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Want to quit smoking? Live in smoke-free communities
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], May 2 (ANI): As cigarette smoking is higher among lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender (LGBT) individuals, a study reveals that LGBT individuals, who live in smoke-free communities, are more likely to want to quit smoking than those in communities without smoking bans
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Join the Breathefree movement and #SAVEYOURLUNGS
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr 29 (ANI-BusinessWireIndia): Our choice of living has made us vulnerable to many lifestyle diseases. Smoking, no physical activity, food preferences and environmental factors like dust storm and pollution are making our lungs weak.
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Turns out, being obese is worse than smoking
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Apr 23 (ANI): You may want to shed those extra kilos as a recent study has found obesity as a top cause of preventable life-years lost.
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Social service cuts boozing habits in Female student-athletes
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], April 20 (ANI): A team of British researchers has found that female student-athletes, who volunteer for community service and civic engagements, are less likely to engage in boozing or pot smoking .
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Active or passive smoking leads to cancer in 'voice box'
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr 19 (ANI): Tobacco is considered to be one of the most important avoidable lifestyle related cause of cancer in the world.
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Higher tobacco taxes can help South Asia kick the butt
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Apr 11 (ANI): Higher taxes on tobacco could reduce smoking rates in South Asia by at least one-third and avoid 35-45 million premature deaths, according to a recent study.
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Third-hand smoke, a hidden danger for kids
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Apr. 7 (ANI): Children may carry significant levels of nicotine on their hands just by coming into contact with items or surfaces contaminated with tobacco smoke residues, even when no one is actively smoking around them at the time, according to a recent study.
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Dear women avoid smoking! It may increase your heart attack risk
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], April 3 (ANI): Dear ladies, avoid smoking, as a study finds females, especially below 50, are at the highest risk of serious heart attack, compared to both non-smokers and male smokers of the same age.
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Teens who smoke pot at 15 or below may suffer memory loss, respiratory dis
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Mar. 29 (ANI): A team of Canadian researchers has found that teenagers, who begin smoking pot as early as 15 or younger, may suffer long-term cognitive impairment, memory loss, physical illnesses and respiratory diseases.
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SC Collegium: Smoking the Peace Pipe
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March, 24 (ANI): Praising the Supreme Court collegium for standing strong in declining every contentious clause in the new Memorandum of Procedure (MoP) which Narendra Modi-led government was pushing to be included and overcoming differences with the government over the ju
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Heads up college students! Boozing, marijuana linked to poor grades
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Feb. 9 (ANI): College students who are looking to score in top levels must restrain from smoking marijuana and consuming alcohol, as a study finds that medium-to-high consumption of both substances is linked to poor academic performance.
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Can e-cigarettes lead to cancer?
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. {USA], Mar. 9 (ANI): Beware before you rejoice in smoking e-cigarettes, as a study has found significant level of cancer-causing benzene in e-cigarette vapors, when the devices are operated at high power.
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