Hyderabad: Doctors, public health groups and cancer victims urged the government to strengthen the tobacco control laws to reduce the consumption of tobacco and prevalence of cancer cases considering recommendation of 139th report of Parliamentary Standing Committee of Health and Family Welfare. Tobacco is the leading cause of cancer cases. The use of tobacco is […]
Hyderabad: Voluntary health organisations, public health advocates and doctors have called for strengthening of laws under Cigarette and Other Tobacco Products Act (COTPA) to protect non-smokers from health and economic impact of secondhand smoking. Responding to a recent study by researchers from Rajagiri College of Social Sciences (RCSS), Kochi, which was published in Journal of […]
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 […]
