Hyderabad: Doctors, cancer victims, public health activists and voluntary organisations have urged the union Government to remove designated smoking rooms at hotels/restaurants and airports to protect people from second-hand smoke. In an appeal, the Voluntary Health Association of India (VHAI) has sought immediate removal of provisions that permits smoking areas and make the country 100 […]
Hyderabad: Public health groups along with doctors and economists have urged the GST Council to increase compensation cess on all tobacco products to generate additional revenue for the government. In their appeals to GST council before its meeting on September 17, they urged the council to consider an extra-ordinary measure of levying compensation cess on […]
Hyderabad: More and more restaurants and hotels in the country are opting out of having Designated Smoking Areas (DSA) within their premises. Such facilities that do not permit smoking areas are ending-up attracting more customers and business, the Voluntary Health Association of India (VHAI) in a press release said. A recent study conducted in eight […]
In India, about 3500 people die every day from tobacco use and the economic burden from tobacco use amounted to Rs. 1,77,341 crore in 2017-2018, making it 1 per cent of India’s gross domestic product (GDP), the VHAI statement said.
