Ashish Sinha

With cigarette manufacturing in the country coming to a halt over the use of pictorial health warnings on packets, the government is staring at a potential loss of Rs 100 crore a day despite the fact that India remains among the lowest cigarette consumption market.

WHO Study Finds That 52.3% Indians Exposed To SHS At Home, 29% At Public Places
Kounteya Sinha | TNN

New Delhi: Second-hand smoke (SHS) is killing six lakh annually, including 1.65 lakh children before they reach their fifth birthday.

London: Are you a passive smoker? Beware, you may be at increased risk of hearing loss, experts say.

It's already been established that people who smoke may damage their hearing. Now, a study, involving over 3,000 US adults, suggested the same is true of passive smoking too.

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BHUBANESWAR: A Compliance study on smoking at public places of the city claims that 90 per cent parameters required for declaring the Capital a smoke-free environment are met.

The study, commissioned by the Health Department and conducted by students of XIM, Bhubaneswar, surveyed 216 identified public places and assessed a dozen parameters, including signposts against smoking, their prominence,

That tobacco is a ruthless killer is well known. Yet, India

Sydney: Children exposed to secondhand smoke have significantly higher rates of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), headache and stuttering than those who are not exposed.

A study conducted by American scientists, and presented at the Asia Pacific Conference on Tobacco or Health on Friday revealed children exposed to secondhand smoke had double the rate of both ADHD (10.6% comp