Overall, 719 of currently pregnant women and 3,426 of currently married lactating women were using tobacco in some form, the cross-sectional study found after analysing data from the Fifth National Family Health Survey
Hyderabad: Public health groups, doctors and researchers have urged the Union Ministry of Finance to increase excise duty on all tobacco products including cigarettes, bidis and smokeless tobacco in the upcoming Union Budget of 2022-23, which can be a very effective policy measure to address the immediate need to raise revenue by the central government. […]
