald, Bangalore, Karnataka) 
The City police are set to intensify their drive against public smoking. Each police station in the City has been given targets about the number of cases to be booked each day. Read more

Tobacco and health

1- Workshop on oral cancer

(IBN Live News, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala)
The workshop would give special focus to tobacco control, considering that Kerala has one of the highest incidences of tobacco- related cancers, particularly oral cancer in India. Reads more
2- Kids exposed to tobacco smoke may face long-term respiratory problems
(Daily News and Analysis, Mumbai, Maharashtra) 
Exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) may pose respiratory problems in children, which can persist well beyond childhood, independent of whether or not those individuals end up becoming smokers later in life. Read more

Others (Pictorial warnings, tobacco advertising, tobacco and youth etc)

1- It makes you screen
(Hindustan Times, Mumbai, Maharashtra) 
A few days ago, I saw a movie which carried the warning 'Smoking causes cancer' or words to that effect in big bold letters right across the screen. The actors then merrily puffed their way through the film. But is a warning about smoking at the beginning of a movie enough? They must carry additional alerts whenever the actors light up. Also, I see no reason why the warnings should be limited to smoking alone, there are lots of other things that affect movie-goers. Read more
2- Say no to tobacco

(IBN Live News, Kochi, Kerala) 

In the new academic year the State Government plans to initiate a host of anti-tobacco drives for school students. As the number of children falling victims to the addictive products are increasing, the drive's main aim is to prevent and provide awareness about the ill-effects of tobacco use. Read more

3- Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids Honors Australia Attorney-General Nicola Roxon for Leadership in Fighting Tobacco and Saving Lives 

(The Asian Tribune, Sri Lanka/India/Thailand) 

The Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids presented Nicola Roxon, Australia’s Attorney General and former Health Minister, with its highest honour, the Champion Award, for her tireless and innovative efforts to reduce tobacco use and stop the tobacco industry from addicting a new generation of smokers. She received the award at the Campaign’s annual gala on May 17, 2012, in Washington, D.C. Read more

Produced voluntarily by:

Network for Accountability of Tobacco Transnationals (NATT), Indian Society Against Smoking (ISAS), Asha Parivar, Abhinav Bharat Foundation (ABF), CNS Tobacco Control Initiative and CNS News Monitoring Initiative (CNS-NMI).

CNS Daily Tobacco News Monitoring Report: 18 May 2012

Not-to-miss Tobacco News Today!  

1- Asthma and smoking: A deadly cocktail you must avoid
(The Times of India, New Delhi, Delhi)
Most love to break rules and live a carefree life, but destiny sails on its own course. Peer pressure, stress and emotional upheaval make some seek smoking, not a good idea in retrospect. Read more

Smoke free

1- Stern action against tobacco rule defaulters: Chandy
(NDTV News, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala) 
The Oomen Chandy government has vowed to take serious action against officials for issuing a wrong government order, allowing sale of tobacco products near schools in the state. Read more
2- सेहत विभाग ने सिगरेट-बीड़ी विक्रेताओं के काटे चालान 
(जागरण, संगरूर, पंजाब)

जिला सेहत विभाग की ओर से वीरवार को शहर के विभिन्न सिगरेट बीड़ी विक्रेताओं की दुकानों पर छापामारी करके दस से अधिक दुकानदारों के चालान काटे गए। आगे पढ़ें 

Tobacco and health

1- Asthma and smoking: A deadly cocktail you must avoid
(The Times of India, New Delhi, Delhi)
Most love to break rules and live a carefree life, but destiny sails on its own course. Peer pressure, stress and emotional upheaval make some seek smoking, not a good idea in retrospect. Read more
2- Save your smile - quit tobacco! 
(Citizen New Service, India/Thailand) 
A beautiful healthy smile is an enviable asset one can possess but, despite longing for pearly white teeth, we willingly fall prey to some habits which not only trap us in their dangerous clutches but also deprive us of our health and happiness and sometimes even our life. Read more

Others (Pictorial warnings, tobacco advertising, tobacco and youth etc)

