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Tobacco control needs to be pursued like mission, says Harsh Vardhan

Tobacco use is so interwoven in our society that untiring efforts are required to fight this epidemic and tobacco control needs to be pursued like a mission, Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said

Inside the Philip Morris campaign to 'normalise' a tobacco device

The marketing strategy mimics that of tobacco companies in the mid-20th century, when they started associating cigarettes with Hollywood and high society

Govt's e-cigarette ban faces first legal challenge in Kolkata court

The government banned the sale, import and manufacture of e-cigarettes this month and warned of an "epidemic" among young people

E-cigarettes and heated tobacco products do not help reduce cancer: WHO

The seventh "WHO report on the global tobacco epidemic" said blocking the industry's interference was critical to cutting the harm from tobacco use

Delhi govt debars tobacco control NGO over foreign funding, then blinks

While the situation for SEEDS turned around quickly and in their favour, this has not been the case for public health NGOs in India