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Kolkata: KMC clinics to start cancer screening

KOLKATA: The urban primary health centres under KMC will start cancer screening, soon.

The Times of India

Odisha: Ganjam best in tobacco control

BERHAMPUR: Ganjam district has bagged the top position in the state in enforcement of tobacco control laws for the year 2021-22.

The Times of India

AIIMS Rajkot opens deaddiction clinic

RAJKOT: A deaddiction clinic was inaugurated at the AIIMS (All India Institute of Medical Sciences) Rajkot on the occasion of World No Tobacco Day on Tuesday. The AIIMS Rajkot started its outdoor patient department (OPD) in December last year. It is expected that the multispeciality hospital will start full-fledged operations…

The Times of India

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Waging a war against tobacco

Awareness camps, walks mark World No Tobacco Day

The Hindu

Over 32% of women and 27% of men in Karnataka tried to stop smoking or using tobacco in any form: NFHS report

May 31 is observed as ‘World No Tobacco Day’

The Hindu

COTPA 2003: 6,595 cases booked in Mysuru district in 6 years

Tourist places to remain tobacco-free henceforth

The Hindu

No more smoke and mirrors: tobacco industry should pay for its pollution, WHO says

In its report released on World No Tobacco Day, the UN health agency called for the tobacco industry to be held to account and foot the bill for the cleanup with regards to the pollution it generates.

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Andhra Pradesh: rallies, awareness programmes mark World No Tobacco Day

Govt. urged to take stern action against those smoking in public places

The Hindu

Manhunt launched after police seize illegal cigarettes and tobacco worth £20,000 in Gateshead

The occupant of the car fled the scene on foot, leaving the vehicle, 23,280 cigarettes and 9.1kg of rolling tobacco behind in Bensham

Chronicle Live

Tobacco industry causing huge environmental damage, WHO warns

WHO accuses industry of causing widespread deforestation, pollution and emitting millions of tonnes of carbon dioxide.

Al Jazeera

Big Tobacco's Environmental Impact is 'Devastating', Says WHO

The tobacco industry is a far greater threat than many realize as it is one of the world's biggest polluters, from leaving mountains of waste to driving global warming, the WHO charged Tuesday. The World Health Organization accused the industry of causing widespread deforestation, diverting badly needed land and water…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Tips and tricks to quit smoking - from setting quit date to changing diet

Everyone knows smoking is bad for your health. In honour of World No Tobacco Day, here are the best expert tips and tricks to quit smoking and improve your health as well as lifestyle

Daily Mirror

World No Tobacco Day: WHO raises alarm on tobacco industry environmental impact, human health

The World Health Organization (WHO) has revealed new information on the extent to which tobacco damages both the environment and human health, calling for steps to make the industry more accountable for the destruction it is causing. Read further on Dynamite News:

Dynamite News

Children in Uttar Pradesh get addicted to tobacco at 9.5 years, says survey

LUCKNOW: Children in UP are just around nine-and-a-half years of age when they initiate cigarette smoking. Children even younger than that—about seven-year-old girls and eight-year-old boys—initiate the smoking of bidi.

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Tobacco affects GDP, environment, kills non-smokers: Docs

NAGPUR: Most of us know that tobacco kills tens of thousands of people at a young age in India, with Vidarbha being the capital of oral cancer due to the excessive consumption of ‘kharra’, the local form of chewable tobacco. But the loss is not just limited to those who…

AAP

Qld plans tougher smoking, tobacco laws

A proposed crackdown on tobacco in Queensland could lead to a smoking ban at outdoor markets and the licensing of vape sales.

Bangkok Post

Aiming to be smoke free

Today marks World No Tobacco Day and this year marks a special milestone for the anti-tobacco movement in Thailand.

Bangkok Post

Tobacco's environmental threat

Tobacco kills our environment, not just people. Tobacco causes over 8 million deaths every year globally and 81,000 in Thailand. Simultaneously, each year, tobacco destroys a vast landmass roughly the size of 44,000 Suan Luang Rama IX parks, the largest green park in Bangkok, causes massive deforestation and pollutes our…

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Of lungs, trees and sin stocks

Large corporate enterprises themselves are making efforts to reduce the harm of tobacco consumption

The Hindu

Focus on World No Tobacco Day

Screening for oral cancer, raids against smoking in public planned

Wales Online

E-liquid firm sends vaping message to WHO for World No Tobacco Day

The WHO has consistently advised against vaping

Wales Online

Legal age for buying cigarettes in UK could be upped to 21 - or even 25

A Government plan to make the UK smoke-free by 2030 will be published this year

360info

Indonesia’s young people are taking on Big Tobacco

The tobacco industry profits from child labour and sky-high youth smoking rates in Indonesia. Young people are fighting back.

The Conversation

African countries need tighter controls to curb growing tobacco use

Average global smoking rates have fallen over the past 12 years with the proportion of people aged 15 or older who smoke declining from 22.6% in 2007 to 19.6% in 2019.

360info

Special Report: Tobacco's toxic reach

The environmental impacts of the tobacco industry, and its attempts to divert attention from them, are only beginning to be realised.

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