New Delhi: Cancers caused by tobacco is highest among men from Kolkata and least among those from Mumbai, in the four metropolitan cities.

Cancer specialists and public health officials optimistic that incidence of cancer will come down
With the Union Health Ministry categorising pan masala and gutka as banned food products because they contain tobacco, there is fresh hope among cancer specialists and public health officials that incidence of cancer caused by these items will come down.

The Chief Ministers of 11 States have pledged their support to fight the growing menace of tobacco products like gutka and khaini .
The month-long activity that started in May included tobacco abuse victims along with oncologists meeting their respective Chief Ministers and urging them to protect the people of their States from the harmful effects of tobacco products by banning gutka , implementi

JAIPUR: In Rajasthan, tobacco chewing is on the rise. It has increased by 0.1% as compared to smoking. In the state, around 18.9% of the total population chews tobacco while 18.8% population smokes. The figures were released by the World Health Organization last week.

Asthma and tobacco specialist Dr Virendra Singh said, "The number of people chewing tobacco is rising.

GUWAHATI: Tobacco consumption poses serious health hazards. The District Tobacco Control Cell is waging a war against tobacco use.
With the objective of creating awareness among people, the District Tobacco Control Cell had organized an orientation programme on tobacco control and its implementation recently, in collaboration with the Kaliram Barua Girls

AIZAWL : Concerned with the high incidence of cancer and tobacco related diseases, the Mizoram Government has launched a programme to become a

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has come out with nine new health warnings for cigarette packs, to be introduced from September 2012. Various countries already have such warnings, and some of them attribute reduced tobacco use to these.

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

More than two decades after the gas leak in Bhopal, the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has reported a higher incidence of cancer in affected areas

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.