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Study shows heating in vaping device as cause for lung injury
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
California [US], September 30 (ANI): Early results of an experimental vaping study have shown significant lung injury from E-cigarette (eC) devices with nickel-chromium alloy heating elements.
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Maharashtra bans sale of loose cigarettes, beedis as they don't have healt
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], September 28 (ANI): A complete ban on the sale of loose cigarettes and beedis has been imposed by the Maharashtra Public Health department owing to the lack of health warnings on individual items outside the box.
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Consumer groups to hold webinar on tobacco harm reduction
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 22 (ANI/NewsVoir): Consumer groups in the Asia-Pacific are holding a webinar on 26 September 2020 to encourage countries in the region to acknowledge tobacco harm reduction (THR) as a human right and discuss the merits of smoke-free nicotine products as much safe
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4 arrested with gold, cigarettes at Kozhikode airport
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Kochi (Kerala) [India], September 7 (ANI): The Air Intelligence Unit at Kozhikode airport has seized 653 grams of gold and 10,000 cigarettes from the possession of four passengers travelling by two different flights, according to the Commissionerate of Customs (Preventive).
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Study reveals advertising may uptick youth vaping
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 15 (ANI): While advertising affects and influences a person' behaviour, recent research has discovered one such effect of vaping among the youngsters. In the study, researchers are raising the alarm about the increase of vaping among teenagers and how e-cigarette mark
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Schoolboy assaulted by police officer in Dehradun, probe underway
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], Aug 12 (ANI): An officer of Additional Director General of Police-rank posted at Uttarakhand Police Headquarters has been charged with serious allegations of assaulting a schoolboy and burning him with a cigarette.
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Butt out the cigarette butts with Let's Do It India's "Fugitive" this Worl
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 11 (ANI/NewsVoir): Let's Do It India is the Indian division of Let's Do It World, a global not-for-profit that aims to tackle environmental and social problems related to mismanaged waste by engaging with communities, governments and policymakers for a cleaner ecosp
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Researchers link advertising to uptick in youth vaping: Study
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Aug 11 (ANI): Researchers are raising the alarm about the increase of vaping among teenagers and how e-cigarette marketing strategies target youth.
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Heavier smoking linked to skyrocketing health risks: Study
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
South Australia [Australia], Aug 8 (ANI): Each cigarette smoked a day by heavier smokers increases the risk of contracting some diseases by more than 30 per cent, according to a new international study.
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Despite COVID-19 concerns, cigar smokers are smoking more: Survey
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
North Carolina [USA], Aug 8 (ANI): Results from an online survey suggest that though cigar smokers are concerned about their health and COVID-19 but are eventually smoking more during the pandemic.
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Though concerned about COVID-19, cigar smokers are smoking more, survey fi
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
North Carolina [USA], Aug 5 (ANI): An online survey involving nearly 800 cigar smokers found that majority of the people surveyed intended to quit smoking due to concerns about elevated health risks if they contracted COVID-19, more than twice as many reported they increased rather than decr
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Study details effects of smoking e-cigarettes on cardiovascular health
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Sophia Antipolis [France], Aug 2 (ANI): According to a recent position paper, the use of e-cigarettes doubles the risk of starting to smoke traditional cigarettes in adolescents. The paper also details the effects of devices that look like cigarettes and refillable vaporisers that do not loo
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