Soon, central law to prevent attacks on doctors
With growing incidences of patients’ relatives or attendants violently attacking doctors holding them directly responsible for ‘negligence’, the government may […]
Female smokers outnumber male smokers
Tobacco kills nearly six million people each year, globally. India now has 12.1 million women smokers and falls only behind […]
Need Stronger Regulations in e-cigarettes
A group of paediatricians from United States have strongly recommended that the minimum age to purchase tobacco products — including […]
Hookah Smoking Severely Affects Indoor Air Quality
Smoking waterpipes, or hookahs, creates hazardous concentrations of indoor air pollution and poses increased risk from diminished air quality for […]
Harsh Vardhan to flag off rally of school children to commemorate World No Tobacco DayÂ
Minister for Health and Family Welfare, Dr. Harsh Vardhan will flag off rally of 200 school children from Nirman Bhavan […]
Implantable chips that track your body from inside
Do you know that smart pills carrying miniature chips, sensors, cameras and robots can analyse your body from the inside? […]
New study uncovers false claims on e-cigarettes
A new research has cast doubt on the safety of e-cigarettes and their use as a smoking cessation aid. In […]
FDA announce proposal to regulate e-cigarettes
As part of its implementation of the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act signed by the President in 2009, […]
