A total ban on smoking in public will come into force soon, the Health Ministry said.

Agartala, May 30: Tripura has emerged as third highest tobacco consuming state in the country after Mizoram and Nagaland, Dr Goutam Majumder, Superintendent of Regional Cancer Centre said here yesterday. He said despite imposition of ban on smoking in public places, about 55.9 per cent of people in Tripura had been consuming tobacco (67.2 per cent in Mizoram and 56.8 per cent in Nagaland).

CHENNAI: The best way to bid adieu to tobacco is perhaps to ensure that those who give it up are rewarded.

At Abirami Mall, five volunteers who offered to quit smoking on Sunday received free entry to one of its popular entertainment stalls.

The mall's executive director Nallammai Ramanathan said the free entry was a reward for the young volunteers' decision to shun cigarettes.

Earlier, s

Ahead of the World No Tobacco Day to be observed tomorrow

Ahead of the World No Tobacco Day to be observed on May 31, several top-notch schools in the Capital have declared themselves

CHENNAI: Ten slum colonies in the city, including the one at Ambedkar Nagar, will be declared smoke free by the year-end.

Prasanna Kannan, WHO consultant, speaking to Express, said,

In probably the first such large-scale study of its kind, Sekhsaria Institute of Public Health, in collaboration with the ministry of health proved that bidis and other forms of tobacco (supari, gutkha, among others) are more harmful than cigarettes.

The study had a follow-up period of 5.5 years with as many as 87, 222 male members from Mumbai participating in it.

Cracking whip against errant hookah parlours in the city, Bombay high court today directed the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) to incorporate the rules under `Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products Act' (COTPA) in the license agreements.

With this, the BMC will have the power to revoke the license if a hookah parlour violates COTPA rules.

The division bench of Chief Justice Mohit Sha

Himachal High Court Chief Justice Kurian Joseph has made it amply clear that the public places where smoking has been banned also include Shimla

MUMBAI: The civic administration has issued showcause notices to nine restaurants and eateries in Borivli for serving hookahs in non-smoking zones.