Mysore/Mysuru: Deputy Commissioner (DC) Dr. K.V. Rajendra has instructed the officers of Health and Family Welfare Department to pull up their socks and act tough by checking the sales of tobacco products within 100 metres radius of schools, colleges and hospitals. The DC also offered to recommend the names of best performing officers for Sarvottama…
Mysore/Mysuru: More than 1.3 million people die of tobacco use every year in India and a majority of them are afflicted with cancer. The country, which is the second largest consumer of tobacco in the world, accounts for almost half of all oral cancers and the highest burden of tuberculosis globally. Not surprisingly, smoking will…
Bengaluru: To fight Corona’s third wave and future waves, Cancer survivors from Bengaluru have written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Health Minister Dr. Harsh Vardhan and Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa and State Health and Medical Education Minister Dr. K. Sudhakar seeking amendment to Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products Act (COTPA) – 2003, impose/ implement…
Warns of penalising violators Mysore/Mysuru: Following complaints of consumption of tobacco products in public places and illegal sale of it and also conducting raids and imposing fines had decreased since seven to eight months following COVID-19 pandemic. But from Nov. 12 (today), Additional Deputy Commissioner (ADC) Dr. B.S. Manjunatha Swamy has instructed the officials concerned…
Mysore/Mysuru: As spitting of tobacco and pan masala may spread the COVID-19 pandemic, the Government has banned spitting of chewable tobacco products and pan masala under Section (2) of Epidemic Diseases Act,1897. The District Tobacco Consumption Control Cell’s Surveillance Officer, in a press release, said that consumption and spitting of tobacco and pan masala in…
For many, the COVID-19 lockdown has been a good push to quit smoking. Tobacco smoking or chewing is a known risk factor for many respiratory infections and increases the severity of respiratory diseases. On World No Tobacco Day today, here is an article that highlights how smokers are likely to be more vulnerable to COVID-19…
Mysuru/Mysore: To create awareness on the ill-effects of tobacco usage, the Interactors of Rotary Midtown Academy went on a Jatha and performed street plays at four villages of Kergalli, Badagolahundi, Ramanahundi and Nanjarajayyana hundi recently. The school band performed march-past on the main streets of these villages and distributed handbills containing the harmful effects of…
Mysuru: The National Service Scheme (NSS) wing of University of Mysore (UoM) and Sambandh Health Foundation (SHF), Gurgaon, had organised a workshop on ‘Tobacco-free Youth’ at Rani Bahadur auditorium in Manasagangothri here yesterday. Inaugurating the programme, UoM Vice-Chancellor Prof. G. Hemantha Kumar opined that the youth should be aware of the ills of tobacco consumption. …
Mysuru: Accusing Mysuru-Kodagu MP Pratap Simha of neglecting tobacco growers and failing to attend the meeting called to discuss the issues, the Karnataka Rajya Raitha Sangha (KRRS) and Hasiru Sene will be protesting simultaneously in front of the MP’s residence and office on Nov.24, said KRRS and Hasiru Sene State President Badagalapura Nagendra, here yesterday. …
In a move aimed at curbing tobacco menace in public places, officials of the District Health and Family Welfare Department carried out a drive and booked cases against 33 persons for illegal sale of tobacco products under Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products Act 2003 (COTPA) Act and collected a fine of Rs. 5,100 from them….
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