New Delhi: The Union Health Ministry on Thursday announced former Indian cricket team captain Rahul Dravid as brand ambassador for its National Tobacco Control Campaign.
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New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday slammed the government for being hand in glove with the tobacco industry and not making any efforts to enforce guidelines to limit the effect of advertisements

Bengaluru: A memorandum signed by over a thousand doctors and dentists, including representatives from the Indian Medical Associ­ation and Indian Dental Association, seeking a ban on the production,

PMK leader and former Union Health Minister Dr Anbumani Ramadoss is thrilled as the Jayalalithaa government has responded positively to his long-standing demand that gutka and other chewing tobacco pr

People in the national capital are the least interested in stubbing out their smoking habit compared to other states in north India.

A new analysis on tobacco burden in north India has revealed that

As per a government survey, Himachal Pradesh has emerged as the 'first smoke free state' in the country, Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal on Thursday said.

As per the latest survey report of health d

India's premier anti-tobacco watchdog, NOTE has expressed concern over superstar Shah Rukh Khan's arrogant behaviour with which he time and again decides to 'trample' the law and smoke in public place

This time, when the Directorate of Advertising and Visual Publicity (DAVP) chooses the new set of pictorial warnings for tobacco products they will have to be extra careful.

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Should gutka be categorised as a 'food product' and banned, or should it be regulated? Differences over the issue have surfaced within the health ministry, which, confused, is approaching the law mini