Summary Non-communicable Diseases (NCDs) are a threat to public health and
sustainable development. NCDs were equated to being a 'pandemic'before COVID-19 …

Tobacco is a threat to public health in South-East Asia and its control should be a priority.
However, many common assumptions about tobacco control may not hold true for the region …

Objectives The COVID-19 pandemic may have influenced alcohol and tobacco consumption
in low-income and middle-income countries, yet the effects are relatively unknown. In this …

METHODS This study is an assessment of academic publications retrieved from the Scopus
database on smoking cessation using TCM therapy published in the period 2005–2021 …

The Coronavirus Disease 2019, commonly referred to as COVID-19, is responsible for one
of the deadliest pandemics in human history. The direct, indirect and lasting repercussions …

Background: Smokeless tobacco (SLT) use among women is widely prevalent in Manipur
state accounting for 45% users as per Global Adult Tobacco Survey (GATS)-2 India. Studies …

Owing to the various scientific evidence linking smoking to the increased risk of developing
severe disease and death from the COVID-19 pandemic, now is a critical time for smokers to …

Introduction The tobacco industry intends to ensure continuing marketing of tobacco
products by influencing and interfering in tobacco control policies. This paper assessed …

METHODS Telephone survey was conducted between July and August 2020 across an
existing cohort of tobacco users (n= 801) residing in Delhi (55.4%) and Chennai (44.6%) …

METHODS We used data from wave three of NIDS-CRAM (the National Income Dynamics
Study-Coronavirus Rapid Mobile Survey) conducted in November–December 2020. We first …