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MUMBAI: DECEMBER 31, 2011:- The World Health Organisation (WHO) has imposed a Rs 250-crore tax on India, for non-compliance of the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) by the WHO.
PATNA: December 18, 2011:- Deputy chief minister Sushil Kumar Modi said here on Wednesday that taxes would be hiked on tobacco products and pan masala in a bid to discourage their use as they cause cancer.
WISCONSIN, UNITED STATES: January 03, 2012: With the dawn of the New Year we get a chance to start fresh in a lot of things. A New Year's resolution to quit smoking could add years to your life and the lives of those around you, says Keri Schneider, manager of the American Lung Association Tobacco Control Program in Wisconsin. It's also the single most important step smokers can take to improve their health, she adds.
SILVER SPRINGS, UNITED STATES: OCTOBER 06, 2011:- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the National Institutes of Health today announced a joint, large-scale, national study of tobacco users to monitor and assess the behavioral and health impacts of new government tobacco regulations.
WASHINGTON, UNITED STATES: OCTOBER 06, 2011:- Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced a collaboration to conduct a large-scale, national study of tobacco use in the United States. The objective of the study is to monitor and assess the behavioral and health impacts of the new government tobacco regulations since the FDA gained regulatory authority over tobacco in 2009. Legacy® and our Schroeder Institute for Tobacco Research and...
DELHI: OCTOBER 06, 2011:- Three years after implementation of the no-smoking rules that came into effect on October 2, 2008, over 42,194 people have been fined/challaned and over Rs.30 lakh has been collected by the Delhi Government from defaulters.
SHANGHAI, CHINA: OCTOBER 06, 2011:- Chinese health experts and tobacco control officers have initiated tobacco-free wedding campaigns in response to the country's indoor tobacco control policy, but have made little headway so far.
BOSTON, UNITED STATES: OCTOBER 06, 2011:- Drug and alcohol prevention advocates traveled to Boston last month to represent Dover Youth to Youth on their tobacco prevention tactics.
FIJI: OCTOBER 03, 2011:- THERE is extensive evidence on the burden of alcohol and tobacco use in the Pacific.
UNITED STATES: OCTOBER 01, 2011:- A new study says tobacco companies knew for decades that cigarette smoke was radioactive and potentially carcinogenic but kept that information from the public.
NEPAL: SEPTEMBER 23, 2011:- Amidst a growing concern on devastating effect of non-communicable diseases (NCDs), the recently implemented ‘Tobacco Control and Regulation Act 2011’ represents a huge stride in the effort to curb NCDs in Nepal. This landmark step sends impressive message to ‘UN High Level Meeting on NCDs’, due on September 19-20, 2011 in New York. Nepal is already a signatory to WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC), which contains blue print for co-ordinated...
UNITED KINGDOM: SEPTEMBER 25, 2011:- The sinister sounding UK Centre for Tobacco Control Studies has produced a report calling for the extension of film censorship.
ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN: September 20, 2011:- From October 1 onwards, the making and import of packs containing less than 20 cigarettes will be banned in Pakistan.
LOS ANGELES, UNITED STATES: July 10, 2011:- Over the past few years, teenagers from across the San Gabriel Valley have been lobbying their cities for tougher regulations on tobacco sales.
NEWARK, UNITED STATES: July 10, 2011:- Mental Health America of Licking County recently announced the receipt of one of three grants nationwide from the Society of Public Health Educators to continue work in the area of tobacco use education and prevention.
NEW ZEALAND: July 10, 2011:- The ban on smoking in prisons will not stop inmates from lighting up unless it is strictly enforced and they get help giving up, health researchers say.
PHILIPPINES, MANILA: July 08, 2011:- The World Health Organization (WHO) on Friday urged Asia-Pacific countries to boost the use of graphic health warnings on cigarette packs.
PHOENIX, UNITED STATES: July 01, 2011:- After nine months and 500 inspections, state and federal officials have handed out warnings to 19 tobacco retailers. The statewide inspections are part of a crackdown on selling cigarettes to minors.
