Smokers, it warned, are likely to be more vulnerable to COVID-19 as the act of smoking means that fingers (and possibly contaminated cigarettes) are in contact with lips which increases the possibility of transmission of virus from hand to mouth.
A Pakistani man has been arrested by Central GST intelligence officials for illegally selling pan masala worth crores of rupees in parts of Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra and neighbouring states even during the lockdown period, officials said on Thursday.
Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan on the World Tobacco Day on Sunday said the battle against tobacco was a personal fight for him and he wanted total ban on it and its products.
Over 25 states and union territories, including Maharashtra, Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh, Assam and Delhi, have banned the use of smokeless tobacco products and spitting in public places in view of COVID-19, official sources in the Union health ministry said.
Uttar Pradesh: Commissioner Food Safety and Drug Administration Anita Singh has issued the order saying that the exemption is for plain paan masala. The ban on the manufacture, storage and sale of tobacco and nicotine-free pan masala/gutkha in the state will continue unchanged.
World Health Organization (WHO), in its recent advisory, revealed that people who smoke cigarettes or possess tobacco in any form are at a higher risk of getting infected with the coronavirus.
Using tobacco and drinking alcohol to cope with boredom during the COVID-19 lockdown can affect immunity as well as mental health, the Union Health Ministry said on Tuesday, amid rising cases of the novel coronavirus.
Pakistan has put a complete ban on advertisements of tobacco products including online ads. A Pak government official said such actions were pending for a long time.
The government on saturday raised the excise duty by way of national calamity contingent duty on cigarettes, tobacco products.
Addressing a press meet organised by bcbpf-The Cancer Foundation, Riccardo Polosa of the Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine at Italy's University of Catania, Ron Borland, Professor of Psychology at the University of Melbourne, and Sameer Kaul, Senior Consultant, Surgical Oncology & Robotics at the Apollo Cancer Institute here, questioned the ban on electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS) in the country.
The researchers measured the chemical composition of gases and solids emitted during a hookah session in real time.
Raising the issue during the Zero Hour, G V L Narasimha (BJP) said the quality of tobacco crop, including in the West Godavari district, was poor due to consecutive five-year drought in the area and farmers were not getting a reasonable price for their produce.
A delegation of Indian Tobacco Board (ITB) led by its Chairperson K Sunitha held talks with Zhang Jianmin, Chief Commissioner of State Tobacco Monopoly Administration (STMA) on Friday and made out a case for China to open its market for import of tobacco from India, a press release issued by the Indian Embassy said on Saturday in Beijing.
Ajay Devgn has often been slammed for endorsing tobacco products.
The court was of the view that permanently stopping the two increments was a major punishment as provided under the UP Government Servants (Discipline and Apple) Rule 1999.
Pawar, a cancer survivor, was speaking at the launch of the Indian Dental Association's (IDA) mission to eradicate oral cancer by 2022.
The research also showed that almost 90 percent of adult smokers smoked their first cigarette by the time they were 18
The Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products Act prohibits smoking in public places and anybody found guilty could be penalized for the same.
The advisory bars authorised shops selling tobacco products from dealing with other products such as toffee, candy, chips, biscuits and soft drinks -- products essentially meant for children.
30 per cent of cancer burden in India is contributed by women, out of which two thirds of women belong to lower section of society.
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