1- NGO concerned over tobacco scenes in films
(The Times of India, Guwahati, Assam)
Five months after the Union ministry of health and family welfare notified the rules for cigarettes and other tobacco products (Prohibition of advertisement and Regulation of trade and commerce, production, supply and distribution), the Voluntary Health Association of Assam (VHAA) on Thursday demanded proper implementation of the prohibitory order for the sake of Gen X. Read more
2- Surat's diamond industry to battle tobacco habit
(Daily News Analysis (DAN), Surat, Gujarat) 
Surat's diamond industry may be famous for its sparkle, but there is also a black side to it - the massive consumption of tobacco and its products by diamond polishers. To free the workers from vicious circle of tobacco addiction, Surat Diamond Association (SDA) initiated a process, with help from Surat Police and the city's civic body. Read more
3- Selena Gomez takes smoking lessons
(Business Standard, New Delhi, Delhi) 
Singer-actress Selena Gomez says she was given a lesson in cigarette smoking so she could play a bad girl in racy new movie "Spring Breakers". Read more
4- शाहरुख खान: कभी स्टेडियम में पी सिगरेट तो कभी सलमान से उलझे
(दैनिक भास्कर, नई  दिल्ली , दिल्ली )
सार्वजनिक स्थानों पर सिगरेट पीकर शाहरुख कई बार फंस चुके हैं। इसके बाद भी वे ऐसा बार-बार करने से बाज नहीं आ रहे हैं। इस आईपीएल में भी जयपुर के सवाई मान सिंह स्टेडियम में शाहरुख स्टेडियम में सिगरेट पीकर कानून की खुलेआम धज्जियां उड़ा चुके हैं। आगे पढ़ें 

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CNS Daily Tobacco News Monitoring Report: 17 May 2012

Not-to-miss Tobacco News Today! 

1- Kerala tobacco sales order: CM threatens strict action
(Health India News, Kerala, India) 
Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy said his government would take serious action against officials for issuing a wrong government order, allowing sale of tobacco products near schools in the state. ”We in June last year issued a government order prohibiting shops located within 400 metres from any school from selling tobacco products. Read more

Smoke free

1- Kerala tobacco sales order: CM threatens strict action
(Health India News, Kerala, India) 
Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy said his government would take serious action against officials for issuing a wrong government order, allowing sale of tobacco products near schools in the state. ”We in June last year issued a government order prohibiting shops located within 400 metres from any school from selling tobacco products. Read more

Tobacco and health

1- One in four adults in India has high BP, one in 10 is diabetic
(Daily News Analysis, New Delhi, Delhi) 
A large number of Indian male population (26%) consumes tobacco which is again a trigger for non-communicable diseases. Read more
2- 24% of men above 25 hypertensive
(The Time of India, New Delhi, Delhi)
As many as 24% men and 22.6% women in India - aged 25 years and above - are suffering from high blood pressure ( BP). Read more
3- Anti-tobacco prog a hit in schools: Study 
(Daily News Analysis, Mumbai, Maharashtra) 
Researchers at Harvard School of Public Health, Dana Farber Cancer Institute in Boston and Healis Seksharia Institute for Public Health, have released the results of an independent study on Salaam Bombay Foundation’s (SBF) anti-tobacco awareness programme in Mumbai’s municipal schools. Read more
4- Anti-tobacco drive in Mumbai schools makes its mark: Study
(The Times of India, New Delhi, Delhi) 
A new study conducted in the city says that anti-tobacco messages delivered at schools lowered the use of tobacco among youth. Conducted jointly by the Harvard School of Public Health and city-based Healis Seksharia Institute for Public Health, the study was published recently in medical journal PLOS One's online edition. Read more

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CNS Daily Tobacco News Monitoring Report: 16 May 2012

Not-to-miss Tobacco News Today!

