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Support from family, school help avert substance use among transgender you
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington D.C [USA], June 10 (ANI): Support from families and schools can help prevent transgender youths from smoking marijuana and cigarettes even if they were targeted by violence, found a study.
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E-cigarette vaping harms mucus clearance, study suggests
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], June 7 (ANI): Today, people are highly resorting to the use of e-cigarettes to quit smoking. But e-cigarette vaping does more harm than good. A new study highlights that it hampers the cleaning of mucus from the airways.
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This World No Tobacco Day, make a START to quit
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], May 31 (ANI): Today, people spend huge sums of money to be in good health, but all their efforts go in vain with a single cigarette they light to blow away the stress or just to be in company.
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Paternal smoking associated with childhood asthma
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], May 31 (ANI): It is not only maternal smoking that affects children before taking birth but also paternal smoking. A new study has found that children exposed to paternal smoking before birth are more likely to develop asthma - and associated changes to immune genes.
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Most e-cigarette users want to quit, study suggests
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [USA], May 25 (ANI): Recent findings suggest that most people who smoke e-cigarettes want to quit the habit and many have tried to reduce their use with time.
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Women with sleep apnoea more likely to have cancer than men
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington D.C [U.S.A], May 21 (ANI): A recent study finds that women who are deprived of sleep and suffer from obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) are more likely to be diagnosed with cancer than men.
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Sweden set to ban outdoor smoking
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Stockholm [Sweden], May 19 (ANI): Sweden is set to ban outdoor smoking from July this year, in a bid to prevent diseases associated with smoking and passive smoking, such as cancer, according to the Minister for Health and Social Affairs.
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Here's what you need to know about loneliness in older adults
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], Apr 29 (ANI): Contrary to what people believe, loneliness is not a harmless state of mind. The emotion posses the power to substantially affect the health of older adults, recent findings suggest.
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Study debunks the association of lung cancer with non-smokers
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Apr 16 (ANI): Lung cancer is not only diagnosed in smokers but a large population of non-smokers too, a new study claims.
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Parents using both e-cigarettes and traditional cigarettes are more motiva
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA] Apr 23 (ANI): Parents who smoke both e-cigarettes and traditional cigarettes may be more open to quitting smoking as compared to parents who only smoke traditional cigarettes, a study finds.
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K'taka: Excise dept orders removal of smoking rooms in bars, pubs
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], April 21 (ANI): Excise department has ordered mandatory removal of smoking rooms from bars, pubs, and restaurants, in connection with their license agreements.
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Quitting smoking during pregnancy lowers risk of preterm births
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA] Apr, 20 (ANI): A recent study claims that smoking during pregnancy can have negative health impacts. According to researchers smoking during pregnancy can result in low birth weight, delayed intrauterine development, preterm birth, infant mortality, and long-term dev
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