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Alarming rise in lung cancer amongst non-smokers, women and youngsters - S
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
The study conducted by a team led by Dr Arvind Kumar from Medanta hospital observed that an increasing number of patients presenting in the outpatient clinic were non-smokers of a relatively younger age group.
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Most women reduce smoking after knowing about their pregnancy: Study
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
The study revealed how pregnant smokers reduced their smoking after knowing about their pregnancy.
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Nicotine dose in one cigarette blocks estrogen production in women's brain
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Vienna [Austria], October 17 (ANI): The amount of nicotine in one cigarette inhibits women's brains from producing estrogen. This may explain a variety of behavioural differences in smokers, including the reason why women have a higher resistance to quitting than males. The ECNP Congress in
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Researchers reveal how thirdhand smoke can cause inflammatory skin disease
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Riverside (California)[US], October 15 (ANI): The residual pollutants from tobacco smoke that remain on surfaces and in dust after the tobacco has been smoked are referred to as thirdhand smoke (THS). It can linger for an indefinite period of time on indoor surfaces, exposing both smokers an
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Most youngsters prefer menthol cigarettes over regular cigarettes: Survey
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
New York [US], October 13 (ANI): According to a study conducted by the City University of New York and the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, menthol consumption has increased over the past ten years among adult smokers in the United States.
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Study: Thirdhand smoke can cause inflammatory skin diseases
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Riverside (California)[US], October 12 (ANI): Thirdhand smoke (THS) refers to the residual pollutants from tobacco smoke that remain on surfaces and in dust after the tobacco has been smoked. It can linger on indoor surfaces indefinitely, exposing both smokers and nonsmokers to potentially h
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Study shows how menthol cigarette bans encourage smokers to quit
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Ohio [US], September 27 (ANI): According to a recent study, the 2020 European menthol cigarette ban increased the likelihood that menthol smokers will give up smoking. This finding supports earlier Canadian research on the beneficial public health effects of the menthol cigarette ban.
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Research reveals air pollution is linked to heart attacks in non-smokers
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 27 (ANI): According to research, regular smokers, who already inhale smoke, were unaffected by unclean air, indicating a causal relationship between air pollution and heart attacks. Study author Dr Insa de Buhr-Stockburger of Berlin Brandenburg Myocardial Infarction R
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Air pollution is linked to heart attacks in non-smokers: Research
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Barcelona [Spain], August 23 (ANI): According to research, regular smokers, who already inhale smoke, were unaffected by unclean air, indicating a causal relationship between air pollution and heart attacks.
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Over 1 million youth started smoking daily, most used JULL e-cigarettes: U
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
San Diego (California) [US] May 30 (ANI): Nearly 2,300 adolescents and young adults became new tobacco smokers in the US over the period of 2017-2019 with the total number of users under 21 years of age vaping (using e-cigarettes) rising to over 1 million by 2019, accordingly to new publishe
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Smokers have lower chance of surviving heart attack: Study
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Al Ramtha (Irbid) [Jordan], April 3 (ANI): A new study led by researchers at the Jordan University of Science and Technology has found that smokers have a lower chance of surviving a heart attack than non-smokers.
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Combination treatment is effective for treating smokers who drink heavily:
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Washington [US], March 4 (ANI): One in five people who smoke also drink heavily, but they show worse outcomes than non-heavy drinkers in quitting smoking and are often excluded from smoking cessation trials.
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