WHO calls for more tobacco control worldwide to save lives
In a latest report on the global tobacco epidemic, the WHO said about 4.7 billion people, or 63 per cent of the world's population, are covered today by at least one comprehensive tobacco control measure.
Jul 20, 2017, 15:32 PM ISTHIV patients indulging in tobacco-use at double the risk of death, warns study!
Researchers at the University of York in the UK said that tobacco use is emerging as a 'silent killer' for HIV patients and is more common among HIV positive people than HIV negative individuals.
Jun 02, 2017, 19:11 PM ISTWorld No Tobacco Day 2017: Tobacco kills one person every six seconds; health effect of smoking and nicotine
According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), tobacco uses kill nearly six million people in a year.
May 31, 2017, 09:36 AM IST