Beijing | 11 months ago
WHO lauds China's smoking curbs
Beijing, May 31 - The World Health Organization - Thursday praised China for its efforts to raise awareness on health risks caused by cigarette smoking.This year marks a milestone in history, as China's health ministry released its first official publication on the harms of smoking, the UN agency said in a statement on World No Tobacco Day Thursday.The health ministry Wednesday issued a report on ... read more

Mumbai | 11 months ago
Don't accuse films for promoting smoking, urges Vivek
Mumbai, May 31 - On World No Tobacco Day Thursday, Actor Vivek Oberoi has urged people to stop accusing Bollywood for popularising smoking as he feels that films are a mirror to society and not vice-versa.What all will you stop? Rape scenes, terrorism in films? Then let's make cartoons. It's very difficult. I think it's asking to strangle creativity. Because as you said, films are a mirror of the ... read more

Dubai | 11 months ago
Dubai bans tobacco sale on World No Tobacco Day
Dubai, May 30 - Dubai Municipality has banned sale of tobacco products for 24 hours in the entire emirate to observe the World No Tobacco Day Thursday.The ban was announced by Redha Salaman, director of Public Health and Safety Department at Dubai Municipality Wednesday.World No Tobacco Day is observed around the world every year May 31 and meant to encourage a 24-hour period of abstinence from al ... read more

1 year ago
Salman gets fine notice for smoking in public
Patiala -, May 31 - Bollywood star Salman Khan, who is in this Punjab town for shooting his film 'Bodyguard', landed in trouble Tuesday with the local administration penalising him for smoking in public place at a hotel.Taking cognizance of his photograph published in a daily, the Patiala district administration issued a notice - to Salman Khan late Tuesday, which was coincidentally observed as Wo ... read more

Madrid | 1 year ago
Tobacco kills 55,000 people in Spain every year
Madrid, May 31 - Around 55,000 people die every year in Spain from tobacco-related diseases, said an official report Tuesday on the occasion of World No Tobacco Day.The report stated that the only positive news was that since the government brought in a new anti-tobacco law in January this year, around 400,000 Spaniards have stopped smoking, Xinhua said.The new law prohibits smoking in closed publ ... read more

New Delhi | 1 year ago
What's Bipasha's new obsession?
New Delhi, May 31 - Bollywood actress Bipasha Basu loves experimenting with her looks -- and now she has found her latest obsession in hats and red lipsticks!'Hats and red lipstick are my new obsessions fr summer look! -,' Bipasha posted on micro-blogging site Twitter.The 32-year-old, who recently admitted that she has parted ways with long-time beau, John Abraham, is now back in India after wrapp ... read more

Mumbai | 1 year ago
Mumbai cabbies say no to tobacco
Mumbai, May 31 - More than 50,000 taxi drivers here lent their support to the 'Smoke Free Mumbai' campaign on World No Tobacco Day Tuesday and pledged to ensure that neither they nor their passengers would smoke in cabs.'Mumbai now joins several cities in the world like New York that protect the health of their taxi drivers and of passengers, especially children who are in no position to object fr ... read more

Beijing | 1 year ago
China should use state monopoly for tobacco control:WHO
Beijing, May 31 - China can use its state monopoly to prevent its tobacco industry from interference in tobacco control policy in a country where over a million people die of smoking-related illnesses annually, said a World Health Organisation - official.'China's tobacco industry is 100 percent state-owned. And this offers a tremendous opportunity for the government to bring it under control,' Sha ... read more

Manila | 1 year ago
WHO asks Asian governments to pass anti-tobacco laws
Manila, May 31 - The World Health Organisation - Tuesday said that Asian governments should pass and implement laws that will prevent premature deaths from tobacco-related diseases, Xinhua reported.In China, smoking accounts for about one million deaths per year. In South Korea, the total socio-economic cost of smoking in 2007 was estimated to have reached $6.1 billion.In a statement issued on Wor ... read more

Dubai | 1 year ago
Dubai to stop cigarette sale on World No Tobacco Day
Dubai, May 30 - Dubai has urged traders not to sell cigarettes for at least 24 hours at petrol stations and shops on the occasion of World No Tobacco Day May 31.A total of 63 shops and 138 petrol stations are taking part in the campaign.Restaurants and cafes have also been requested to participate.There will be free medical tests conducted by the Dubai Medical College on the occasion, and lectures ... read more