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Vaping, a gateway to cigarette smoking
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jun 30 (ANI): With electronic (e)-cigarettes gaining popularity, there has been a push to understand whether or not they are a "gateway" to cigarette smoking.
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Powerful campaign shows tobacco use fuelling India's TB epidemic
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 31 (ANI): The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW), Government of India, has launched the world's first national tobacco control mass media campaign to warn people of the increased risk of tuberculosis (TB) and dying from TB associated with smoking cigare
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How parents can help teens to quit smoking?
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 31 (ANI): There comes a phase in every parent's life when their kids start becoming seriously addicted to smoking very quickly and what starts as a "first experiment with cigarettes" or "peer pressure over smoking", becomes a very dangerous add
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Unhappy, less aware youth prone to alcohol addiction
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], May 25 (ANI): Making youth aware of the harms of smoking and drinking could help them steer away from alcohol and cigarettes, suggests a recent study.
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Turns out, e-cigarettes can help smokers kick the butt
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Apr 28 (ANI): Smokers rejoice! As a recent study suggests that your plan to kick the cigarette addiction by turning to the electronic version of butts won't go up in smoke.
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Citric acid may not be as safe to vape as you think
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Mar. 10 (ANI): More than 7,000 different flavours of electronic cigarettes are available in the market, but not much is known about the safety of the e-liquids when they are inhaled.
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Can e-cigarettes lead to cancer?
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. {USA], Mar. 9 (ANI): Beware before you rejoice in smoking e-cigarettes, as a study has found significant level of cancer-causing benzene in e-cigarette vapors, when the devices are operated at high power.
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Researchers study perceptions of e-cigarettes
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C.[USA], Mar. 6 (ANI): Daily users of e-cigarettes see them as about as satisfying or even more satisfying, and less harmful, than cigarettes, according to the results of a small study from the University at Buffalo.
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Cigarettes block self-healing processes in lungs: Study
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Mar. 3 (ANI): Smoke from cigarettes blocks self-healing processes in the lungs and consequently can lead to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).
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DRI seizes 29.3 lakh foreign cigarettes, arrests one person
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Kolkata, (West Bengal),[India] Feb. 16 (ANI): The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) on Thursday seized a container carrying approximately 29.3 lakh foreign cigarette sticks at the Netaji Subhas Dock in Kolkata.
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Ministry of Health and Family Welfare launches report on India's toba
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb. 10 (ANI): The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India revealed the findings of a study to evaluate the implementation of the 'Film Rule', under the Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products Act (COTPA), talking about the influence of portrayin
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Teens using e-cigs are more likely to smoke cigarettes
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
London [UK], Feb. 10 (ANI): In a shocking revelation, a study warns that teenagers aged between 17 and 18 who use e-cigarettes, a practice referred as vaping, in high school are four times more likely to start smoking cigarettes a year later.
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