Russia’s ban on smoking in bars and restaurants took effect yesterday as the government pressed on with a crackdown on tobacco consumption in the face of protests from cigarette makers.

Gariphema village in Nagaland has been declared the country’s first “tobacco-free village”.

A sweeping antismoking bill enacted in Russia last year has resulted in a 12% drop in cigarette consumption in what had been the world's second largest market, a legislator in charge of national he

15% students aged 13-15 use tobacco in Southeast Asia

As per a survey by the Global Adult Tobacco Survey, Assam has about 39 percent of tobacco users, which includes the consumers of cigarettes, bidis and raw tobacco.

The number of smokers in the country increased by eight percent from 41 percent to 49 percent in last one year, a survey revealed in the city on Sunday.

Alcohol and Drug Information Centre (ADIC) yesterday stressed that it was unclear as to which size of the Pictorial Health Warnings (PHWs) was to be used under the precedence of authority, as the P

Health Minister Maithripala Sirisena yesterday expressed dissatisfaction with the Appeal Court verdict on pictorial warnings on cigarette packets.

The Court of Appeal approved graphic health warnings covering 50 to 60 percent of cigarette packets after the Tobacco Company challenged the Health Ministry's 2012 gazette notification, a ministry