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NOTE India welcomes Health ministry's tobacco control initiative in school
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 3 (ANI): National Organisation for Tobacco Eradication India (NOTE) welcomed the instructions issued by the Union Health Ministry directing educational institutes to designate "Tobacco Monitors" from among students and staff in a bid to boost the implementation of to
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More deaths likely to occur in Asian countries due to tobacco consumption,
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Apr 19 (ANI): A recent study has revealed that Asia will face an increasing number of deaths from smoking-related diseases if tobacco control policies are not implemented immediately.
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Smoking reduces due to tobacco control policies
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA] Mar 20 (ANI): Increasing taxes on tobacco and smoke-free policies have resulted in the reduction of smoking among older adults, according to a recent study.
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Powerful campaign shows tobacco use fuelling India's TB epidemic
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 31 (ANI): The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW), Government of India, has launched the world's first national tobacco control mass media campaign to warn people of the increased risk of tuberculosis (TB) and dying from TB associated with smoking cigare
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India to host Conference on Tobacco Control today
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov. 7 (ANI): India is set to host the crucial global tobacco control conference today for the first time, where it will push for incorporating smokeless tobacco as an agenda.
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India to discuss on tobacco control at 7th session of COP7
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov. 4 (ANI): The seventh session of the Conference of Parties (COP7) to World Health Organization (WHO) Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) will be held from November 7 to 12 in Greater Noida.
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New paper says excessive skepticism towards harm reduction technologies by
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept.17 (ANI-Businesswire India): A new paper published by Reason Foundation, a US-based think tank, finds that the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) has been overly skeptical of technologies that many believe have the potential to reduce the harm done by toba
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