Bindu Shajan Perappadan
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NEW DELHI: With pictorial health warnings on tobacco products finally coming into effect after being deferred and diluted several times since the first notification in July 2006, leading

The Pakistan Medical Research Council has observed that 54 percent of men and 20 percent of women use some form of tobacco on regular basis in Pakistan, while approximately 80 percent smokers start habit before reaching the age of 18-20 years.

Number of people who are smoking is on the increase in Maldives, according to Maldives Customs statistics.

Ramya Kannan

CHENNAI: The ban on smoking in public places has had an effect on the sale of tobacco products in Tamil Nadu, if one were to go by what retailers, who cover the last-mile sales, say.

CHANDIGARH: As many as 666 people have been fined for smoking at public places in Haryana since the imposition of ban on smoking at public places on October 2 last and Rs. 45,170 had been recovered from them.

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has said smokers have a 70 percent higher death rate than non-smokers. According to WHO, there are approximately 1.1 billion regular smokers in the world, which is one-third of the population aged 15 years and above. According to the figures, roughly 47 percent of men and 12 percent of women are smokers.

Despite the Supreme Court

Approximately 0.1 million people die every year in Pakistan from diseases caused by tobacco, doctors quoted medical researches as saying on Sunday on