Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Doctors For You Vs. Union of India & Ors. dated 27/04/2016 regarding disposal of Cigarette and Bidi butts and pollution caused by the tobacco. Tribunal allows the Application.

Countries with higher male smoking rates such as India and Bangladesh can push up asthma and wheezing cases as a result of more exposure to second-hand smoke.

The objective of the study was to investigate the potential for tobacco tax to contribute to the 2030 agenda for sustainable development by reducing tobacco use, saving lives and generating tax revenues.

Smokers, if you didn't have enough reasons to kick the butt, then a new study is giving you one more: smoking alters bacterial balance in mouth, putting you at many health risks.

Combustible tobacco cigarettes cost less to purchase than equivalent amounts of electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) in 44 of 45 countries sampled around the world, according to a new American Canc

Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) are known to play a key role in tissue regeneration, while smoking cigarettes is described to impair it. This work focuses on the effect cigarette smoke extract (CSE) has on the migration, differentiation, and paracrine potential of human adipose derived MSCs (AdMSCs). To mimic native conditions in vitro, AdMSCs were cultured in either monolayer or three-dimensional pellet cultures. While constant exposure to high concentrations of CSE had lethal effects on AdMSCs, lower concentrations of CSE impaired cell migration when compared to control conditions.

California's senate on Thursday approved a raft of anti-smoking legislation raising the minimum age for buying cigarettes and other tobacco products from 18 to 21 and regulating e-cigarettes.

Hears Plea On Making Packets Colourless

Ahead of the International Women’s Day, the WHO today urged countries to ensure gender parity in health noting that bulk of deaths due to household pollution in the Southeast-Asian region involved

Researchers have found that electronic cigarettes contained one million times more cancer-causing substances than outdoor air.

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