1- India’s tobacco challenge 
(Citizen News Service (CNS), India/Thailand) 
India currently holds the dubious distinction of being the second largest producer and the second largest consumer of tobacco in the world. Not a particularly dignified title, considering that tobacco kills half of its dedicated users prematurely in their productive years! Read more

Industry Update

1- ITC plans Rs 1000cr state food foray with 5 units
(The Times of India, Kolkata, West Bengal) 
After almost a decade, ITC, the biggest corporate house in the east and one of the top business conglomerates in India, is betting big on Bengal. The over 22,000-crore tobacco-to-hospitality giant plans to set up five manufacturing facilities for its foods business in the state. Read more
2- Indian tobacco farmers bag incentives from govt to increase output
(SME News, New Delhi, Delhi)
The Indian tobacco farmers are receiving necessary incentives from Centre to raise productivity in the cultivation of FCV tobacco. Read more

Smoke free

1- J-K crack down on smokers
(Express India News, Jammu, Jammu &Kashmir) 
The Jammu and Kashmir government has collected Rs 5,390 in fine from smokers in this city during the past one week. Read more
2- Anti-tobacco drive to be held for diamond workers
(The Times of India, Surat, Gujarat) 
The Surat Diamond Association (SDA) and the city police have joined hands to start an anti-tobacco campaign with the view to spread awareness about tobacco abuse among the diamond workers. Read more
3- Curb smoking in public places, officials told
(The Hindu, Guntur, Andhra Pradesh) 
Joint Collector N. Yuvaraj called upon the district officials to strictly implement Tobacco Control Act, 2003 to curb the menace of smoking in public places and consumption of the harmful substance in general. Read more

Tobacco and health

1- Unable to stomach unhealthy diet, India plagued by cancer 
(The Pioneer, New Delhi, Delhi)
Tobacco consumption continues to be the leading cause of cancer deaths in the country. The Government data for the last three years since 2009 discloses that deaths due to the gastric or stomach cancer have significantly increased over the years in almost all the States. Read more
2- India’s tobacco challenge 
(Citizen News Service (CNS), India/Thailand)
India currently holds the dubious distinction of being the second largest producer and the second largest consumer of tobacco in the world. Not a particularly dignified title, considering that tobacco kills half of its dedicated users prematurely in their productive years! Read more

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Network for Accountability of Tobacco Transnationals (NATT), Indian Society Against Smoking (ISAS), Asha Parivar, Abhinav Bharat Foundation (ABF), CNS Tobacco Control Initiative and CNS News Monitoring Initiative (CNS-NMI).

CNS Daily Tobacco News Monitoring Report: 15 May 2012

Not-to-miss Tobacco News Today!

1- Smoking scenes in films must have warning scroll
(The India Express, Mumbai, Maharashtra) 
Bollywood films with smoking scenes will have to run an anti-smoking scroll. The Law Ministry has upheld the Health Ministry’s position on the issue, and said that last year’s notification which required films to run a scroll on the harmful effects of smoking throughout the duration of a smoking scene, stands valid. Read more 
2- Jaipur may become smoke-free by year-end
(The Times of India, Jaipur, Rajasthan) 
Jaipur police has a vision of making the city smoke-free by the end of this year. If the police can have their way, they will allow smoking only at designated places. Read more

 Industry Update

1- SC rejects plea for gutka and panmasala export in plastic pouches
(The Times of India, New Delhi, Delhi) 
A year after banning use of plastic sachets for retail sale of gutka and pan masala, the Supreme Court has rejected the industry's plea for permission to use plastic containers for export of tobacco products. Read more

Smoke free

1- Centre mulls revision of anti-tobacco notification for films 
(Business Standard, New Delhi/Mumbai)
The Information and Broadcasting ministry is in discussion with Health Ministry to revise its anti-tobacco notification for films. The notification was issued by the Health Ministry last year. Read more
2- Anti-tobacco Act to be imposed in 7 districts

(The Times of India, Patna, Bihar) 

 The state government has decided to effectively implement the provisions of the Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products Act (COTPA) in seven districts of Patna, Munger, Vaishali, Darbhanga, Samastipur, Bhojpur and Katihar. Read more 
3- Jaipur may become smoke-free by year-end
(The Times of India, Jaipur, Rajasthan) 
Jaipur police has a vision of making the city smoke-free by the end of this year. If the police can have their way, they will allow smoking only at designated places. Read more
4- Sonam Kapoor says quit smoking or opt for electronic cigarettes
(Health India News, New Delhi, Delhi)
Smoking’s not cool and Bollywood finally seems to have woken up to that harsh reality. Recently, Bollywood actress Sonam Kapoor went on record registering her support for electronic cigarettes. Read more
5- Smoking scenes in films must have warning scroll
(The India Express, Mumbai, Maharashtra) 
Bollywood films with smoking scenes will have to run an anti-smoking scroll. The Law Ministry has upheld the Health Ministry’s position on the issue, and said that last year’s notification which required films to run a scroll on the harmful effects of smoking throughout the duration of a smoking scene, stands valid. Read more

