Bengaluru: The 4th National Tobacco Testing Laboratory (NTTL) was inaugurated at NIMHANS here on Tuesday, marking a significant step forward in tobacco product testing and public health research , the institute said.

India currently has three National Tobacco Testing Laboratories-an apex lab at the National Institute of Cancer Prevention and Research (NICPR) in Noida, and two regional labs at the Central Drug Testing Laboratory (CDTL) in Mumbai and the Regional Drug Testing Laboratory (RDTL) in Guwahati.

The new laboratory at NIMHANS is equipped to conduct comprehensive chemical and toxicological analyses of tobacco products, supporting the enforcement of regulatory standards and promoting scientific evaluation in line with national and international guidelines, the institute sai

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