Tobacco industry directed to adopt strict warnings New Delhi, May 4 India’s highest court today ordered cigarette manufacturers to comply with controversial new rules requiring bigger health warnings on packets that sparked weeks-long factory shutdowns. The tobacco industry has taken the... 05 May, 2016
Study: Neanderthal DNA may influence modern depression risk NEW YORK: A new study says a person's risk of becoming depressed or hooked on smoking may be influenced by DNA inherited from Neanderthals. Researchers found evidence that one bit of Neanderthal DNA can boost the risk of tobacco addiction, while... Mobile & Apps 12 Feb, 2016
� THT 10 years ago: Govt gives security agencies a free hand Kathmandu, February 7, 2006 Home Minister Kamal Thapa today said the security personnel who will be in charge of providing security for the municipal polls across the 58 municipalities tomorrow could be expected to fire straight away in the event of... 08 Feb, 2016
�Exposure to environmental agents source of carcinoma� Kathmandu, February 3 Every year across the world 8.2 million people die of cancer. The fact that two-thirds of these deaths occur in low and middle income countries, and that more than 50 per cent deaths could have been prevented, is a cause for... Horoscopes 04 Feb, 2016
PHW effective tool for educating smokers: Study Kathmandu, October 16 Pictorial health warning on packets of tobacco products have proven to be an effective tool for educating smokers and non-smokers alike about the health risks of tobacco use, shows a study. According to the findings of the... Horoscopes 17 Oct, 2015
�Enact on tobacco law amendment � Kathmandu, August 20 Though the government amended the ‘Directives for Printing and Labelling of Warning Message and Graphics in the Boxes, Packets, Wrappers, Carton, Parcels and packaging of Tobacco Products-2011’, it is delaying... Horoscopes 21 Aug, 2015
Public feedback Going by the experience of the first failed CA, the feedback being collected from the people will just be a formality The process of delivering new constitution by first week of August has moved one more step forward with the Constituent Assembly... 09 Jul, 2015
WHO calls for tax increase to curb tobacco epidemic KATHMANDU, July 7 Nepal has made progress in implementing bans on advertisement, promotion and sponsorships of tobacco products, according to a report released today by the World Health Organisation, which has called on nations across the globe to... Horoscopes 08 Jul, 2015
Call for banning sale of tobacco products KATHMANDU: Health experts today said that the government should ban the sale of tobacco products. Speaking at an interaction, cancer specialist Dr Bishnu Dutta Paudel shared the ways to prevent cancer. “Tobacco products have been found to be the... Horoscopes 09 Jun, 2015
Global life expectancy up sharply since 1950 UNITED NATIONS: Global life expectancy has increased sharply from 47 years in 1950-55 to 68 years in 2005-2010, the UN said in a report on Friday. The report by Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said people are living longer mainly because of improvements... Women 11 Apr, 2010
Tobacco CONTROL & REGULATION bill: A need for more pragmatic approach KATHMANDU: Health Minister Umakant Chaudhary recently introduced the landmark, Tobacco Products (Control & Regulation) Bill 2066 for discussion in parliament with the aim of formulating a comprehensive law to control and regulate the tobacco... 03 Mar, 2010
Fund sought for counselling KATHMANDU: Tobacco Quit-Line-telephone counseling service, a counseling programme of Nepal Cancer Relief Society (NCRS) has been seeking support from donors to re-launch the programme. Prakash Singh Pradhan, vice president, NCRS, said that they had... Horoscopes 06 Feb, 2010
