World No Tobacco Day: Prevent Lung Cancer by Quitting Smoking Right Now
3 years, 6 months ago

World No Tobacco Day: Prevent Lung Cancer by Quitting Smoking Right Now

News 18  

Smoking is considered to be the most preventable cause of cancer and cancer deaths. Quitting smoking has many health benefits including reduced risk of cancer and also helps improve prognosis of cancer patients. Tobacco usage not only causes lung cancer but also causes cancers of the mouth and throat, voice box, esophagus, stomach, kidney, pancreas, bladder to mention a few. Persistent cough, chest pain, difficulty in breathing, blood in sputum, weight loss is some of the symptoms found among the patients with lung cancer. Apart from completely quitting smoking some of the other preventive measures for better lung health is to lead a healthy lifestyle, minimize exposure to high pollutants.

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The Tobacco Trap: How flawed policies are undermining India's fight against addiction
18 hours, 48 minutes ago

The Tobacco Trap: How flawed policies are undermining India's fight against addiction

India Today  

In 2023, India became the first country in the world to mandate anti-tobacco warnings on Over-The-Top streaming platforms, such as Netflix and Amazon Prime. Despite early adoption of the World Health Organization’s Framework Convention on Tobacco Control and enacting the Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products Act in 2003, India remains one of the world’s largest consumers of tobacco, with almost …

Breathing air in Delhi is like smoking 25 cigarettes a day: Can it cause cancer?
1 month, 1 week ago

Breathing air in Delhi is like smoking 25 cigarettes a day: Can it cause cancer?

India Today  

India's national capital has been choking as it is covered with toxic haze. Lung specialists have said that breathing air in Delhi is equal to smoking 25 to 30 cigarettes a day, which is poisoning for people with healthy lungs. Long-term exposure to high levels of air pollution has been conclusively linked to an increased risk of lung cancer mortality. …

Kicking the habit of smoking: Exploring safer alternatives for tobacco cessation in India
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Kicking the habit of smoking: Exploring safer alternatives for tobacco cessation in India

Hindustan Times  

The fight against tobacco addiction is a critical public health endeavour, with a profound impact on the lives of millions and in India, despite concerted efforts, the prevalence of smoking remains alarmingly high, posing significant risks to individuals’ health and placing a burden on the healthcare system. Kicking the habit of smoking: Exploring safer alternatives for tobacco cessation in India …

Nearly one lakh lung cancer cases diagnosed every year: Major risk factors
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Nearly one lakh lung cancer cases diagnosed every year: Major risk factors

India Today  

Lung cancer has emerged as one of the top ten cancers in India, with nearly one lakh new cases diagnosed each year. "Smoking in any form can lead to lung cancer, whether you're an active or passive smoker," said pulmonologist Dr Vibhu Kawatra, who is also an allergy specialist in New Delhi. The diagnosis and treatment of lung cancer involve …

Alarming rise of lung cancer in non-smoking Indians more than Westerners: Understanding the disparity
5 months, 1 week ago

Alarming rise of lung cancer in non-smoking Indians more than Westerners: Understanding the disparity

Hindustan Times  

In a study published by the Lancet, it was observed that lung cancer is detected in Indians at an early age. Surprisingly, an average Indian suffering from lung cancer is at least ten years younger than a person with lung cancer in the West. Addressing this, in an interview with HT Lifestyle, Dr Sajjan Rajpurohit, Senior Director – Medical Oncology, …

The tobacco epidemic in India
6 months, 3 weeks ago

The tobacco epidemic in India

The Hindu  

Tobacco is the most widely recognised preventable cause of disease and death in the world. The status of tobacco use in India The Global Adult Tobacco Survey, the Global Youth Tobacco Survey, and India’s National Family Health Survey capture the status of tobacco use in India. The Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products Act 2003 has 33 sections governing the production, …

Tobacco use causes 80 lakh deaths annually worldwide: Docs
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Tobacco use causes 80 lakh deaths annually worldwide: Docs

