“Even if you are smoking even one cigarette a day, one day you are going to get caught into this”, warns doctor Deepak Khanna, Consultant - Head and Neck Cancer Surgery, Medicover Hospitals, Navi Mumbai. Smoking is known to cause more deaths in the world than most of the dreadful diseases we know of and quitting the habit of smoking might not seem easy. In this video, the doctor gives reasons why smoking is so addictive and the different ways one can take to quit smoking this No Tobacco Day.
29 May,2023 09:41 PM IST
Scores of tobacco farmers from all over the country assembled in the national capital to protest against the government's decision to increase the health warning to cover 85 per cent space on tobacco packs.
08 December,2015 03:10 PM IST
Endorsing a brand is always considered the second best source of income for Bollywood stars and it also increases their popularity among their fans. However, in a twist of tale, the Delhi Government has requested celebrities like Shah Rukh Khan, Saif Ali Khan, Ajay Devgn, Govinda, Arbaaz Khan and Sunny Leone to not to advertise tobacco products on TV.
20 January,2016 08:59 PM IST
The Delhi Government has banned the manufacture, storage, distribution and sale of pan masala, gutkha and all forms of chewable tobacco for one year.
15 April,2016 12:37 PM IST
Leaders of Federation of All India Farmer Associations, representing tobacco growers, and Karnataka State Beedi Cigarette Traders Association staged a protest demanding rollback of a rule mandating 85 percent pictorial warnings on tobacco products
06 May,2016 05:42 PM IST
Bollywood personalities including actor Vivek Oberoi, singer Shankar Mahadevan and director Rohit Shetty on Saturday inaugurated an anti-tobacco programme in Mumbai on the occasion of Global Wellness Day. The programme marked the launch of the 'Fight Against Tobacco' campaign by Cancer Patients Aid Association (CPAA).
13 June,2016 01:04 PM IST
In a shocking incident caught on camera, a drunken policeman and a prisoner can be seen buying tobacco, in Uttar Pradesh’s Etah. The incident has left the department red faced, highlighting the nexus between the police and criminals in the state. The policeman later avoided the camera and refused to interact with the reporter.
29 July,2017 05:53 PM ISTADVERTISEMENT
