The problem, say campaigners, is that chewing tobacco has always been seen as socially acceptable in India. Whole families, generally unaware of the danger, will share these products at the end of ...

Mangaluru: Traders operating within the Puttur City Municipality have been directed that if they are selling tobacco and its ...

According to the study, 57 percent of oral cancer cases observed in recent years have occurred among individuals with no ...

Wrapped inside a betel leaf and placed in the side of the mouth, tobacco has been chewed for centuries in India. But it is only in the last decade that tobacco companies have started selling ...

Mumbai: Cancer continues to claim millions of lives in India, but tobacco consumption which is responsible for about 40 percent of cancer cases in the country is the single largest preventable ...

Underlining the pressing need to regulate flavoured and smokeless tobacco (SLT) products in India, a research paper published in the Journal of Cancer Policy has pointed out that SLT use ...

India currently ranks third globally in the highest number of cancer cases, suggesting that current tobacco control efforts have not been effective. While India has made some progress in ...

Despite a series of legal directives aimed at curbing tobacco use, Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) continues to battle the widespread ...

A decade-long study reveals that 57% of oral cancer patients had no history of tobacco or alcohol use, raising fresh concerns ...