SIERRA LEONE : July 01, 2011- Action for Development Sierra Leone (AFDSL), in collaboration with the Framework Convention Alliance (FCA), the African Tobacco Control Alliance (ATCA) and the African Tobacco Control Regional Initiative (ATCRI) has ended a two-day capacity building training for journalists on tobacco control.
UNITED STATES: June 29, 2011:- Last week, the FDA unveiled graphic warning labels required to appear on every pack of cigarettes sold in the United States, but some question the labels' constitutionality.
MIZORAM : June 30, 2011:- Mizoram Chief Minister Lal Thanhawla launched yesterday, June 29th the much discussed Smoke Free Mizoram programme to make the State free from smoking and tobacco consumption. At the launch of this initiative, Lal Thanhawla stated that smoking in public places in Mizoram has already decreased to a great extent. This is due to high awareness among the Mizos about the adverse health effects of tobacco consumption and smoking.
FREETOWN, SIERRA LEONE: June 16, 2011:- As part of the commemoration of World No Tobacco Day 2011, there has been increased momentum in the campaign for tobacco control in Sierra Leone. The theme for this year's campaign is "The WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control". The Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) treaty aims to protect present and future generations from the devastating health, social, environmental and economic consequences of tobacco consumption and exposure to...
WASHINGTON, UNITED STATES: June 15, 2011:- Two new reports from the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) released today measure the dramatic health and economic benefits of implementing strong tobacco control policies in the states. The results provide new evidence that comprehensive smoke-free laws and increased tobacco taxes have the potential to save hundreds of thousands of lives and billions of dollars in health care costs.
SCOTLAND : June 16, 2011:- Unlike the Framework Convention for Tobacco Control I can't see the need for the fight against non-communicable diseases to be led by tobacco control. Tobacco control is a single issue – non-communicable diseases are various in their causes and manifestations.
BANGALORE: June 13, 2011:- World No Tobacco Day was observed last week with several one-day initiatives being taken up. However, little attention was paid to the absence of a code of conduct for government officials dealing with the tobacco industry. Though India is a signatory to the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC), the country is yet to have a code of conduct applicable to government officials. The code is one among the recommendations made by the FCTC.
LUCKNOW: JUNE 13, 2011:- As civil society, governments, and other stakeholders, all over the world, struggle to enact lifesaving measures of the World Health Organization’s Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC), tobacco companies aggressively fight its implementation, using a range of tactics to undermine advances being made by the aforesaid global tobacco treaty. Threats to health policy include aggressive lobbying, political intimidation and strategic charitable donations. The...
LEBANON: JUNE 11, 2011:- Lebanon can learn from Greece, the leading smoking nation in the Mediterranean, as well as the successes made in the United States and other countries in order to implement an effective tobacco control policy, said public health and policy experts during a recent AUB lecture.
JAKARTA, INDONESIA: MAY 30, 2011:- The recent news on a possible halt to the ongoing discussions over the draft presidential decree on tobacco control has certainly raised serious concerns among the health community in this country.
NEW DELHI : June 09, 2011:- To create an enabling environment for tobacco control in the country, a non-government organisation, Public Health Foundation of India, has launched a multi-faceted website which is claimed to be the country's first-of-its-kind portal.
BHUBANESWAR: June 01, 2011:- The State Government is set to extend the National Tobacco Control Programme (NTCP) to the district level and cover the entire population. The Government is committed to the cause of tobacco control and is taking steps to generate awareness among the people,” Health Minister Prasanna Acharya said on the occasion of World No Tobacco Day today.
NEW DELHI : May 30, 2011:- The World Health Organisation (WHO) has called upon the governments to prioritise tobacco control, seek alternative methods to finance tobacco control and commit necessary human and financial resources to tackle the tobacco epidemic in their countries.This forum is open only to registered and logged-in users.
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