What Causes Cancer? Air Pollution and Tobacco Use
Cancer is a generic term for a large group of diseases that can affect any part of the body. Other terms used are malignant tumors and neoplasms. One defining feature…
Air Pollution Is the New Tobacco: UN Environment
Air Pollution Is the New Tobacco: UN Environment The air quality life index calculates that air pollution cuts average life expectancy per person by 2 years. “This is a matter…
Anupriya Patel Flags Off Auto Rally for No Tobacco Awareness
Anupriya Patel, India’s Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare, flagged off an auto-rickshaw rally in Delhi today to encourage abstinence from tobacco consumption to commemorate this year’s World…
World No Tobacco Day: How Tobacco Harms Heart Health
Every year, on 31 May, WHO and partners mark World No Tobacco Day (WNTD), highlighting the health and other risks associated with tobacco use, and advocating for effective policies to…
Tobacco Use Kills Over 7 Million People Each Year: WHO Report
The latest WHO report on the global tobacco epidemic finds that more countries have implemented tobacco control policies, ranging from graphic pack warnings and advertising bans to no smoking areas.…
Over 1 Billion Tobacco Smokers in the World: Report
Policies to control tobacco use, including tobacco tax and price increases, can generate significant government revenues for health and development work, according to a new global report from WHO and…