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Himachal: Eighty students run anti-tobacco campaign, set world record
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Moginand (Himachal Pradesh), Feb. 14 (ANI): Students of the Moginand Senior Secondary School in Himachal Pradesh have set a world record by flying 7,730 paper planes in one minute. The planes were inscribed with an anti-tobacco message.
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Ministry of Health and Family Welfare launches report on India's toba
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb. 10 (ANI): The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India revealed the findings of a study to evaluate the implementation of the 'Film Rule', under the Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products Act (COTPA), talking about the influence of portrayin
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E-cigarettes attracting more youths towards world of tobacco
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jan. 23 (ANI): You might have thought e-cigarettes cut down tobacco consumption, but the reality is a bit different.
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Undergo tobacco counseling, and cut down on smoking
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jan. 14 (ANI): Cutting down on smoking can now be a bit easier for you!
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Probability of coronary heart disease is directly proportional to intensit
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Dec.11 (ANI): A recent study published in Nicotine & Tobacco Research suggests that relative coronary heart disease (CHD) risk is higher for smokers consuming cigarettes over a longer period of time than for smokers consuming the same quantity over a shorter period
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Teenagers resorting to e-cigarette may face serious lung health issues
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
WashingtonD.C. [US], Nov. 18 (ANI): A recent research published in the American Thoracic Society's American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care indicates that e-cigarette smoking can lay substantial effect on young smokers' health even if they do not later become tobacco smoke
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India to host Conference on Tobacco Control today
Updated : 8 years, 6 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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Lankan President to arrive in India today for global anti-tobacco conferen
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov. 6 (ANI): Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena will arrive in India today to take part in the global anti-tobacco conference being hosted in the national capital.
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India to discuss on tobacco control at 7th session of COP7
Updated : 8 years, 6 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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Remove anomalies before imposing GST across sectors, says ASSOCHAM-KPMG pa
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 2 (ANI): Sharp anomalies in the taxation rates and structure across different industries such as telecom, tobacco, textiles, food processing and tourism, should be addressed to as the country moves in a transition period for implementing the Goods and Services Tax, the
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Proposed 26 pct sin rate on Tobacco to negatively impact revenue, public h
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 2 (ANI-BusinessWireIndia): India has the second largest number of tobacco users (275 million or 35 percent of all adults in India) in the world - of these at least one million die every year from tobacco related diseases. Tobacco-use imposes enormous health and economi
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It's 'No Tobacco Day' in Punjab today
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Amritsar (Punjab) [India], Nov. 1 (ANI): To reduce prevalence of tobacco and nicotine use and to prevent the spread of non-communicable disease, the Government of Punjab will observe Tuesday as 'No Tobacco Day'.
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