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PATNA: JANUARY 03, 2012:- 2011 was a year of progressive developments in tobacco control in Bihar with several initiatives being taken to check the rising tobacco consuming populace of the state.
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.
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.
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.Q. What are the economic impacts of tobacco use? A. The epidemic poses a long-term economic threat to countries and may slow their development. Tobacco negatively affects the welfare of users and costs the world hundreds of billions of dollars each year in lost productivity. If the epidemic worsens, the economic losses in highly populated developing countries will be severe. Many of these countries are manufacturing centres for the global economy and the growing number of tobacco-related deaths - half of which occur during prime productive years - will impose a heavy burden on these economies. |
