Over 1 in 10 deaths globally caused by Ischaemic Stroke (IS) due to tobacco was reported in India. The revelation is part of a study by Oxford University which was released on Friday.

Assam has become the first state in the country to impose a ban on the consumption of all forms of smokeless tobacco, including pan masala, by enacting a legislation that came into effect from toda

The Assam government has imposed complete ban on non-smoking tobacco in the state from Thursday. Assam governor J.B.

Sale, manufacturing, distribution and display of all forms of smokeless tobacco products will be banned in Assam from Thursday.

Effective prevention measures are the only way to prevent cancer crisis, the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) stated on Monday.

On the eve of World Cancer Day on Tuesday, experts warned that Gujarat has become the breeding ground for oral cancers as over 1.3 crore Gujaratis are addicted to tobacco consumption.

"National Cancer Registry Programme has indicated that Ahmedabad has the highest incidence of oral cancers in the country with 17.1 per 1 lakh population fresh cases of cancer registered every year", said leading oral cancer surgeon Dr Kaustubh Patel of HCG Cancer Center.

Despite the implementation of a national prevention programme and state-of-the-art infrastructure for treatment, Maharashtra has witnessed an alarming rise in cases of cancer among women in the las

It is one report card, Bhopal will feel bad about.

These will be dubbed in 16 languages for pan India coverage

The Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare will be replacing two anti-tobacco health spots with new ones titled--‘Child’ and ‘Dhuan’. The change will be effective from October 2. These spots will be dubbed in 16 languages for a pan India coverage.

Tobacco inflicts huge damage on the health of India’s people and could be clocking up a death toll of 1.5 million a year by 2020 if more users are not persuaded to kick the habit, an international report said on Thursday.

Despite having signed up to a global treaty on tobacco control and having numerous anti-tobacco and smoke-free laws, India is failing to implement them effectively, leaving its people vulnerable to addiction and ill health, according to the report by the International Tobacco Control Project (ITCP).