Anti-smoking
No Smoking Day 2024: All you need to know about best ways to quit smoking
No Smoking Day is celebrated every year across the world to spread awareness about the bad impacts of smoking. It urges individuals to stop smoking and promotes a smoke-free environment
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No Smoking Day 2024: Everything you need to know about harmful disease
National No Smoking Day is a yearly health awareness day in the UK, planning to inspire and support smokers to stop for good. This day presents the ideal chance to take that crucial step
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Drug firm Lupin introduces smoking cessation generic product in US market
Drug firm Lupin on Wednesday said it has launched a product, used as an aid to smoking cessation treatment, in the US market. The company has launched Varenicline tablets in strengths of 0.5 mg and 1 mg, after having received approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (USFDA), the Mumbai-based drug maker said in a regulatory filing. The company's product is the generic equivalent of PF Prism CV's Chantix tablets, it added. It is indicated for use as an aid to smoking cessation treatment. As per the IQVIA data, Varenicline tablets had estimated annual sales of USD 412 million in the US. Shares of the company were trading 0.75 per cent up at Rs 1,406.50 apiece on the BSE.
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UK might ban smoking: Here's what the Indian law says about smoking
In 2004, Bhutan became the first country in the world to completely ban the cultivation, harvesting, production, and sale of tobacco products
Zydus Lifesciences receives final USFDA approval for varenicline tablets
The drug will be manufactured at the group's formulation manufacturing facility at Ahmedabad SEZ
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India among countries with lowest quit rates for smoking, says report
India ranks second in the number of smokers aged between 16 and 64 years and is among the nations with one of the lowest quit rates for smoking, according to a new report. The report prepared by 'The International Commission to Reignite the Fight Against Smoking' using secondary data from sources like the World Bank, said that China and India are home to more than 500 million tobacco users between the ages 16 and 64 years. "India ranks second with 250,002,133 smokers between 16 and 64 years of age. Tobacco prevalence in India is three times higher among men than women. India also accounts for some of the highest rates of smokeless tobacco use and oral cancer in the world," it said. According to the report, 37 per cent of Indian respondents showed a desire to change behaviour with a plan to quit smoking. However, India is among countries with the lowest quit rates for smoking. The quit rates for men are less than 20 per cent, it noted. The report said an estimated 1.14 billion peopl
Pandemic uncertainty may have stalled anti-smoking push, says report
A year after COVID-19 upended life for millions of Americans, there are troubling signs that the coronavirus may have also slowed progress against another deadly health threat: smoking.
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India asks states not to tie-up with Phillip Morris-led anti-smoking group
The company says it works independently, but WHO has said there are "clear conflicts" due to the $80 million in annual funding the foundation receives from Philip Morris
How Philip Morris quietly campaigned to block a global anti-smoking treaty
Philip Morris worked to subvert the treaty on multiple levels
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