M Govinda Rao: Tobacco - Need for effective regulation

The most important thing is to ban all forms of tobacco consumption in public places. By now, it is well established that tobacco is the single-most important contributor to non-communicable diseases in India. India has the second-largest number of tobacco consumers. Almost 10 per cent of the world’s tobacco consumers numbering 120 million are Indians. Interestingly, unlike in the west, 85 per cent of this is... [read full story]