Patna: A report tabled at a cancer review meeting has found oral cancer to be the most common cancer in Bihar. Of the total confirmed cancer cases, 43.5 % were oral cancer, while breast cancer accounted for 27.2 %, cervical cancer 15.2 % and other cancers 14.1 %. The study also revealed that more than…
Chennai: Chennai police registered 38 cases and rounded up 77 persons during a week-long anti-narcotics crackdown conducted across the city between June 14 and June 20. The operation was carried out by the special teams headed by assistant commissioners and inspectors, under the supervision of deputy commissioners of police (DCP) across 12 police districts, intensified…
A cigarette smoker (Pic for representation) Hubballi: Implementation of the Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products Act (COTPA) in Hubballi-Dharwad has largely remained limited to official records, with violations continuing openly across the twin cities.Advertisements and promotional displays for tobacco products are being put up by paan-beeda shops and other vendors, aimed at attracting customers and…
Mumbai: One in every five fathers in Greater Mumbai uses tobacco. Every second neighbour and close relative whom children observe daily, too, use some form of tobacco.Tobacco use is so deeply embedded in many homes and neighbourhoods that children grow up seeing it as a normal part of everyday life, according to a new survey…
Inauguration of World No Tobacco Day was held at the Govt Teachers’ Training College in Mangaluru on Saturday Mangaluru: Tobacco, in any form, is harmful to human health. Once you start using it, it takes you until it ends your life. Therefore, change your perspective and make a firm decision not to become addicted to…
Mumbai: Not only does India continue to shoulder one of the world’s heaviest oral cancer burdens, but doctors also warn that most patients still reach hospital at a very advanced stage of the disease.Tobacco consumption remains the main cause of the disease, but there is a growing number of younger patients being diagnosed with human…
