http://www.tobacco.org/newsfeed/country/india.rss Latest top tobacco news headlines en-us http://zeenews.india.com/entertainment/celebrity/hrithik-espouses-smoke-free-bollywood_105530.htm http://tobacco.org/news/333614.html Bollywood hunk Hrithik Roshan has stopped blowing smoke rings around him, thanks to Alan Carr’s book ‘Easy Way To Stop Smoking’. Duggu’s last ciggi was three months back and the actor can’t stop raving about this book which helped him stop fagging. Zee News India Wed, 08 Feb 2012 05:00:00 GMT http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chandigarh/Smokers-prone-to-lung-deterioration/articleshow/11817480.cms http://tobacco.org/news/333613.html If you smoke and remain in the basement most of the time, or near an area with compost materials, there are more chances of lung deterioration following Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disorder (COPD). There exists a fungus that can worsen the condition of patients suffering from COPD. The relation of smoking with fungus has been established for the first time in medical literature by a PGI doctor. The Times of India India Thu, 09 Feb 2012 05:00:00 GMT http://www.pardaphash.com/news/is-ranbir-kapoor-a-smoker/688186.html http://tobacco.org/news/333601.html Mumbai: Ranbir Kapoor may be the chocolate boy of Bollywood but perhaps he is fed up of that image and wants to show a different side to his persona. According to reports, he was spotted smoking near the airport. He had a cigarette pressed between his fingers when he was spotted. He was accompanied by his bodyguard. Ranbir was not spotted smoking but only holding the cigarette. Parda Phash India Thu, 09 Feb 2012 05:00:00 GMT http://www.thehindu.com/life-and-style/metroplus/article2871862.ece http://tobacco.org/news/333519.html To create awareness among the youth, the World Lung Foundation (WLF) in association with Hans Raj College organised inter-college declamation contest themed on anti-tobacco. DUSFI, a joint venture of Delhi University, Delhi Police and WLF-South Asia (WLF-SA) now covers 83 colleges of Delhi University (DU). Till now, 27 hoardings at all entry/exit points to North Campus indicating entry to tobacco free zones and 199 boards at the entry/exit points to the college/department of DU indicating 'No smoking zone' have been placed. In 67 colleges, dedicated Nodal Officers (NO's) from 56 colleges and in about 38 colleges, tobacco free brigade (TFB) members have been appointed. G.R. Khatri, President, WLF-SA, says, "Male smokers have decreased from 18.3 per cent in 2008 to 15.7 per cent in 2010 and amongst female, from 3.2 per cent in 2008 it has come down to 2.8 per cent in 2010. It is the youth that is being targeted by the tobacco companies and this is the age in which one takes to tobacco." The Hindu Online letters@thehindu.co.in ( KANAK PRABHA ) India Wed, 08 Feb 2012 05:00:00 GMT http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-national/cricket-australia-pulls-tobacco-ad-20120207-1r27u.html http://tobacco.org/news/333471.html Cricket Australia has pulled a mouth freshener advertisement amid complaints it promoted a company that also sells tobacco products. It says it will withdraw the ads that were displayed on the boundary rope during seven matches between Australia and India after learning they could be promoting tobacco. Spokesman Peter Young said Cricket Australia had sought a translation of the ads, which are worth hundreds of thousands of dollars, from the Indian government and had been reassured that they promoted mouthwash. But the majority of Indians who saw the ad would immediately associate it with tobacco, said Dr Nevin Wilson, who heads the International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease's Southeast Asian office in New Delhi, India. Dr Wilson said direct or indirect advertising of tobacco products was illegal in India, where there were 900,000 deaths each year related to tobacco. AAP Australia India Mon, 06 Feb 2012 05:00:00 GMT http://www.hindustantimes.com/Entertainment/Tabloid/Om-Puri-served-notice-for-smoking-at-public-place/Article1-807475.aspx http://tobacco.org/news/333460.html After some newspapers published pictures of Om Puri smoking at a public place, health officials served notice on the actor through commissioner, Bombay Municipal Corporation (BMC). The actor was caught