Tobacco is one of the major commercial crops grown in India, with most of it farmed in the states of Andhra Pradesh and Gujarat and in neighboring states, including Karnataka and Maharashtra. Around 6 ...

Directs district collectors to ensure strict enforcement of curbs on cultivation through active Task Force surveillanceWhite ...

Tobacco use and farming are rising nationwide, replacing food crops, which is deepening the food security crisis, experts said at an event. Without urgent amendments to the tobacco control law, both ...

With cultivation dating back thousands of years, tobacco was an important crop for various Native American nations in North America. Evidence that the Maya in what is now Mexico grew tobacco dates to ...

Electronic cigarettes heavily marketed via single-use flavored products are increasingly popular. These products require disposal of large amounts of hazardous waste, including huge quantities of ...

In total, 58.5% of the participants wanted to stop growing tobacco, and most had a lower quality of life than the mean. Nine independent variables were associated with a desire to stop tobacco farming ...

On July 15 2016, a South African Airlines airplane blew smoke-rings into the sky with a revolutionary engine powered by the world’s leading cause of preventable death: tobacco. This innovative, ...

Farmers along the banks of the Sangu river in Bandarban’s Thanchi upazila are gradually moving away from tobacco cultivation, ...