Tobacco and health

1- Young aren't really strong-hearted
(The Times of India, Bangalore, Karnataka) 
Smoking is a major risk factor behind increasing heart ailment cases. More and more youngsters are taking to smoking. Read more
2- Many kids exposed to smoke despite parents' claims
(Yahoo India News, India)
More than half of kids who were part of a new study from California tested positive for secondhand smoke exposure -- despite only a handful of their parents admitting to lighting up. Read more

Others(Pictorial warning, Tax and price, Tobacco advertisement, etc.)

1- The hookah’s dangerous allure 
(The Pioneer, New Delhi, Delhi)
The sheesha is in, the cigar passé while the cigarette is most definitely out. The bidi and the khaini and other forms of chewing tobacco had never held much stock with the urban youngsters anyway. Read more
2- Scary pictures not to dissuade Russian smokers: Poll 
(News Tract Indian, New Delhi, Delhi)
Over 60 percent of Russian smokers say they will not give up their habit when grim graphic images depicting the impact of smoking on health begin appearing on cigarette packs in May 2013, a poll has found. Read more 
3- Von Teese slams smoking
(The Times of India, New Delhi, Delhi) 
American actress Dita Von Teese, who uses fake smoking devices during her stage shows, says she would never use a real one because it can kill a person. Read more

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Network for Accountability of Tobacco Transnationals (NATT), Indian Society Against Smoking (ISAS), Asha Parivar, Abhinav Bharat Foundation (ABF), CNS Tobacco Control Initiative and CNS News Monitoring Initiative (CNS-NMI).

CNS Daily Tobacco News Monitoring Report: 11 May 2012

Not-to-miss Tobacco News Today!

1- Law Min favours Health gazette over I&B order 
(The Pioneer, New Delhi, Delhi)
Legal opinion on the issue of anti-tobacco warnings in films and television serials have been finally delivered in favour of the Union Health Ministry. Read more
2- Govt unveils anti-tobacco curriculum
(The Indian Express, Ahmadabad, Gujarat)
Pitching for a strong anti-tobacco policy in the state, Health Commissioner P K Taneja today launched the new curriculum to be introduced as an extra-curricular subject for standard 6 and 8 students in 480 government schools in six districts from the upcoming academic session. Read more        

 Industry Update

1- MF investment in VST Industries increases substantially
(The Economic Times, New Delhi, Delhi) 
VST Industries (erstwhile Vazir Sultan Tobacco Company) has witnessed substantial buying interest by mutual fund managers over the past couple of years. This Hyderabad based Tobacco Company, which has a stronghold in South India, markets its products under the Charminar brand. Read more

Smoke free

1- Police spot violation of tobacco norms, raid shop
(The Indian Express, Chandigarh/Haryana/Punjab)
The UT Police along with officials of the National Tobacco Control Programme on Thursday confiscated over 260 packets of tobacco molasses of brand Afzal , 20 hookahs and water pipes and about 16 packets of hookah charcoal from a shop in Patel market, Sector 15, in violation of Section 5 of the COTPA (Control of Tobacco Products Act) wherein advertisements of cigarette brands were also displayed. Read more

Tobacco and health

1- Watch out if you’re hooked on hookah
(The Asian Age, Mumbai, Maharashtra) 
age-old water pipe with a smoke chamber is a fad at most restaurants and pubs in the city, watch out as hookah causes more harm than most of us think or imagine. A recent survey claims that Indian youth are getting addicted to hookah in the mistaken belief that it is a healthy alternative to cigarettes. Read more

Others(Pictorial warning, Tax and price, Tobacco advertisement, etc.)

