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HSA and police officers participated in the joint operation and are assisting in the investigation of 27 criminals smuggling and possession of smokeless tobacco products, Xinhua news agency reported.Smokeless tobacco, such as chewing tobacco, snuff and snus, is banned in the city-state. It...

VMPLNew Delhi [India], July 5: To mark Doctors' Day, the Times Now Doctors' Day Conclave brought together leading medical professionals to celebrate their contributions and address pressing health issues facing India. One of those critical issues is the devastating cost of tobacco use. While...

New Delhi, Actress and filmmaker Nandita Das has extended her support to 'Mothers Against Vaping', a united front of mothers dedicated to combating the menace of vaping.Das joins a distinguished group of influential role models, including Baichung Bhutia, Deepa Malik, Dutee Chand, Neha Dhupia...

Nandita Das joins a distinguished group of influential role models, including Baichung Bhutia, Deepa Malik, Dutee Chand, Neha Dhupia, Kushboo Sundar and Kishwar Desai, who have been supporting Mothers Against Vaping in their campaign against the growing menace of vaping among children and young...

Mumbai: The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Tuesday launched a crackdown on vendors selling tobacco products near schools and colleges and seized 93.5 kg of such items.In a release, the civic body said the F (North) ward office team conducted the raid and closed four establishments...

According to the global health body, more than 750 million of the world's 1.25 billion tobacco users, or more than 60 percent, want to quit.Yet 70 percent of people do not have access to effective cessation services, including resource limitations, WHO said.WHO recommends a comprehensive set...

Hyderabad: Thanking the voters of Telangana for electing eight BJP candidates as Lok Sabha members in the recently concluded elections, Union Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal on Sunday said the NDA government will work for the development of the state with commitment.After listening to Prime...

New Delhi, Tobacco exporters have asked the government to extend the RoDTEP duty drawback scheme to the sector to boost outbound shipments.In a meeting with Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal in Hyderabad on June 29, traders claimed that tobacco exporters are not covered under any...

New Delhi [India], The Indian government will make all efforts to waive penalty on excess tobacco produced by tobacco farmers, Union Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal said during a meeting with farmers and tobacco traders in Hyderabad on Saturday. Cast light on.The minister assured...

Thane: Three people, including a delivery man of an e-commerce giant, have been arrested for allegedly possessing banned tobacco products worth Rs 1.65 lakh, an MBVV police station official said on Saturday."On the night of June 25, the trio were found roaming suspiciously with bags in Balaji...

Bangkok [Thailand], The World Health Organization has called on member countries in the Southeast Asian region to recognize that alcohol and tobacco in any form, legal or illicit, are harmful to health and therefore Decisive action must be taken to stop it. illicit trade in tobacco products and...

New Delhi: The World Health Organization on Tuesday called on member countries in the Southeast Asia region to take effective measures to track, trace and eliminate illicit trade in tobacco products and control unregistered alcohol.He warned that all forms of tobacco and alcohol, legal or...

Regional Director Saima Wajed said the average prevalence of tobacco use among adults is the highest in the WHO South-East Asia region.“There are 280 million smokeless tobacco users in the region, about 77 percent of the global total, and 11 million adolescent tobacco users, which is 30...

Erode, Erode North police on Sunday seized 305 kg of contraband tobacco and arrested one person.Based on information about increasing sale of banned tobacco in Erode Municipal Corporation area, the police has intensified the seizure of such items.On Sunday, acting on a tip-off, they raided a...

Head and neck cancer includes cancers of the tongue, mouth and other parts of the pharynx such as oropharynx, nasopharynx, hypopharynx, salivary glands, nasal cavity, larynx (voice box), etc.Pritam Kataria, consultant, medical oncology, Sir HN Reliance Foundation Hospital, told IANS, "The main...

Several factors are contributing to the rise in cancer cases among young people in India.One of the main reasons is the increase in the consumption of processed foods, tobacco and alcohol, a sedentary lifestyle, obesity and stress.Environmental pollution is another critical factor.Indian...

New Delhi [India], Union Health Minister JP Nadda on Saturday chaired a high-level meeting with senior officials of the Union Health Ministry on achieving the targeted health goals in the first 100 days of the formation of the new government here on Saturday.Nadda was also joined by Union...

New Delhi, GST Network (GSTN) has issued a special form for manufacturers of pan masala and tobacco products to report purchased inputs and outputs to the tax authorities to prevent evasion.This new Form GST SRM-II came within a month of GSTN issuing GST SRM-I to register machines of such...

Jammu: The sale, possession and consumption of cigarettes and other tobacco products has been banned by the Jammu administration in Katra town, which is home to the cave shrine of Mata Vaishno Devi, officials said.Reasi District Magistrate Vishesh Mahajan said the initiative, launched on World...

Jammu: The Jammu and Kashmir administration on Saturday banned the sale, possession and consumption of cigarettes and other tobacco products in the holy town of Katra, home to the cave shrine of Mata Vaishno Devi. The officers provided this information.Reasi District Magistrate Vishesh Mahajan...