Hindustan Times  

Even a chance encounter with tobacco can lead to addiction gradually. Heart issues such as myocardial infarction and angina are related to tobacco usage along with high blood pressure and bronchitis,” said Dr Sudhir Singh, senior faculty department of radiotherapy at the King George’s Medical University in a statement. Tobacco use is responsible for over 80 lakh deaths annually worldwide, …

India's Tobacco Crisis: 1% GDP lost, 49% young adults smoke, per KPMG report
6 months, 3 weeks ago

India's Tobacco Crisis: 1% GDP lost, 49% young adults smoke, per KPMG report

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi, May 24: India’s growth story has amazed economists and financial experts. A report by KPMG Assurance and Consulting Services report titled Human-Centric Approach to Tobacco Control has revealed that India loses precious 1% of the GDP every year due to diseases and early deaths from tobacco use. India ranks second globally in tobacco and it is the highly …

Head and neck cancer is emerging as prevalent concern in India. Know its causes, symptoms, who are at risk
7 months ago

Head and neck cancer is emerging as prevalent concern in India. Know its causes, symptoms, who are at risk

Hindustan Times  

The incidence of cancer is on the rise globally with Head and Neck Cancer emerging as a particularly prevalent concern in India but head and neck cancers are of 2 types where 90% of the cases seen are of squamous cell cancer while the other group is thyroid and salivary gland cancers and the treatment and management of both types …

ICMR set to bring in evidence-based norms for prevention, screening, diagnosis, and management of lung cancer
8 months, 3 weeks ago

ICMR set to bring in evidence-based norms for prevention, screening, diagnosis, and management of lung cancer

The Hindu  

Currently, evidence-based guidelines do not exist with respect to prevention, screening, diagnosis, management, and palliation of lung cancer in India, despite the fact that lung cancer is one of the commonest cancers in India accounting for 10% of total cancer deaths in the country. The Indian Council of Medical Research, understanding this gap, is now all set to launch a …

As Delhi air quality dips to ‘severe’, here are lifestyle changes to reduce the risk of lung cancer
1 year, 1 month ago

As Delhi air quality dips to ‘severe’, here are lifestyle changes to reduce the risk of lung cancer

Hindustan Times  

The Commission for Air Quality Management has asked New Delhi and NCR states to implement all emergency measures as a thick toxic haze continues to blanket these areas on the sixth consecutive day with the worst air quality recorded on November 3 while pollution levels remained in the ‘severe plus’ category on Sunday morning too where the overall average AQI …

Incidence of lung cancer on the rise in Karnataka, say oncologists
1 year, 4 months ago

Incidence of lung cancer on the rise in Karnataka, say oncologists

The Hindu  

Expressing concern over the rising burden of lung cancer in India, oncologists in Mysuru said that estimated incidence of lung cancer in Karnataka during 2021 was 5,744. Also, lung cancer was the leading cause of cancer deaths in the State, accounting for 10.47 per cent of all cancer deaths. “Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer deaths in Karnataka, …

World No Tobacco Day 2023: Health insurance for smokers in India; all you need to know
1 year, 6 months ago

World No Tobacco Day 2023: Health insurance for smokers in India; all you need to know

Live Mint  

Every year on May 31, the World No Tobacco Day campaign works to raise public awareness on the risks of tobacco use and to advocate appropriate tobacco control policies. Understanding how health insurance might help smokers is vital in India, where smoking is still a major public health risk. Health insurance features available for smokers Smokers can still benefit from …

Decoding the Co-Relation Between Smoking and Oral Cancer
1 year, 9 months ago

Decoding the Co-Relation Between Smoking and Oral Cancer

News 18  

The detrimental effects of smoking on our health are well-known. 90 per cent of oral cancer cases in India are caused by tobacco use, according to a report by the Indian Council of Medical Research. Smoking causes oral cancer by exposing the tissues in the mouth to harmful chemicals found in tobacco smoke, such as polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, nitrosamines, and …