1- Law Min favours Health gazette over I&B order 
(The Pioneer, New Delhi, Delhi)
Legal opinion on the issue of anti-tobacco warnings in films and television serials have been finally delivered in favour of the Union Health Ministry. Read more
2- Anti-smoking activists in Kerala oppose I&B ministry decision
(Health.India News, Kerala, India)
Anti-smoking activists in Kerala are up in arms over the decision of the union information and broadcasting ministry, to keep in abeyance the rules issued by the health ministry on tobacco-free movies and television shows. Read more 
3- Govt unveils anti-tobacco curriculum
(The Indian Express, Ahmadabad, Gujarat)
Pitching for a strong anti-tobacco policy in the state, Health Commissioner P K Taneja today launched the new curriculum to be introduced as an extra-curricular subject for standard 6 and 8 students in 480 government schools in six districts from the upcoming academic session. Read more 

Produced voluntarily by:

Network for Accountability of Tobacco Transnationals (NATT), Indian Society Against Smoking (ISAS), Asha Parivar, Abhinav Bharat Foundation (ABF), CNS Tobacco Control Initiative and CNS News Monitoring Initiative (CNS-NMI).

CNS Daily Tobacco News Monitoring Report: 10 May 2012

Not-to-miss Tobacco News Today!

1- Pictorial warnings may become ‘faceless’
(The Asian Age, New Delhi, Delhi) 
After using a controversial blurred image that appeared to be resembling a footballer as pictorial warning on cigarette packs, the Centre now wants to play safe and is gearing up to smudge the face to avoid being caught napping again. Read more
2- Films to empower national tobacco control programme 
(Business Standard, New Delhi, Delhi) 
In order to reduce the use of tobacco in the country, which has led to rise in various ailments like lung cancer, the government has made two films to empower grassroot workers like law enforcers and NGOs to spread anti-tobacco awareness. Read more

Industry updates

1- India registered fall in tobacco production in FY12
(SME News, New Delhi, Delhi) 
India has posted decline in production, consumption and also export of tobacco and tobacco products during the financial year 2011-12 as compared to the fiscal year 2009-10. During FY12, India saw tobacco production of 670 million kgs and consumption of 475 million kgs. In FY10, the tobacco output was at 757 million kgs and consumption stood at 501 million kgs. Read more
2- Investment by Public Financial Institution in Tobacco Companies
(Invest India News, New Delhi, Delhi) 
LIC is investing in Government’s Securities, Infrastructure Financing and Companies including private sector within permissible regulatory norms. Read more

Smoke free

1- Tobacco control law to be stricly followed in Bihar
(Jagran Post, Patna, Bihar) 
Keeping the public health in view, the Bihar government is planning to introduce a tobacco control law under the charmanship of Principal Health Secretary Amarjeet Sinha. To effectively implement the new tobacco control, a 17-member committee, headed by Sinha, has worked out a strategy. Read more 

Tobacco and health

1- Mouth cancers on the rise in India 
(IBN Live News, Bangalore, Karnataka) 
Tobacco and alcohol are important risk factors for oral, head and neck cancers which are one of the most common cancers in the Indian subcontinent. Read more
2- Chewing Tobacco Chews Away Your Life
(Citizen News Service, India/Thailand) 
Tobacco was considered as an alien product in India and was not welcome to begin with. However, the widespread uptake of tobacco habit as we see it today marks a huge victory for the tobacco promoters. Read more

Others(Pictorial warning, Tax and price, Tobacco advertisement, etc.)

