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Can stronger awareness drives on the benefits of quitting tobacco help?
February 05, 2026 12:33 pm
Tobacco consumption is not only associated with non-communicable diseases and deaths, but also a burden on household expenditure, nutritional security, and poverty. What are the key measures the government has introduced to reduce tobacco consumption? Check infographics for key takeaways.
Top 10 largest tobacco-producing countries: India ranks among top 3
June 02, 2025 7:17 am
Largest Tobacco Producing Countries: As the world observes No Tobacco Day on May 31, we look at the top 10 producers of unmanufactured tobacco globally, with China, India, and Brazil leading the chart.
Children as young as 11 are consuming smokeless tobacco in Delhi, study finds
October 20, 2023 3:44 pm
The study was conducted at three Delhi schools, where a total of 714 students from Class IX to XII were enrolled and were observed for a year.
Cancer deaths related to behavioral risk factors, study says
August 22, 2022 12:40 pm
Researchers found 34 risk factors, with smoking, drinking and obesity taking the lead. Smoking alone was responsible for some 33.9% of cancer cases
Watch your child for addiction; it can cause cancer
June 06, 2022 9:13 pm
A ten-year-old boy from Nashik contracted cancer by chewing leftover tobacco from his father’s gutka packet. He succumbed to the disease, showing how parents need to monitor their young, surgical oncologist Dr Raj Nagarkar tells Anuradha Mascarenhas
5.1% of kids in 13-15 group in Maharashtra consume tobacco
February 18, 2022 8:36 am
The survey was conducted as part of a national survey by the International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS) under the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare in 2019.
'Increase minimum legal age to buy tobacco products from 18 to 21'
October 26, 2021 5:39 pm
National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) chairman Priyank Kanoongo said that if a person is kept away from tobacco till the age of 21, the probability that he/she will remain tobacco-free for the rest of his/her life is higher.
World No Tobacco Day: ‘More than 14.6 % youth use some form of tobacco in India'
May 30, 2020 9:25 pm
“With more than 42 per cent men and 14 per cent women totalling 266 million users (according to the Global Adult Tobacco Survey 2016-17), we do have a problem,” Dr. Vinayak Mohan Prasad, coordinator, No Tobacco (TFI), WHO, Geneva, said.
13.7 pc prevalence of tobacco usage in Chandigarh: Survey
June 09, 2018 10:40 am
The national prevalence of tobacco use, as per the survey, is 28.6 per cent. GATS 2, a household survey of persons aged 15 or above, was carried out in all the 30 states and two Union Territories of Chandigarh and Puducherry.
Fewer Indians use tobacco, but country still world's #2 consumer, producer
May 31, 2017 3:29 pm
Tobacco consumption in India is the highest including the six northeastern states, making millions of Indians vulnerable to chronic diseases like lung cancer.
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