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The only way to deliver innovative products is to understand the market place ... - Economic Times

The only way to deliver innovative products is to understand the market place ...
Economic Times
The next big launch is expected to be tobacco-control product NiQuitin, says GSK Consumer India MD Zubair Ahmed. Walmsley, who worked in L'Oreal for 17 years before joining GSK in 2010, is high on Indian talent too. Three of the firm's top emerging ...

Slow poison, but who cares? - Deccan Herald

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Slow poison, but who cares?
Deccan Herald
According to statistics by World Health Organisation (WHO) provided to Tobacco Control in India that is supported by the Ministry of Health & Welfare, Government of India, five million people die prematurely every year in the world due to the use of ...
Health ministry launches music video campaign against tobacco consumptionRadioandMusic.com

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Fear ads work well - The Hindu

The Hindu

Fear ads work well
The Hindu
As part of the study, 2399 smokers aged 18- 34 years in 10 low to middle income countries (Bangladesh, China, Egypt, India, Indonesia, Mexico, Philippines, Russia, Turkey and Vietnam) viewed and individually rated the same five anti-smoking ...

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Smokers cough up Rs. 58 lakh as fine - The Hindu

The Hindu

Smokers cough up Rs. 58 lakh as fine
The Hindu
Ban on smoking in public places is being vigorously implemented across Tamil Nadu and the State has collected Rs.58 lakh as fine from violators in the last two years, P. Vadivelan, State Tobacco Control Officer and Joint Director (Health Education ...

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Singer Shaan appointed anti-tobacco brand ambassador - NDTV

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Singer Shaan appointed anti-tobacco brand ambassador
NDTV
So, without giving any second thought to it, I took up this project and will always contribute my best to it," Shaan said, while launching tobacco control campaign by Health Ministry and Salaam Bombay foundation. The singer, who has voiced numbers like ...

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Singer Shaan appointed anti-tobacco brand ambassador - Deccan Herald

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Singer Shaan appointed anti-tobacco brand ambassador
Deccan Herald
So, without giving any second thought to it, I took up this project and will always contribute my best to it," Shaan said, while launching tobacco control campaign by Health Ministry and Salaam Bombay foundation. The singer, who has voiced numbers like ...
Lets have tobacco-free youth: ShaanTimes of India

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Pilot project for Madurai - The Hindu

The Hindu

Pilot project for Madurai
The Hindu
VV Rajan Chellappa, Mayor, along with Deputy Mayor R. Gopalakrishnan, told reporters here on Tuesday that the civic body would soon launch a set of tough measures for tobacco control and strict vigil would be there to prevent smoking in public places.

Fighting Big Tobacco in Malaysia — Fifa Rahman - The Malaysian Insider

Fighting Big Tobacco in Malaysia — Fifa Rahman
The Malaysian Insider
Malaysia is a signatory of the World Health Organisation Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (hereinafter the WHO–FCTC) which states under Article 5.3 that parties to the Convention should ensure that policy is protected from vested interests of ...

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Voices grow against political funding from tobacco firms - Times of India

Voices grow against political funding from tobacco firms
Times of India
India has ratified the World Health Organization's Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) in 2004 and is obligated to adopt and implement effective legislation aimed at reducing tobacco use and tobacco smoke exposure. One of the FCTC's guiding ...

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Mumbai gears up for marathon - gulfnews.com

Mumbai gears up for marathon
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By Pamela Raghunath, Correspondent Mumbai: The Standard Chartered Mumbai Marathon 2012 is not just a great sporting event for Mumbaikars but has grown into one of India's largest charity events in which a corporate tycoon, a Bollywood singer and a ...

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Tobacco Facts

Tobacco use is one of the biggest public health threats the world has ever faced.

There are more than one billion smokers in the world.
Globally, use of tobacco products is increasing, although it is decreasing in high-income countries.
Almost half of the world's children breathe air polluted by tobacco smoke.
The epidemic is shifting to the developing world.
More than 80% of the world's smokers live in low- and middle-income countries.
Tobacco use kills 5.4 million people a year - an average of one person every six seconds - and accounts for one in 10 adult deaths worldwide.
Tobacco kills up to half of all users.
It is a risk factor for six of the eight leading causes of deaths in the world.