Parliament — MPs yesterday passed the Tobacco Control bill, 2014, into law with several changes, bringing an end to a debate that in most cases was as controversial as it has been embarrassing.

According to a Government Resolution (GR), school heads will have to sign and fill up an undertaking with their picture.

It said that "too few" governments levy appropriate levels of tax on cigarettes and other tobacco products and miss out on a proven, low-cost measure to curb demand for tobacco and save lives

Fiji has been recognized and commended by the World Health Organization in the Pacific island country's efforts to combat the consumption of tobacco products.

Children whose parents smoked when they were toddlers are likely to have a wider waist and a higher body mass index (BMI) by the time they reach the age of 10 years, a new study has found.

KARACHI: An alarmingly large number of women in Orangi Town are hooked to tobacco, says a recent study that calls for immediate preventive measures to control the use of the hazardous substance tha

Smokers and non-smokers both agree that larger graphic health warnings on cigarette packs will not be strong enough to deter people from the habit.

Children whose parents smoked when they were toddlers are likely to have a wider waist and a higher BMI by time they reach ten years of age, reveal researchers at the University of Montreal and its