Air Pollution

Kolkata air too toxic for kids

KOLKATA: There has been an alarming rise in asthma and chronic bronchial complications in newborns in Kolkata with no history of these issues in their parents.

Publication Date: 
08/04/2019
Times of India (Kolkata)
Tags:
West Bengal, Air Pollution, Air Quality Standards, PM 2.5, Tobacco, Health Effects
Health

National tobacco control strategies

Tobacco kills more than 7 million people per year and is costing the world economy US$1.4 trillion annually in health care costs and productivity losses. Tobacco growing causes up to 5 percent of deforestation in growing countries and results in biodiversity loss and soil degradation, as well as water and soil pollution from pesticide use.

Publication Date: 
18/03/2019
UNDP
Tags:
Tobacco, Smoking, Health Effects, WHO, India, Global
Health

E-cigarettes can cause poisoning: Study

NEW DELHI: Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems (ENDS) can cause poisoning, a government panel has said, adding another stroke of approval to the health ministry's advisory to states asking them to

Publication Date: 
18/03/2019
Times Of India (New Delhi)
Tags:
Smoking, Health Effects, Tobacco, Health
Health

Govt increases size of pictorial warning on cigarettes to 60pc

While the Islamabad High Court waits to hear a case regarding the enlarged pictorial health warning on cigarette packaging, the Ministry of National Health Services (NHS) on Tuesday issued a notifi

Publication Date: 
30/01/2019
Dawn (Pakistan)
Tags:
Pakistan, Islamabad, High Court, Tobacco, Smoking, WHO
Agriculture

Genetically modified 'shortcut' boosts plant growth by 40%

Scientists in the US have engineered tobacco plants that can grow up to 40% larger than normal in field trials.

Publication Date: 
03/01/2019
BBC (UK)
Tags:
Genetic Engineering, United States Of America (US), Agricultural Research, Tobacco, Scientists
Health

Singapore raises minimum smoking age to 19

The minimum legal age for smoking in the Republic will be raised to 19 years old from Jan 1.

Publication Date: 
31/12/2018
The Independent (Bangladesh)
Tags:
Singapore, Smoking, Tobacco
Health

Bidi smoking cost India 805.5 billion last year, says Study

The poor already bear the brunt of these costs, and unhindered use of bidi tobacco threatens to push even more households into poverty, according to the study published in the journal Tobacco Contr

Publication Date: 
31/12/2018
Financial Express (New Delhi)
Tags:
Tobacco, Smoking, India, Poverty, Health Effects, Health
Health

Nicotine exposure of male mice produces behavioral impairment in multiple generations of descendants

Use of tobacco products is injurious to health in men and women. However, tobacco use by pregnant women receives greater scrutiny because it can also compromise the health of future generations. More men smoke cigarettes than women. Yet the impact of nicotine use by men upon their descendants has not been as widely scrutinized.

Publication Date: 
16/10/2018
Deirdre M. McCarthy, Thomas J. Morgan Jr., Sarah E. Lowe & et al
PLoS Biology
1-20
Tags:
Tobacco, Health Effects, Mental Health, Neurology, Research
Health

2018 global progress report on implementation of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control

The Conference of Parties to the WHO Framework Convention for Tobacco Control (FCTC) opens its eighth session (COP 8), with a view to defining a roadmap for strengthening and expanding the scope of the landmark global health treaty.

Publication Date: 
01/10/2018
World Health Organization
Tags:
Tobacco, Smoking, Health Effects, India, Global
Health

Obesity, and not smoking, could be the biggest cause of cancer in women

In India, according to a 2012 report in The Lancet as quoted by Medical News Today, breast cancer is one of the most common problems among women here.

Publication Date: 
27/09/2018
Indian Express (New Delhi)
Tags:
Obesity, Lifestyles, Cancer, Tobacco, Smoking, Women, Health Effects, Health

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