CNS Daily Tobacco News Monitoring Report: 19 January 2012

Not-to-miss Tobacco News Today!

1- "Choose life, not tobacco": appeals Shobha Shukla to VIT students
(Source: Citizen News Service (CNS), India/Thailand)
Tobacco use is one of the main risk factors for a number of chronic diseases, including cancer, lung diseases, and cardiovascular diseases Tobacco use is one of the biggest PREVENTABLE public health threats India has ever faced. Read more
2- On mission to save kids from intoxicants
(Source: The Times if India, Ludhiana, Punjab)
He came to the city with a purpose - for a noble cause which he has been serving since 2008. 51-year-old Amandeep Singh, who started a mission against tobacco four years ago, visited the city to spread his message to minors. Read more

Industry updates

1- Zero attrition at ITC, workforce wedded for life
(Source: The Times of India, Kolkata, West Bengal)
Half of ITC's 7,000-odd managers have been with the tobacco, hotels and consumer products enterprise for more than a quarter of century. Read more

Smoke free

1- Plan for Anti-Tobacco lessons in schools put on back burner 
(Source: Mid Day, Pune, Maharashtra)
Despite campaigns and constant appeals for the inclusion of chapters on tobacco in English, Hindi and Marathi subjects for schoolchildren by anti-tobacco campaigners. Read more
2- Another hookah bar raided in P’kula 
(Source: The Tribune, Punckula, Punjab)
Despite a ban on hookah bars in the district one such outlet in Sector 8 has been found serving hookas to its clients here today. Read more
3- Ban on sale of tobacco products extended to school vicinity
(Source: Deccan Herald, Davangere, Karnataka)
The State government has ordered a ban on sale and use of tobacco products on school premises, as per the guidelines of the National Tobacco Control programme. Read more
4- On mission to save kids from intoxicants
(Source: The Times if India, Ludhiana, Punjab)
He came to the city with a purpose - for a noble cause which he has been serving since 2008. 51-year-old Amandeep Singh, who started a mission against tobacco four years ago, visited the city to spread his message to minors. Read more 
5- जेल में बीड़ी पियेंगे कैदी, प्रतिबंध के बावजूद जेल विभाग कर रहा खरीदी

(दैनिक भास्कर, रायपुर, छत्तीसगढ़)

राज्य शासन एक तरफ नशाखोरी पर पाबंदी लगा रही है, दूसरी ओर जेल प्रशासन कैदियों को बीडी़-सिगरेट पिलाने की तैयारी में है। इसके लिए बाकायदा निविदा आमंत्रित की गई है। आगे पढ़ें

6- नशे के खिलाफ हाईटेक अंदाज, साइकिल पर लैपटॉप और 24 राज्य का दौरा

(दैनिक भास्कर, लुधियाना, पंजाब)

नशे के खिलाफ जन जागरण पर निकले अमनदीप सिंह के हौसले के आगे देश की धरा छोटी पड़ गई है। वह गांव-गांव, शहर-शहर घूमकर लोगों को जागरूक कर रहे हैं। अब वह धूम्रपान के खिलाफ अलख जगा रहे हैं। आगे पढ़ें

Tobacco and health

1- "Choose life, not tobacco": appeals Shobha Shukla to VIT students
(Source: Citizen News Service (CNS), India/Thailand)
Tobacco use is one of the main risk factors for a number of chronic diseases, including cancer, lung diseases, and cardiovascular diseases Tobacco use is one of the biggest PREVENTABLE public health threats India has ever faced. Read more
2- From Cigarette to Emphysema: Mapping the Death Route
(Source: Med India, New Delhi, Delhi)
The havoc created by tobacco smoke seems almost criminal, from the moment the cigarette is lit up through the respiratory tract to vital lung cells, activating genes and portions of the immune system to create inflammation that results in life-shortening emphysema. Read more

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