In 2004, India took a significant step towards better health and well-being by releasing the first volume of the “Report on Tobacco Control in India.” This report marked the beginning of a robust journey to...
India has 274 million tobacco users and a tobacco use prevalence of 38% in rural areas. Tobacco consumption causes 1 million deaths and costs the health system nearly US$23 billion annually. Tobacco control policies...
Tobacco use is a major risk factor associated with Non-Communicable Diseases. To address this issue, the Government of India launched the National Tobacco Control Programme (NTCP) as a new initiative in 2007-08. The...
Tobacco is the foremost preventable cause of death and disease in the world today. Tobacco use is one of the common risk factors for 4 major Non-communicable Diseases, i.e. Cancer, Cardio-vascular diseases, and accounts...
Article 47 of Indian Constitution: Duty of the State to raise the level of nutrition and the standard of living and to improve public health. The State shall regard the raising of the level of nutrition and the standard...