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06 January 2012

CNS Daily Tobacco News Monitoring Report: 6 January 2012

Not-to-miss Tobacco News Today!
1- Surrogate Marketing
(Source: Cool Avenue, New Delhi, Delhi)
Many cigarette brands Godfrey Phillip, Red & White does this by associating with bravery awards, where as for Wills, wills lifestyle works as mask to promote their illegal products. Read more 
2- Vice President Ansari says tobacco is a major cause of cancer
(Source: Asian News International (ANI), Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh)
Vice President Mohammd Hamid Ansari on Wednesday said tobacco is a major cause of cancer and called for an all-out effort to prevent smoking. Read more

Industry updates
1- Surrogate Marketing
(Source: Cool Avenue, New Delhi, Delhi)
Many cigarette brands Godfrey Phillip, Red & White does this by associating with bravery awards, where as for Wills, wills lifestyle works as mask to promote their illegal products. Read more

Smoke free
1- Tobacco Board Formation Day celebrations tomorrow
(Source: The Hindu, Guntur, Andhra Pradesh)
Former chief secretary Mohan Kanda is the chief guest at the Formation Day celebrations of Tobacco Board being held at Subham Convention Centre here on Friday. Read more
2- Children come up with catchy slogans
(Source: The Hindu, Mangalore.Karnataka)
Around 550 children took out a procession against the use of tobacco and its harmful effects here on Thursday morning. Read more
3- Raids conducted at several places, hukkas recovered
(Source: IBN Live, Srinagar, Jammu & Kashmir)
Continuing its drive against smoking in public places, authorities here have raided an upmarket restaurant on the banks of the Dal lake and confiscated 'hukkas' (smoking pipe) from there. Read more
4- City hookah lounge under health dept lens
(Source: The Times of India, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh)
In a first of its kind action in the city, the health department searched a hookah lounge in Bittan Market area in the city on Wednesday and took samples from them. Read more
5- स्मोकर्स के लिए डेटॉक्स आहार
(वनइंडिया , नई दिल्ली, दिल्ली )
दि आप असाध्य निकोटिन लतियों(एडिक्ट्स) में से एक हैं तो यह स्मोकर्स आहार आपकी आयु बढ़ाने में सहायक हो सकता है। यह एक डेटॉक्स(शरीर से ज़हर को बाहर निकालने वाला) आहार है जो उन विषों को हटाता है आगे पढ़ें 
6- सात के काटे चालान
(दैनिक जागरण, हिसार, हरियाणा )
रमन श्योराण ने बताया कि शिक्षण संस्थाओं के 100 मीटर के दायरे में तंबाकू उत्पाद बेचने की लगातार शिकायतें मिल रही थी। इसे देखते हुए विभाग की टीम ने बृहस्पतिवार को अनाज मंडी व जाट कालेज के पास छापा मारकर तीन-तीन दुकानदारों के चालान काटे। आगे पढ़ें

Tobacco and health
1- Blood Pressure Drug Found Effective in Treating Smoking-related Lung Diseases
(Source: Med India, New Delhi, Delhi)
A commonly prescribed blood pressure medicine, losartan (Cozaar), prevents almost all of the lung damage caused from two months of exposure to cigarette smoke in mice, scientists have found. Read more
2- 'Healthy' Cigarettes With Grape Seed Extract Filters
(Source: Med India, New Delhi, Delhi)
Smoking kills for sure, but researchers have found a way to make smoking less toxic using natural antioxidant extracts in cigarette filters. Read more
3- New TV Program Spotlights Secondhand Smoke in Minnesota's Diverse Communities
(Source: Med India, New Delhi, Delhi)
ClearWay Minnesota(SM) and ECHO Minnesota coproduction discusses tobacco's impact in eight languages. Read more
4- Vice President Ansari says tobacco is a major cause of cancer
(Source: Asian News International (ANI), Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh)
Vice President Mohammd Hamid Ansari on Wednesday said tobacco is a major cause of cancer and called for an all-out effort to prevent smoking. Read more

Others(Pictorial warning, Tax and price, Tobacco advertisement, etc.)
1- WhereTheresSmoke.net Reveals Why e Cigarettes Score Over Tobacco Cigarettes
(Source: SB Wire, New Delhi, Delhi)
Electronic cigarettes, despite numerous surveys, reports and reviews speaking in their favor, are looked at with a suspicious eye by many even today. Read more
2- जकार्ता के गरीब सिगरेट पर करते हैं अधिक खर्च
(पर्दाफाश, नई दिल्ली, दिल्ली)
इंडोनेशिया की राजधानी जकार्ता में ज्यादातर गरीब लोग अपनी मूलभूत आवश्यकताओं की बजाय सिगरेट पर अधिक धन खर्च करते हैं। आगे पढ़ें

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