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India to host Conference on Tobacco Control today
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov. 7 (ANI): India is set to host the crucial global tobacco control conference today for the first time, where it will push for incorporating smokeless tobacco as an agenda.
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50 percent of smokers do not always focus on tobacco cessation: Study
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
WashingtonD.C. [US], Oct. 26 (ANI): A recent research conducted at the University of British Columbia has found that half of the statements made by smokers during counseling sessions that are designed to help them stop, have nothing to do with quitting.
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Roadside trash burning in India produces toxic rainbow
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington.D.C [US], Oct. 26 (ANI): A recent environmental study conducted to examine the samples of smoke particles emanating from burning roadside trash piles in India, has shown, that the chemical composition and toxicity is dreadful for human health.
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Teenagers smoke to lose weight: Survey
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [US], Oct. 14 (ANI): Shunning popular beliefs that people smoke cigarettes because they're addicted to the nicotine, a recent study shows that among US teens who are frequent smokers, 46 percent of girls and 30 percent of boys smoke to control their weight.
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Excess consumption of marijuana may lead to bone diseases, fractures
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C [USA], Oct. 13 (ANI): A recent study has found that people, who regularly smoke large amounts of cannabis have reduced bone density and are more prone to fractures.
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Smokeless tobacco products may escalate death risk in prostate cancer pati
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Oct. 13 (ANI): Consumption of smokeless tobacco product 'snus' on a regular basis may prove fatal to men with prostate cancer and can even lead them to the risk of premature death, suggests
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Absence of parents during early childhood linked to smoking, drinking befo
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [India], Oct. 11 (ANI): Parental absence in early childhood due to death or relationship break-down is linked to a heightened risk of starting to smoke and drink alcohol before the child reaches his teens, suggests a recent research.
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Ban on smoking persuade light smokers to quit the habit, says study
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Oct. 6 (ANI): A recent study shows how bans on smoking at a certain place, led young people living in those areas to give up or never take up cigarettes.
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Toxicant level in e-cig emissions 95 percent less than regular cigarette s
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
WashingtonD.C. (USA), Oct. 5 (ANI): In a comprehensive chemical comparison between smoke and e-cigarette emissions, researchers have found that toxicant level in e-cigarette vapour was 95% less than in conventional cigarette smoke.
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Ricciardo dominates, Hamilton crashes out in Malaysian GP
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Johannesburg [South Africa], Oct.2 (ANI): Lewis Hamilton's hopes of regaining the world championship lead went up in smoke as Red Bull's Daniel Ricciardo emerged as the quickest driver at a dramatic, action-packed Malaysian Grand Prix on Sunday.
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Only Gutkha banned, no ban by SC on chewing tobacco, cigarette or beedi
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept.28 (ANI-Newsvoir): Smokeless Tobacco Federation of India which is an association established in order to promote and protect the trade, commerce and industries in India connected with tobacco and allied products have contradicted the report in some newspaper which sug
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Belief about nicotine content in cigs influence smokers craving
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C [USA], Sept. 24 (ANI): How the brain responds to nicotine depends on a smoker's belief about the nicotine content in a cigarette, states a recent research conducted at the University of Texas in Dallas.
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