Dr. Pankaj Chaturvedi of Mumbai Honored for Leading Efforts to Reduce Tobacco Use in India, Giving a Voice to Tobacco Victims

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Dr. Pankaj Chaturvedi — a cancer surgeon based at Mumbai’s Tata Memorial Hospital — will be honored today with the Judy Wilkenfeld Award for International Tobacco Control Excellence in recognition of his…
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India Fights Addictive “Path to Death”

Despite powerful opposition from a billion-dollar industry, India continues to make progress in banning gutka — a deadly form of chewing tobacco that is fueling the country's oral cancer epidemic.

According to a story by Reuters,…
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Efforts to Ban Cancer-Causing Gutka Gain Momentum in India

There is growing momentum in India to ban gutka, a form of chewing tobacco flavored with spices and sweeteners that is a major cause of oral cancer in the country. TAGS:

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Ban on Smokeless Gutka Gains Ground in India

A growing number of states in India have banned or are considering bans on smokeless gutka, a cancer-causing cocktail of flavored smokeless tobacco and additives. Extremely cheap and easily purchased by children and teenagers, an TAGS:

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WTO Ruling on Clove Cigarettes Disregards Congress’ Legitimate Authority to Protect America’s Kids from Tobacco

WASHINGTON, DC — The Appellate Body of the World Trade Organization (WTO) today has wrongly concluded that a decision by the U.S. Congress on how best to protect America’s children from flavored cigarettes that serve as starter products…
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First India Cancer Study Shows Clear Link to Tobacco

The first nationwide study of cancer in India shows the clear link between the nation’s urgent tobacco problem and cancer rates. The study published in TAGS:

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Children Toil in Poverty to Produce India’s Bidi Cigarettes

Sagira Ansari suffers from coughs, colds, fever and persistent headaches. But her ailments do not shorten her workday or slow her as she drops flakes of tobacco into square-cut leaves, rolls them deftly and ties the ends of a bidi cigarette with twists…
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Smokeless Tobacco Users in India Cry “Enough!”

Posted by: Rajika Jayatilake, Associate Director, International Communications

Hundreds of thousands of victims of smokeless tobacco are raising their voices against a regional product—gutka—that is responsible…
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Implementation of India's Smoke-Free Law Is a Historic Step to Protect Health

WASHINGTON, D.C.—The government of India today has taken a historic step to protect the health of the nation’s more than 1.1 billion citizens by implementing a national law that requires workplaces and public places to be smoke-free.…
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India, UK Join Growing List of Countries To Require Pictorial Tobacco Warnings

India and the United Kingdom have become the latest countries to require large picture warnings on all packs of cigarettes and other tobacco products, demonstrating global support for this important measure to reduce tobacco use. At least 14 countries…
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