Despite a ban on tobacco-mixed gutka in Madhya Pradesh, state's population is one of the worst affected, going by data on prevalence of tobacco use versus tobacco-related cancers.

The Egyptian government has recently taken serious measures to reduce smoking.

Public smoking in China's capital, Beijing, is now banned after the introduction of a new law.

Kohima: The Mission Director of the National Health Mission (NHM) in Nagaland Sukhato A Sema has informed that the state of Nagaland, with 57 per cent of tobacco users, is the second highest consum

ISLAMABAD: Health experts on Sunday said that larger pictorial labels are more effective in informing about the dangers of smoking.

Following a controversy sparked recently over remarks by some Members of Parliament on tobacco use, a group of leading film-makers is seeking to dilute the strong tobacco control measures undertake

ISLAMABAD: Medical practitioners have said that every year over 80,000 Pakistanis get different heart diseases and after every two minutes a countryman suffers from heart attack.

RESIDENTS in Beijing can report on indoor smoking in public venues after the smoking ban takes effect in June, a government official said today.

Faced with opposition from public health activists, the health ministry is set to intervene and may soon urge the finance ministry to distance itself from an upcoming international conference in Ne

IOWA CITY, Iowa — Starting in the fall semester, the University of Iowa will become the first of the state's three public universities to ban all forms of tobacco on its campus.