Pankaj Chaturvedi, Sanjay Seth, Prakash C Gupta, Ashima Sarin Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai ‘Bans don’t work’ is a common response to measures to restrict or outlaw tobacco supply. Libertarians decry such measures as excessive ‘nanny state’ intervention; others point to the USA experience of alcohol prohibition in the 1930s, often held up as a failed […]
Month: August 2015
Last Dance
Powerful anti-tobacco ad from Cancer Council Tasmania. A systematic review of the economic evaluations of tobacco control mass media campaigns show such campaigns offer good value for money. Please feel welcome to share ads you think are helping smokers quit. […]
Point of Sale Display: A Call to Action on Prohibition of Tobacco Products in Nepal
By Amrit Banstola and Ashik Banstola In Nepal, tobacco products are smoked, inhaled, chewed, and sucked in many different forms. All forms of these tobacco products seriously damage health. In a situation where the country is undergoing a shift in burden from infectious diseases to chronic diseases, Non-Communicable Diseases [NCDs] caused by tobacco are increasingly […]