1- Pictorial warnings may become ‘faceless’
(The Asian Age, New Delhi, Delhi) 
After using a controversial blurred image that appeared to be resembling a footballer as pictorial warning on cigarette packs, the Centre now wants to play safe and is gearing up to smudge the face to avoid being caught napping again. Read more
2- Duty tweak brings cheer to tobacco
(The Telegraph, Kolkata, West Bengal) 
The Centre has withdrawn the proposed ad valorem duty on tobacco, bringing cheer to cigarette makers. Read more
3- Films to empower national tobacco control programme 
(Business Standard, New Delhi, Delhi) 
In order to reduce the use of tobacco in the country, which has led to rise in various ailments like lung cancer, the government has made two films to empower grassroot workers like law enforcers and NGOs to spread anti-tobacco awareness. Read more
4- Daddy, quit smoking
(Hindustan Times, Mumbai/New Delhi) 
Actor Ajay Devgn says he’s under a lot of pressure from his nine-year-old daughter Nysa to kick the butt, and adds that he has been thinking to do so. The 43-year-old actor smoked much less while shooting for the film Son of Sardar (SOS), where he plays the role of a Sikh character, and did not
touch a cigarette while wearing the turban. Read more 
5- Youth in Tobacco Control: The Real Investment
(Citizen News Service, India/Thailand)
The key to fighting the tobacco menace is engaging youth at the forefront of the battle, with both youth focused tobacco control programs and policies and youth-led health advocacy. Read more 
6- Our Dream: A Tobacco-Free Future For Every Child 
(Citizen News Service, India/Thailand) 
Tobacco is the only legal consumer product that kills when used exactly as indicated by the manufacturer. This catastrophe called tobacco gives out a scary factsheet. Read more
7- नशे से दूर रहें युवा: डॉ सूर्यकांत

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शून्य के सबक से बन सकेंगे शक्तिशाली

रेडक्रॉस दिसव पर संगोष्ठी

नशे से दूर रहें युवा: डॉ सूर्यकांत

छोडिये लत, बनिए लखपति

सरस सलिल, लखनऊ, उत्तर प्रदेश 

CNS Daily Tobacco News Monitoring Report: 9 May 2012

Not-to-miss Tobacco News Today!

1- Post Offices & Banks declared Tobacco free 
(Source: J K Monitor, Srinagar, Jammu & Kashmir)
Chief Post Master General J&K, John Samuel has declared all the Post Offices and Administrative Offices in J&K Postal Circle as “Tobacco-free” Offices. Read more
2- VAT evasion on tobacco goods detected 
(Source: The Tribune, Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh)
A team of officials, led by Inspector, Excise and Taxation, Vikram Pal, has detected Value Added Tax (VAT) evasion on tobacco goods worth Rs 1.20 lakh and imposed penalty worth Rs 30,000 on trader Udham Singh of Hamirpur. Read more
3- Tobacco control law to be stricly followed in Bihar
(Source: Dainik Jagran, Patna, Bihar)
Keeping the public health in view, the Bihar government is planning to introduce a tobacco control law under the charmanship of Principal Health Secretary Amarjeet Sinha. Read more

Industry updates

1- Gutkha worth Rs 25,000 seized at Mollem, two arrested
(Source: The Times of India, Ponda, Goa)
During a routine check on Sunday morning, the Collem police seized about 9,000 packets of gutkha (processed chewing tobacco) worth 25,000 at the Mollem check-post while they were apparently being transported into Karnataka. Read more
2- State Beedi Workers’ Federation organized 8th state convention
(Source: Megamedia News, Mangalore, Karnataka)
The 8th state convention of the Karnataka State Beedi Workers’ Federation held at Town Hall Mnagalore on May 8, Tuesday. Read more
3- ITC shares recover; Citi raises target price
(Source: Reuters India, New Delhi, Delhi)
Cigarette maker ITC gains 2.9 percent to 233.50 rupees, after slumping 8.9 percent over seven consecutive sessions of declines. Read more 

