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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).
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