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Nicotine Replacement Therapy, a crucial tool to fight against smoking: Exp
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
Nicotine Replacement Therapy (NRT) offers a 50 per cent higher probability of quitting smoking compared to attempting to quit without it, and it is both safe and readily available without the need for a prescription, experts said.
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UK to ban cigarettes for younger generations
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
The UK government is set to introduce a new law to stop children who turn 14 this year or younger from ever legally being sold cigarettes in England.
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"Man is man, woman is woman...that's just common sense": Rishi Sunak
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
United Kingdom Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Wednesday, addressing the 2023 Conservative Party conference, put forward a string of major announcements including the scrapping of the HS2 rail line, a program to double the number of doctors and nurses, and raising the age of smoking in the
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Research finds genetic links between schizophrenia, heart disease risk fac
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
According to new research, people with schizophrenia have a genetic susceptibility to smoking as well as a lower genetic risk of obesity. The study, published in The American Journal of Psychiatry, showed a genetic overlap between schizophrenia and CVD risk factors, notably BMI and smoking.
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Study discovers genetic links between schizophrenia, heart disease risk fa
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
According to new research, people with schizophrenia have a hereditary tendency to smoke and a lower genetic risk of obesity. The study, which was published in The American Journal of Psychiatry, discovered a genetic overlap between schizophrenia and CVD risk factors, specifically body mass
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World Mental Health Day Underscores Urgent Need for Doctors in India to He
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 27: Nearly 9 in 10 doctors in India mistakenly believe that nicotine causes lung cancer, directly jeopardizing advancements made in helping smokers quit, a survey funded by a Foundation for a Smoke-Free World grant has found.
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Scientists have discovered potential treatment for nicotine addiction
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
According to recent research from the University of Missouri School of Medicine, there may be another approach to cure cigarette addiction. Researchers observed that theta-burst transcranial magnetic stimulation (TBS), which uses powerful, rapidly fluctuating magnetic field pulses to influen
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Scientists discover possible cure for nicotine addiction
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
According to new research from the University of Missouri School of Medicine, there may be an alternative way to treat cigarette addictions. Researchers discovered that theta-burst transcranial magnetic stimulation (TBS) - which uses intense, rapidly varying magnetic field pulses to impact b
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Sedentary lifestyle increases risk of Alzheimer, dementia: Study
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
A new study from the Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares (CNIC) in Madrid provides new data on this relationship; the findings confirm the importance of controlling traditional cardiovascular risk factors like hypertension, cholesterol, diabetes, smoking, and sedentary lifest
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Study: Israeli families suffer in silence from neighbors’ secondhand smoke
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
Israeli researchers have found that nearly half of the country’s families suffer from secondhand smoke entering from neighbouring homes and balconies.
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Israel working to eradicate Tobacco use
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
Israel’s Ministry of Health published Monday, for public comments, an action plan for reducing the use of all tobacco and smoking products in Israel. This comes after in May of this year the Ministry established a national action team to deal with the harm caused by cigarettes and electronic
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US: Death toll surges to 80 in Hawaii wildfires
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
The death toll from Hawaii's Maui wildfires surged to 80 as the search teams sift through the smoking blazes of Lahaina town. The officials are determined to find out how the inferno spread so rapidly through the historic resort area with so little warning, reported Al Jazeera.
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