Excessive smoking by the rural folk in Himachal is leading to lung cancer and it is spreading at an alarming rate amongst males, said a study conducted by oncologist Rajeev Bedi of Fortis Hospital,

Over the next six years, India will see a 21 per cent increase on average in the incidence of cancer.

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

Health Minister Maithripala Sirisena, former Foreign Minister Rohitha Bogollagama and others taking part in a Sathyagraha against tobacco.

A Sri Lankan court today dismissed a writ application filed by the country's leading manufacturer of tobacco products against the government's regulation to cover cigarette packs with pictorial war

‘Produce Tobacco-Like Levels Of Carcinogens’

Guwahati, April 21: Even when around one million cancer cases are detected in India every year (majority of which are related to tobacco abuse), none of the political parties deemed it important to

Latest estimates announced on Friday have revealed some worrying findings about the growing burden of cancer in India.

The latest figures published in the British medical journal The Lancet show that around one million new cancer cases are being diagnosed in India each year, projected to nearly double to 1.7 million new cases in 2035.