in camera smoking on the campus of Sardar Patel College, where he had come to take part in the international film festival that concluded on Saturday. The notice was served on the actor through BMC commissioner after a special team of the health department, headed by district health officer (DHO), failed to confront Om Puri personally despite their best efforts. As per Patiala civil surgeon Varinder Singh Mohi, the special team reached Hotel Iqbal Inn on Rajpura Road, where the actor was staying. "But the actor had left the hotel before our team reached there," said Mohi. Hindustan Times ravinder.vasudeva@hindustantimes.com ( Ravinder Vasudeva, Hindustan Times) India Mon, 06 Feb 2012 05:00:00 GMT http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/sydney-nsw/cricket-chiefs-duped-by-smoky-ads/story-e6freuzi-1226264136337 http://tobacco.org/news/333455.html CRICKET Australia has banned an advertising campaign which appeared in the recent Test series against India after discovering they may have unknowingly been promoting a tobacco brand. The sport's governing body faces losing hundreds of thousands of dollars in revenue after pulling the ads from future one-day games. The Health Department launched an investigation into the Hindi advertisements on the boundary rope for Australia-India Test matches in Sydney, Melbourne, Perth and Adelaide. The ads for a company that makes chewing tobacco and mouthwash were aimed at the massive TV audience in India. They also featured at the twenty20 games in Sydney and Melbourne and were due to be shown during the on- going one-day internationals this month. Daily Telegraph/Sunday Telegraph PHOTO@DAILYTELEGRAPH.COM.AU ( Phillip Hudson The Daily Telegraph) Australia India Tue, 07 Feb 2012 05:00:00 GMT http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/national/cricket-chiefs-draw-line-on-ads/story-e6frea8c-1226264387016?from=public_rss http://tobacco.org/news/333454.html CRICKET Australia will surrender hundreds of thousands of dollars in boundary line advertising after it emerged it may have been illegally promoting tobacco. The snap backdown last night came after the federal Health Department launched an investigation into advertisements in Hindi on the boundary rope for Australia-India Test matches in Melbourne, Sydney, Perth and Adelaide. The ads for a company that makes chewing tobacco and mouth-wash were aimed at the massive TV audience in India. Adelaide Now -- The Advertiser and Sunday Mail Australia India Tue, 07 Feb 2012 05:00:00 GMT http://tobaccoreporter.com/home.php?id=498&art=5541 http://tobacco.org/news/333425.html Tobacco use is fuelling a cancer epidemic in India, with oral and lung cancers now the top two cancers in men, according to a story by Sanchita Sharma for the Hindustan Times. Sharma wrote that more than 10 lakh [one million] people developed cancer in India each year and that the disease was projected to rise fivefold by 2025. Tobacco Reporter India Tue, 07 Feb 2012 05:00:00 GMT http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jZupzjWbVPc9xZtleG1Pt-nzQnZw?docId=CNG.013c9d26e5bc6771d8e4bb78654007fe.c1 http://tobacco.org/news/333416.html Cricket Australia has pulled Hindi adverts displayed during the series with India after being alerted that they could be promoting tobacco, which would attract big fines for breaching local laws. Cricket bosses said they were assured by the Indian government that the signage was advertising a brand of mouthwash, but decided to take them down due to their apparent similarity to a brand of chewing tobacco. "We asked (the Indian government's) advice because we are not familiar with the Hindi language," a Cricket Australia spokesman told reporters on Tuesday. "They came back and said it's an Indian mouthwash -- or at least they said it's not a tobacco product. We don't have one million percent certainty about all of the detail. Agence France Presse Australia India Tue, 07 Feb 2012 05:00:00 GMT http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20120207005184/en/Research-Markets-China-Expected-Lead-Tobacco-Industry http://tobacco.org/news/333397.html Research and Markets(http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/0e511c/tobacco_bric_br) has announced the addition of the "Tobacco - BRIC (Brazil, Russia, India, China) Industry Guide" report to their offering. "Tobacco - BRIC (Brazil, Russia, India, China) Industry Guide" Tobacco - BRIC (Brazil, Russia, India, China) Industry Guide is an essential resource for top-level data and analysis covering the BRIC (Brazil, Russia, India, China) Tobacco industry. The report includes easily comparable data on market value, volume, segmentation and market share, plus full five year market forecasts. It examines future problems, innovations and potential growth areas within the market. Business Wire press@researchandmarkets.com China Brazil Russia India Tue, 07 Feb 2012 05:00:00 GMT http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/more-news/cricket-chiefs-draw-line-on-ads/story-fn7x8me2-1226264134453 http://tobacco.org/news/333382.html CRICKET Australia will surrender hundreds of thousands of dollars in boundary line advertising after it emerged it may have been illegally promoting tobacco. The snap backdown last night came after the federal Health Department launched an investigation into advertisements in Hindi on the boundary rope for Australia-India Test matches in Melbourne, Sydney, Perth and Adelaide. The ads for a company that makes chewing tobacco and mouth-wash were aimed at the massive TV audience in India. They also featured at the Twenty20 games in Sydney and Melbourne and were due to be shown during a series of one-day internationals this month. Melbourne Herald Sun hudsonp@heraldsun.com.au ( Phillip Hudson * From: Herald Sun ) Australia India Tue, 07 Feb 2012 05:00:00 GMT http://www.hindustantimes.com/News-Feed/Health/Tobacco-is-India-s-biggest-cancer-worry/Article1-806490.aspx http://tobacco.org/news/333368.html Tobacco use is fuelling a cancer epidemic in India, making cancers of oral cavity (mouth) and lung the top two cancers in men. More than 10 lakh people develop cancer in India each year. The disease is projected to rise five fold — 2.8 times because of tobacco use and 2.2 due to ageing — by 2025, shows population-based cancer registry data from the Indian Council of Medical Research. Other causes include unhealthy lifestyle and pollution. . . . Lung cancer is the most common in men — 17% new cases and 23% deaths. Smokers are up to 22 times more likely to develop lung cancer than non-smokers. “Tobacco use is the single-largest preventable cause of cancer and discouraging use the most cost-effective intervention,” says Dr GK Rath, chief, Rotary Cancer Institute, AIIMS. “Tobacco kills 10 lakh people a year, more than AIDS, murders, suicides, alcohol and drug abuse put together.” Hindustan Times letters@hindustantimes.com (Sanchita Sharma, Hindustan Times) India Sat, 04 Feb 2012 05:00:00 GMT http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Madurai/article2860275.ece http://tobacco.org/news/333288.html The Hindu Police and school education officials attending a State-level workshop for law enforcement officials on tobacco control organised by the Health Department in Madurai on Tuesday. Photo: G. MoorthyThe Schools must come forward to become tobacco-free, says State Tobacco Control Officer Ban on smoking in public places is being vigorously implemented across Tamil Nadu and the State has collected Rs.58 lakh as fine from violators in the last two years, P. Vadivelan, State Tobacco Control Officer and Joint Director (Health Education Bureau), Government of Tamil Nadu, has said here on Tuesday. "Our State is leading in implementing tobacco control measures particularly smoking in public places. The Hindu Online letters@thehindu.co.in India Sat, 04 Feb 2012 05:00:00 GMT http://health.india.com/diseases-conditions/world-cancer-day-2012-kick-the-butt/ http://tobacco.org/news/333267.html FEB 4 is World Cancer Day 2012. The detrimental effects of smoking are well-documented.Cigarettes contain 69 carcinogens and smoking is one of the major causes of lung cancer for active and passive smokers. It is our duty to kick the butt not only for our own well-being but for our near and dear ones who are inhaling second-hand smoke. Smoking has no moral defence and it is our responsibility to ensure that we stop endangering ourselves and our loved ones. The decision to quit smoking is the most important decision of you life. It is not easy by any means but it can be done. Think about the following points before we get to the action plan: health.india.com India Sat, 04 Feb 2012 05:00:00 GMT