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Civil society groups laud govt's efforts on tobacco taxation
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Panaji (Goa) [India], July 2 (ANI): Several civil society groups across India lauded the ongoing efforts of the government on tobacco taxation and have endorsed the decision to include cigarettes and smokeless tobacco in the highest tax slab for its long-lasting negative impact on the lives
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More policy work needed to decrease the use of smokeless tobacco: Research
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Apr 4 (ANI): In a recent study, researchers have shown that regulations on smokeless tobacco are still lacking, despite 181 countries agreeing to a common approach to controlling the demand and supply.
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Smokers misunderstand health risks of smokeless tobacco products: Study
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Mar 4 (ANI): Smokers often misunderstand health risks that come with consuming smokeless tobacco product, a recent study suggests.
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E-cigarettes attracting more youths towards world of tobacco
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [U.S.A], January 16 (ANI): In a recent study, a group of scientists have found nonsmoking adolescents who use e-cigarettes, smokeless tobacco or tobacco water pipes are more likely to start smoking conventional cigarettes within a year.
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Smokeless tobacco is 95 percent safer than smoking: Study
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], June 17 (ANI): Here's another reason for you to quit smoking, as a study has warned that snus - a type of moist powdered tobacco, typically held in the mouth between the lips and gums- is 95 percent safer than smoking.
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Smokeless tobacco, sheesha equally harmful
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 31 (ANI): If you think smokeless tobacco or sheesha is not harmful for your health, think again.
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India to host Conference on Tobacco Control today
Updated : 8 years, 7 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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Smokeless tobacco products may escalate death risk in prostate cancer pati
Updated : 8 years, 7 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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Only Gutkha banned, no ban by SC on chewing tobacco, cigarette or beedi
Updated : 8 years, 7 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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