Smoke free

1- Post Offices & Banks declared Tobacco free 
(Source: J K Monitor, Srinagar, Jammu & Kashmir)
Chief Post Master General J&K, John Samuel has declared all the Post Offices and Administrative Offices in J&K Postal Circle as “Tobacco-free” Offices. Read more
2- Tobacco vendors abound near hospitals
(Source: The Telegraph,  Kolkata, West Bengal)
Law prohibits sale of tobacco products inside and within the immediate vicinity of public buildings, including hospitals, but vendors of such products are found in plenty right outside the GMCH and other hospitals. Read more
3- Screening programmes planned
(Source: The Hindu, Chennai, Tamil Nadu)
CAN-STOP, an organisation working to prevent cancer, is organising a series of awareness and screening programmes ahead of World No Tobacco Day to be observed on May 31. Read more
4- Tobacco control law to be stricly followed in Bihar
(Source: Dainik Jagran, Patna, Bihar)
Keeping the public health in view, the Bihar government is planning to introduce a tobacco control law under the charmanship of Principal Health Secretary Amarjeet Sinha. Read more
5- Anti-tobacco Act to be imposed in 7 districts
(Source: The Times of India, Patna, Bihar)
The state government has decided to effectively implement the provisions of the Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products Act (COTPA) in seven districts of Patna, Munger, Vaishali, Darbhanga, Samastipur, Bhojpur and Katihar. Read more
6- Karnataka government in soup over tobacco rule
(Source: Daily News and Analysis(DNA), Bangalore, Karnataka)
Five years after the high court banned sale of tobacco in educational institutions’ premises, the state government is yet to take action against colleges for not implementing the court’s order. Read more 
7- पोस्ट ऑफिस धूम्रपान रहित घोषित
(दैनिक जागरण, श्रीनगर, जम्मू और कश्मीर )
चीफ पोस्टर मास्टर जान सैम्यूल ने राज्य के सभी डाकघरों और जेएंडके पोस्टल सर्किल के प्रशासनिक कार्यालयों को धूम्रपान रहित घोषित कर दिया है। आगे पढ़ें
8- धूम्रपान कैसे त्यागा जाए
(रांची एक्सप्रेस, रांची, झारखण्ड )
तम्बाकू के दोष अब अच्छी तरह प्रकट हो चुके हैं। वर्तमान समय में समस्त संसार में रोगों की जो वृध्दि हुई है और नई-नई तरह की बीमारियां फैलती रहती हैं आगे पढ़ें
9- सार्वजनिक स्थलों पर धूम्रपान को सख्ती से रोका जाएगा
(दैनिक जागरण, जयपुर, राजस्थान)
 पुलिस आयुक्त एवं तम्बाकू नियंत्रण जिला संचालन समिति के अध्यक्ष बी.एल. सोनी ने सार्वजनिक स्थलों पर धूम्रपान को सख्ती से रोके जाने के निर्देश दिए है। आगे पढ़ें
10- विद्यालयों में लगेंगे धूम्रपान निषेध के बोर्ड
(प्रात:काल, उदयपुर, राजस्थान)
 विद्यालय परिसर में चोरी छिपे धूम्रपान और अन्य नशा जनित कार्य करने वाले लोगों की अब खैर नहीं है। प्रदेश के विद्यालयों में अगर कोई व्यक्ति धूम्रपान करता पाया गया तो उस पर जुर्माना लगाया जाएगा।  आगे पढ़ें
11- छोडिये लत, बनिए लखपति

Others(Pictorial warning, Tax and price, Tobacco advertisement, etc.)

1- Vijay's smoking poster sparks controversy
(Source: The Times of India, Chennai, Tamil Nadu)
Thuppaki's posters featuring Ilayathalapathy Vijay smoking a cigar has landed its makers in trouble. While a city-based social activist has filed a complaint with the Chennai Police stating that it violates the Indian Tobacco Act, a city NGO, Pasumai Thaayagam, has also condemned it and demanded for action. Read more
2- VAT evasion on tobacco goods detected 
(Source: The Tribune, Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh)
A team of officials, led by Inspector, Excise and Taxation, Vikram Pal, has detected Value Added Tax (VAT) evasion on tobacco goods worth Rs 1.20 lakh and imposed penalty worth Rs 30,000 on trader Udham Singh of Hamirpur. Read more
3- मनचाहे दाम पर बिक रहे गुटखा-पाऊच

(प्रदेश टुडे, इंदौर, मध्य प्रदेश)

जिले में तंबाकूयुक्त गुटखा- पाऊचों पर  प्रतिबंध लगे एक माह से अधिक समय होने जा रहा है विभागीय दल की उदासीनता और लापरवाही के चलते  इनकी बिक्री चोरी छिपे अब लगातार हो रही है। आगे पढ़ें

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Network for Accountability of Tobacco Transnationals (NATT), Indian Society Against Smoking (ISAS), Asha Parivar, Abhinav Bharat Foundation (ABF), CNS Tobacco Control Initiative and CNS News Monitoring Initiative (CNS-NMI).