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Healthy lifestyle may help mitigate high genetic risk of cancer, researche
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 28 (ANI): Healthy lifestyle factors such as abstinence from smoking and drinking, low body mass index, and exercise correlated with decreased cancer incidence, even in individuals with a high genetic risk.
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Six tourists held for smoking hookah at Uttarakhand's Har-ki-Pauri
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Haridwar (Uttarakhand) [India], July 9 (ANI): Haridwar Police has arrested six persons for allegedly smoking 'hookah' at Har ki Pauri ghat.
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E-cigarettes more helpful than nicotine replacement treatments for depende
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 30 (ANI): E-cigarettes are more effective than nicotine replacement treatments in achieving long-term smoking reduction and cessation, according to a new research.
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Men who perceive marriage as unsuccessful are at high risk for premature d
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 22 (ANI): Dissatisfaction with married life raises the risk of dying from a cerebrovascular accident. A new study has revealed that perceiving marriage as unsuccessful is a significant predictor of death from a CVA and premature death among men, no less than well-known
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Ice flavoured e-cigarette use tied to nicotine dependence among young adul
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 15 (ANI): According to a new study, the use of ice flavoured e-cigarettes may be common and positively associated with conventional smoking and nicotine dependence among young adults.
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Public health groups urge GST Council to increase compensation cess on tob
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Panaji (Goa) [India], May 31 (ANI): On the occasion of World No Tobacco Day, the public health groups along with doctors have urged the GST Council to increase compensation cess on all tobacco products to generate additional revenue for the government to aid the COVID-19 vaccination drive.
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Smoking is a major risk factor for COPD
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra)/New Delhi [India], May 31 (ANI/Business Wire India): Tobacco use is one of the major risk factors for multiple chronic diseases, including lung disease. In India, use of tobacco accounts for approx. 1.35 million deaths every year and is one of the major causes of death a
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Ban on flavored vaping might lead teens to cigarettes
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Connecticut [US], May 29 (ANI): When San Francisco voters overwhelmingly approved a ballot measure banning the sale of flavoured tobacco products in 2018, public health advocates celebrated. After all, tobacco use poses a significant threat to public health and health equity and flavours are
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Feminist activist's request to man to stop smoking triggers violent reacti
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Palo Alto [US], May 16 (ANI): A request by a feminist activist to a man to stop smoking at a restaurant in China's Chengdu triggered a violent reaction, death threats and later "patriotic social mobs" harassed her on the net.
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Study associates e-cigarette use with wheezing, shortness of breath
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New York [US], May 14 (ANI): A research presented at the ATS 2021 International Conference, found that the use of e-cigarettes is associated with wheezing and shortness of breath in young adults and adolescents, even in those who do not smoke cigarettes or marijuana.
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Vegetarians have healthier levels of disease markers than meat-eaters: Stu
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
London [UK], May 9 (ANI): Vegetarians appear to have a healthier biomarker profile than meat-eaters, and this applies to adults of any age and weight, and is also unaffected by smoking and alcohol consumption, according to a new study in over 166,000 UK adults, being presented at week's Euro
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Cannabis use at young age might lead to heart disease
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Guelph [Canada], April 17 (ANI): According to a new study by the University of Guelph, smoking cannabis at a younger age may increase the risk of developing heart disease later in life.
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