Why 16% tax on cigarettes won't stop explosion of tobacco related cancers in India
1 year, 10 months ago

Why 16% tax on cigarettes won't stop explosion of tobacco related cancers in India

India Today  

Tobacco taxation in India has always had discrepancies, and the Budget presented by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman today did not address those discrepancies at all. DEVIL IN THE DETAILS "The 16 per cent increase in NCCD announced in the union budget effectively increases the overall taxes on cigarettes by only about 1.8 per cent, and its expected impact on the …

Lung and breast cancer: Bridging gap for newer therapies to deliver better clinical outcomes
2 years, 1 month ago

Lung and breast cancer: Bridging gap for newer therapies to deliver better clinical outcomes

Firstpost  

It’s very important to raise awareness among the general public about the disease and the possible affordable treatment they can take for it. Information inaccessibility between the common public is the biggest gap that Government of India is trying to uplift Non-communicable diseases, usually referred to as chronic diseases, are becoming a bigger problem in India. Due to cancer not …

Survey reveals low awareness about cancer screening in Arunachal Pradesh
2 years, 3 months ago

Survey reveals low awareness about cancer screening in Arunachal Pradesh

The Hindu  

The ICMR- NCDIR monitoring survey of cancer risk factors and health system response in northeast region found that only 5.6 per cent of people in Arunachal Pradesh it surveyed were aware of cancer screening. The survey found that only 0.6 per cent of people in urban areas had ever underwent oral cavity examination for cancer, while in rural populations it …

Tobacco has 200 cancer-causing chemicals
2 years, 6 months ago

Tobacco has 200 cancer-causing chemicals

Deccan Chronicle  

NELLORE: With 7,000 harmful chemicals, including over 200 that cause cancer, tobacco is the most harmful plant ever grown by mankind. At least 95 percent of people with cancers of mouth and lung use tobacco habitually, underlined Dr. N Kannan, head, Tobacco Cessation Clinic, Narayana Dental College and Hospital. Speaking to Deccan Chronicle on occasion of World No Tobacco Day …

World No Tobacco Day: 4 ways chewing tobacco or smoking can affect your oral health
2 years, 6 months ago

World No Tobacco Day: 4 ways chewing tobacco or smoking can affect your oral health

Hindustan Times  

Tobacco is highly addictive and before your realise it can put you at risk of various cardiovascular, respiratory diseases, cancers and many other deadly diseases. World No Tobacco Day, observed on May 31 every year raises awareness about the damaging effect of consuming tobacco and ways to get de-addicted. On the occasion of World No Tobacco Day, Dr Hitesh R …

India Cracked Down on Tobacco Smoking But 'Paan Masala' Brands Still Enjoy Celebrity Endorsement
2 years, 6 months ago

India Cracked Down on Tobacco Smoking But 'Paan Masala' Brands Still Enjoy Celebrity Endorsement

News 18  

Despite the widespread awareness of the associated harms, tobacco usage continues to be one of the most serious health challenges in India. India actually faces a more acute health burden due to smokeless tobacco products such as gutka, paan, paan masala, khaini and zarda. Dual Burden of Smoking and Smokeless Tobacco in India Tobacco use contributes to over 9.5 per …

Maharashtra has most tobacco users who plan to quit: Survey
2 years, 6 months ago

Maharashtra has most tobacco users who plan to quit: Survey

Hindustan Times  

Mumbai A nationwide survey, as a part of a worldwide survey on the impact of tobacco control policies, showed that although in the last decade, the awareness of cigarette health warnings increased in India, there is low awareness of quitline numbers on cigarette packets. The survey was done under the Tobacco Control Programme India project by Healis-Sekhsaria Institute for Public …

Tobacco use by smoking or smokeless ways risks heart disease. Here's how to quit
2 years, 6 months ago

