Health

Electronic cigarette use among Korean adolescents: A cross-sectional study of market penetration, dual use, and relationship to quit attempts and former smoking

As elsewhere, in South Korea electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) are marketed, in part, as a smoking cessation aid. We assessed the prevalence of e-cigarette use among Korean adolescents and the relationship between e-cigarette use and current (past 30-day) smoking, cigarettes/day, attempts to quit conventional cigarettes, and ceasing to use cigarettes.

Publication Date: 
04/11/2013
Sungkyu Lee, Rachel A. Grana, Stanton A. Glantz
Journal of Adolescent Health
1-7
Tags:
Smoking, Health Effects, South Korea, Children, Advertising
Health

Judgement of the Supreme Court of India on soft drinks, 22/10/2013

Supreme Court has directed FSSAI to monitor and conduct periodic checks of all carbonated soft drinks citing that the issue relates to fundamental right to life. Read text of this order issued by the apex court on 22 October 2013.

Judgement Date: 
22/10/2013
Tags:
Soft Drinks, Soft Drink Standards, Public Interest Litigation (PIL), Supreme Court, Health Effects, Child Health, Food Additives, Food Safety And Standards Authority Of India (FSSAI), Soft Drinks Industry, Pesticide Residues, Advertising, India
Forests

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding various encroachments in the forest area particularly that of Mcleodganj and Rivalsar of Himachal Pradesh dated 16/09/2013

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Pawan Kumar Vs State of Himachal Pradesh & Others dated 16/09/2013 regarding various encroachments in the forest area particularly that of Mcleodganj and Rivalsar of Himachal Pradesh.

Judgement Date: 
16/09/2013
Tags:
Forests, Forest Encroachments, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Himachal Pradesh, Lakes, Advertising
Health

How television fast food marketing aimed at children compares with adult advertisements

Quick service restaurant (QSR) television advertisements for children’s meals were compared with adult advertisements from the same companies to assess whether self-regulatory pledges for food advertisements to children had been implemented.

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Publication Date: 
01/08/2013
Amy M. Bernhardt, Cara Wilking, Anna M. Adachi-Mejia & et al
PLoS ONE
8
8
1-6
Tags:
Advertising, Fast Foods, Health Effects, TV, Children, Multinational Corporations (MNCs), Child Health, United States Of America (US)
Health

Centre let tobacco rule go up in smoke: apex court

Bombay High Court also under fire for interim stay orders. The Supreme Court on Monday removed all hurdles to implementation of Point of Sale Rules on tobacco and tobacco products.

Publication Date: 
23/07/2013
Hindu (New Delhi)
Tags:
Supreme Court, Mumbai, High Court, Advertising, Tobacco, Cancer, Government Of India (GOI)
Health

SC raps Centre over tobacco ad

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday slammed the government for being hand in glove with the tobacco industry and not making any efforts to enforce guidelines to limit the effect of advertisement

Publication Date: 
23/07/2013
Asian Age (New Delhi)
Tags:
Supreme Court, Tobacco, Advertising, Government Of India (GOI), Mumbai, High Court
Health

Order of the Supreme Court of India on the constitutional validity of The Cigarettes and other Tobacco Products Act, 2003 and The Cigarettes and other Tobacco Products Rules, 2004 dated 22/07/2013

Order of the Supreme Court of India on the constitutional validity of The Cigarettes and other Tobacco Products Act, 2003 and The Cigarettes and other Tobacco Products Rules, 2004 dated 22/07/2013.

Judgement Date: 
22/07/2013
Tags:
Tobacco, Advertising, Supreme Court, Legislation, High Court, Government Of India (GOI)
Health

WHO concerned over tobacco ads at point of sale

Though India’s latest tobacco control step of mandating films with smoking scenes to carry statutory warnings introduced last year is hailed as one of the best practices under the World Health Orga

Publication Date: 
01/06/2013
Tribune (New Delhi)
Tags:
India, Tobacco, WHO, Advertising
Health

Jaipur yet to be smoke-free, health dept renews anti-tobacco drive

JAIPUR: After failing to declare Jaipur as a smoke-free city due to improper compliance of Cigarette and Other tobacco Product Act (COTPA) 2003, the medical health and family welfare department in

Publication Date: 
31/05/2013
Times Of India (Jaipur)
Tags:
Rajasthan, Jaipur (T), Tobacco, Advertising
Health

Anti–tobacco organisations demand ban on advertisements of tobacco

GUWAHATI, May 30: Tobacco use is the biggest cause of death, disease and disability. The death clock of tobacco strikes every six seconds globally killing 10 lakh Indians every year.

Publication Date: 
31/05/2013
Sentinel (Guwahati)
Tags:
Assam, Tobacco, WHO, Advertising

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