New Delhi: The makers of Bollywood film 'Heroine', starring Kareena Kapoor, Monday moved the Delhi High Court against the information and broadcasting ministry's order to display anti-smoking messages during smoking scenes in the movie. The film is scheduled to be released Sep 21. Justice Rajiv Shakdher issued notice to the information and broadcasting and health ministries and the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) and sought their responses by Sep...
11:04 AM, Aug 28, 2012
New Delhi: A new Lancet study reveals that there are more smokers worldwide than previously thought and that the global tobacco burden may have been underestimated. In the light of these revelations, does India need tighten its anti-tobacco campaign? The new study says that over half the world's population consumes tobacco. That's around 852 million people worldwide according to the new estimates. 661 million worldwide smoke and 247 million are...
06:32 AM, Aug 17, 2012
London: Two fifths of men in developing countries still smoke or use tobacco, and women are increasingly starting to smoke at younger ages, according to a new international study which found "alarming patterns" of tobacco use. Despite years of anti-smoking measures being encouraged across the world, most developing countries have low quit rates, according to the study in The Lancet medical journal on Friday - and tobacco is likely to...
03:55 AM, Aug 17, 2012
Join Anupam in a crash course in smoking de-addiction. ...
11:36 PM, Aug 11, 2012
New Delhi: Signalling some progress in the deadlock over anti-tobacco rules, the I&B ministry has asked the Censor Board to ensure that a film having smoking scenes also carries two 20 second anti-tobacco warnings voiced by the actor who is seen smoking in the film. Sources said that the ministry has asked for two slots one in the beginning of the movie and one after the interval for these warnings....
09:40 PM, Aug 09, 2012
Islamabad: Along with a bundle of blessings, fasting during the Islamic holy month of Ramadan also helps people quit the bad habit of smoking, a Pakistani doctor has said. Fasting is considered a strong tool to maintain good health and an effective cure for various psychological and medical disorders, the Associated Press of Pakistan reported. "The holy month of Ramadan serves as a best exercise for smokers to maintain good...
04:41 AM, Aug 06, 2012
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Wednesday issued a notice to the Delhi Government, the Municipal Corporation of Delhi and the NDMC on public smoking after a PIL was filed with the court against illegal hookah bars. The PIL had pointed out that there are bars in Delhi without license to serve hookah. World Lung Foundation had asked that smoking in public places should be banned. The government is...
01:14 PM, Aug 01, 2012
Udaipur: Bollywood actor Ranbir Kapoor on Thursday sent an apology through his lawyer to a court in Udaipur apologising for being seen smoking in a public place but claimed it was part of the shoot of a film. The actor was summoned by the court to appear on Thursday in connection with a case against him for allegedly smoking in public. Ranbir did not appear before the court in person...
11:59 PM, Jul 26, 2012
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Wednesday urged smokers to kick the habit and join the campaign to make the society smoke-free, saying his government would take all necessary steps to check use of tobacco products in the state. "Smokers should pledge to quit smoking and join the anti-tobacco campaign with non-smokers and volunteers and work for creating a tobacco-free society," Omar said addressing an anti-tobacco seminar...
08:37 PM, Jul 18, 2012
Los Angeles: Pop diva Madonna is not pleased with her 15-year-old daughter Lourdes after she was recently spotted smoking a cigarette. "I wasn't very happy. I am a tough mother but I don't think I'm as tough as I should be. I think I need to be tougher. It's hard - every day is a negotiation. But cigarette smoking I'm not very fond of - for anyone," she said. The...
11:56 AM, Jul 09, 2012
Bangkok: A child casually approaches an office worker on a cigarette break. "Can I get a light?" asks the boy. "Don't you want to live and play?" comes the shocked reply. The scene is part of a Thai anti-smoking ad that has gone viral since hitting the Internet last week, jolting some of Thailand's 13 million smokers to think about kicking the habit. "You worry about me. But why not...
11:55 PM, Jun 24, 2012
Mumbai: As Maharashtra struggles to curb the sale of tobacco products near schools, surveys done by the NGO Salaam Bombay Foundation throw up some disturbing statistics. 1 in 4 children at Mumbai's municipal schools use some form of tobacco. Another survey of 200 schools, finds 61 per cent of them have tobacco shops within 100 yards of their premises. This is despite the BMC banning such sales two months ago...
08:50 AM, Jun 04, 2012
Anirban, a good old friend, still remembers the kick that landed on his butt as a result of his adamant refusal to kick the butt. ...
01:06 PM, May 31, 2012
Jaipur: Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) co-owner Shah Rukh Khan on Saturday pleaded guilty for smoking in public and said that he was ready to pay fine. The Rajasthan Police had filed a complaint against Khan for smoking in public during an IPL match at the Swai Man Singh Stadium. The case has been adjourned till June 21 and Khan is not required to appear before the court for now. On...
02:25 PM, May 26, 2012
New Delhi: Actor and co-owner of Kolkata Knight Riders Shah Rukh Khan has been asked to appear before a Jaipur court on Saturday after he was served summons in a case related to smoking in public by him at the Sawai Man Singh Stadium during an IPL match. On April 27, Khan had been directed by a local court in Jaipur to appear before it on May 26, after he...
09:59 AM, May 26, 2012
Jaipur: Kolkata Knight Riders co-owner Shah Rukh Khan has been served a summon by the Rajasthan police over a complaint alleging that the actor was seen smoking in public on April 8 in Jaipur during a match. This was during the IPL match between the Rajasthan Royals and Kolkata Knight Riders. The court has asked the actor to be present for hearing on May 26. The complainant had moved court...
01:13 PM, May 22, 2012
Washington: It's known that women find it a bit harder to kick the butt than men. Now, a new study has found why - it's because their brains respond quite differently to nicotine than male smokers. When a person smokes, the number of nicotine receptors in the brain - which bind to nicotine and reinforce the habit of smoking - are thought to increase in number. Researchers at the Yale...
10:40 AM, Apr 05, 2012
Mumbai/New Delhi: Tobacco is addictive, causes cancer and is killing nearly 1.2 lakh young Indians. Two major studies were released in the past week. A study in the Lancet, and the World Tobacco Atlas both found that tobacco use is the single biggest cause of cancers in India, resulting in 40 per cent of cancer deaths in Indian men. Eighty per cent of all oral cancers are tobacco-related, according to...
05:42 PM, Apr 03, 2012
Mumbai/New Delhi: Tobacco is addictive, causes cancer and is killing nearly 1.2 lakh young Indians. Two major studies were released in the past week. A study in the Lancet, and the World Tobacco Atlas both found that tobacco use is the single biggest cause of cancers in India, resulting in 40 per cent of cancer deaths in Indian men. Eighty per cent of all oral cancers are tobacco-related, according to...
08:39 AM, Apr 03, 2012
