CNS Daily Tobacco News Monitoring Report: 11 January 2012

Not-to-miss Tobacco News Today!

1- ‘Bid to scuttle tobacco warning’
(Source: Central Chronicle, New Delhi, Delhi)
NGOs have claimed that recent reports suggesting that one of the pictorial warnings for tobacco products resembles footballer John Terry could be an attempt by the manufacturers to scuttle the pictorial warnings once again. Read more
2- Nicotine replacement therapies 'not helping smokers quit long term'
(Source: The Hindu, New Delhi, Delhi)
A new study has found that nicotine replacement therapies (NRTs), specifically nicotine patches and nicotine gum, is no more effective in helping smokers quit long-term, even when combined with smoking cessation counselling. Read more

Industry updates

1- Electronic Cigarette Offers Flat 10% off on All Kits 
(Source: PR Web, New Delhi, Delhi)
Electronic Cigarette has been doing well in the niche and already has an impressive loyal consumer base. The brand has however attempted to touch newer heights now; and in a bid to do so, it has been coming up with very attractive offers for its users like Free Shipping for all Orders above Rs 1000. Read more

Smoke free

1- Paan shops on a high with sale of banned tobacco
(Source: Hindustan Times, Gurgaon, Haryana)
Sleuths of the narcotics department on Tuesday raided a paan shop in the posh Galleria Market in DLF City and recovered a huge cache of molasses tobacco pouches. Read more
2- Nicotine replacement therapies 'not helping smokers quit long term'
(Source: The Hindu, New Delhi, Delhi)
A new study has found that nicotine replacement therapies (NRTs), specifically nicotine patches and nicotine gum, is no more effective in helping smokers quit long-term, even when combined with smoking cessation counselling. Read more
3- यहां 400 सालों से नहीं हो रहा धूम्रपान
(वनइंडिया, जींद , हरियाणा)
धुम्रपान करना आम बात है। इसे रोकने के लिए राज्य सरकारें योजनाएं, जुर्माना आदि चलाती हैं लेकिन इसे पूरी तरह प्रतिबंधित नहीं करती। आगे पढ़ें 
4- एअरपोर्ट पर नहीं रुक रही सिगरेट व पानमसाले की बिक्री 
(डेली न्यूज़ एक्टिविस्ट , लखनऊ, उत्तर प्रदेश )
चोधरी चरण सिंह एअरपोर्ट में नशीले पदार्थ की बिक्री थमने का नाम नहीं ले रही है , सुरक्षा मानकों  को  धता बताते हुए इस दुकान से पान मसाला , सिगरेट  आदि की बिक्री की जा रही है  आगे पढ़े

Tobacco and health

1- Moderate pot smoking not bad for lungs -U.S. study
(Source: Reuters India, New Delhi, Delhi)
Smoking the occasional joint does not seem to have any detrimental effects on lung health, a new U.S. study suggested on Tuesday. Read more
2- धूम्रपान को अलविदा – टी0बी0 अस्थमा, कैंसर से छुटकारा
(एनवीओ न्यूज़, नई दिल्ली, दिल्ली)
राष्ट्रीय फेफड़े संबंधी तृतीय द्विवार्षिक कैंसर सम्मेलन में अनुसंधान के अनुसार हिमाचल प्रदेश में फेफडे़ संबंधी कैंसर के मामलों में वृद्धि हुई है जिनमें 26 प्रतिशत पुरूष तथा 6.7 प्रतिशत महिलाएं फेफड़ों के कैंसर से ग्रसित है जिसका मूल कारण धूम्रपान है। आगे पढ़ें

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

1- Textbooks to have lesson on ills of tobacco use
(Source: Deccan Herald, Bangalore, Karnataka)
If all goes well, high school students will soon read about the harmful effects of smoking and chewing tobacco. Read more
2- ‘Bid to scuttle tobacco warning’
(Source: Central Chronicle, New Delhi, Delhi)
NGOs have claimed that recent reports suggesting that one of the pictorial warnings for tobacco products resembles footballer John Terry could be an attempt by the manufacturers to scuttle the pictorial warnings once again. Read more

Produced voluntarily by:

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