Tobacco use by smoking or smokeless ways risks heart disease. Here's how to quit

Hindustan Times  

In 1987, the World Health Assembly passed Resolution WHA40.38, calling for April 7, 1988, to be "a world no-smoking day" and in 1988, Resolution WHA42.19 was passed, calling for the celebration of World No-Tobacco Day, every year on May 31. World No-Tobacco Day 2022: Tobacco use, by smoking or smokeless methods, is a major risk factor for heart disease. Here's …

Smoking causes over seven million deaths a year
2 years, 8 months ago

Smoking causes over seven million deaths a year

The Hindu  

As per the estimates of WHO 1.3 billion people who smoke, and 80% of them live in low and middle- income countries. Smoking is thus an epidemic and a great public health threat, killing over eight million people around the year. Over seven million of these people die due to direct tobacco use, and 1.2 million non-smokers who are exposed …

Low tobacco tax, poor health
3 years ago

Low tobacco tax, poor health

The Hindu  

In India, 28.6% of adults above 15 years and 8.5% of students aged 13-15 years use tobacco in some form or the other. Yet, there has been no major increase in taxation of tobacco products to discourage the consumption of tobacco in the past four years since the introduction of the Goods and Services Tax in 2017 except for a …

Lung Cancer Awareness Month: Smoking Not The Only Culprit, Protect Your Lungs From Air Pollution Too
3 years, 1 month ago

Lung Cancer Awareness Month: Smoking Not The Only Culprit, Protect Your Lungs From Air Pollution Too

ABP News  

In 1950, soon after India's Independence, British researchers Richard Doll and Bradford Hill had come to a conclusion that air pollution and tobacco smoking were the two most important causes of lung cancer. Air pollution has remained the primary cause of many health issues, and particularly lung diseases including lung cancer. International Agency for Research on Cancer in 2013 has …

Why are cancer cases rising in India?
3 years, 1 month ago

Why are cancer cases rising in India?

India TV News  

Although India has, for a long time, battled the incidence of cancer, latest estimates pegs them to be rising at significantly higher rate. According to the Indian Council of Medical Research, there will be an estimated 12 per cent rise in cancer cases in India in the next five years. Tobacco use is the major reason -- comprising 48.7 per …

2 Years of Vaping Ban in India: Some Scientists Say it's Time for a Review
3 years, 3 months ago

2 Years of Vaping Ban in India: Some Scientists Say it's Time for a Review

The Quint  

In this clutter of misinformation, the scientifically sound public health communication would be that if you are a non-smoker, avoid any nicotine-containing product; if you smoke, try to quit, and if you cannot or are not willing to give up nicotine use, reduce harm by switching to the least harmful options available such as vaping, snus or heated tobacco. We …

Over a quarter of students exposed to second-hand smoke: survey
3 years, 4 months ago

Over a quarter of students exposed to second-hand smoke: survey

The Hindu  

More than 29% of students in India were exposed to second-hand smoke, said the Global Youth Tobacco Survey, India, 2019, which was released by Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Tuesday. The National Fact Sheet said there has been a 42% decline in tobacco use among 13-15 year-old school going children in last decade. It added that use of any form …

Curbs on tobacco products will help the fight against Covid, boost the economy
4 years, 2 months ago

Curbs on tobacco products will help the fight against Covid, boost the economy

Hindustan Times  

The Covid-19 pandemic has pushed us to adapt to a new normal, retrospect on underlying behaviours towards health and shun old harmful habits that are detrimental to one’s health and that of others. In India, an estimated 1.3 million deaths are accounted for as due to the use of tobacco A recent review of studies by public health experts convened …

Reducing India’s cancer burden
4 years, 3 months ago

Reducing India’s cancer burden

The Hindu  

The Indian Council of Medical Research -National Centre for Disease Informatics and Research National Cancer Registry Programme Report of August 2020 has estimated that the number of cancer cases in India in 2020 is 13.9 lakh. A 2017 report showed that India’s cancer burden increased 2.6 times between 1990 to 2016, and deaths due to cancers doubled during the time. …

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