Rampant sale of banned scented tobacco posing life-threatening hazards

Nagpur: Despite total ban on the sale and consumption of gutka, scented and flavoured tobacco in Maharashtra, rampant consumption of the life-threatening stuff is going on and the business is flourishing with no check in Nagpur. Raids or seizures are...
The Incidence of Cancer in India
Representational Pic Nagpur: Cancer can have profound social and economic consequences for people in India, often leading to family impoverishment and societal inequity. Reported age-adjusted incidence rates for cancer are still quite low in the demographically young country. Slightly more...
सरकारी निधि से खर्रे के बिल का भुगतान
Representational Pic नागपुर/अकोला: कहते है शौक बड़ी चीज़ है, इसे पूरा करने के लिए लोग न जाने क्या क्या करते है। पर अपने शौक को पूरा करने के लिए सरकारी पैसे का इस्तेमाल किया जाये तो इसे क्या कहाँ जायेगा।...
FDA raids paan stalls, seizes banned tobacco stuff worth Rs 61,395
Representational Pic Nagpur: Acting on information that the banned gutkha, panmasala, scented tobacco, scented kharra are being sold by paan stalls in city, the Food and Drugs Administration (FDA) inspectors carried out searches at 28 paan stalls in Reshimbagh Square,...
Are ‘Bigger’ health hazard warnings enough to fight tobacco induced diseases and create awareness?
Nagpur: Tobacco is the only available legal product that kills, causing the deaths every six seconds. According to a disturbing report from the World Health Organization (WHO) half of the current users will eventually die of tobacco-related diseases like cancers,...
City cops, FDA jointly seize stock of banned scented tobacco worth Rs 11.59 lakh
Nagpur: City police and Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in a joint raid on Tuesday seized a huge stock of banned scented tobacco worth Rs 11.52 lakh. The late night raid was carried out at a vacant land near Sainath Fabrication...
30 kg Ganja and 200 packets of scented tobacco seized
Nagpur: On the basis of secret information received that certain contraband articles are being transported by a Nagpur-Jabalpur bound bus of a private travels, Deolapar police came into action and laid a nakabandi in its jurisdiction. When checked the bus...