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World No Tobacco Day 2021: Spotlight on battling 'Tobacco-Covid' burden
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 30 (ANI): Uninterrupted focus on Covid-19 pandemic has sidelined another pandemic, that of Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs), which includes heart disease, stroke, cancer, diabetes, chronic lung disease, and more, say experts.
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Ban on flavored vaping might lead teens to cigarettes
Updated : 4 years, 12 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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Dwayne Bravo leaves Trinbago Knight Riders to join Patriots ahead of CPL 2
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Tarouba [Trinidad and Tobago], May 1 (ANI): Dwayne Bravo will play for St Kitts and Nevis Patriots in the upcoming Caribbean Premier League (CPL) 2021 as Trinbago Knight Riders (TKR) have traded the West Indies all-rounder.
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Use of e-cigarettes plus tobacco cigarettes linked to increased risk of re
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], April 23 (ANI): A new research revealed that respiratory symptoms, such as cough and wheeze, are more likely to develop when people use both e-cigarettes and tobacco cigarettes together compared with using either one alone.
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Harmful effects of vaping are comparable with smoking
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Bristol [UK], April 11 (ANI): During a recent study, scientists from the tobacco company Imperial Brands utilised Toxys' ToxTracker suite of stem-cell-based in-vitro assays. This provided mechanistic insight into the potential DNA damaging properties of chemicals and compared the vape e-liqu
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Scientists compare harmful effects of vaping with smoking
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Bristol [UK], April 9 (ANI): Scientists from the tobacco company Imperial Brands have utilised Toxys' ToxTracker suite of stem-cell-based in-vitro assays that provide a mechanistic insight into the potential DNA damaging properties of chemicals and compared the vape e-liquid samples and thei
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Mumbai man helps prove innocence of his daughter, son-in-law sentenced in
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], April 1 (ANI): A father helped proved the innocence of his daughter and son-in-law who were sentenced to 10-years imprisonment in Qatar on drug trafficking charges after drug traffickers had gained their confidence and given them a bag containing charas telling
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Tobacco smoke-exposed children often use emergent health services: Study
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], March 25 (ANI): According to a new study, tobacco smoke-exposed children utilise emergency and urgent care services more often than unexposed children, which contributes to a large toll on the nation's health care system.
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New campaign in Karnataka warns tobacco users of the dangers of tobacco us
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], March 19 (ANI/BusinessWire India): Tobacco use is the leading preventable killer in the world, and in India, it is responsible for around 1 million deaths annually. To reduce the burden of tobacco use, today the state health department of Karnataka launched a s
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Daily use of e-cigarette can help you quit smoking
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
London [UK], March 13 (ANI): In order to quit smoking, using e-cigarettes daily may help an individual, suggest the findings of a new study published by King's College London.
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COVID-19 lockdown linked to uptick in tobacco use: Study
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], March 6 (ANI): A new study has found that pandemic-related anxiety, boredom, and irregular routines were cited as major drivers of increased nicotine and tobacco use during the initial COVID-19 lockdown.
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I-T uncovers Rs 335 cr undisclosed income during raid on Pune-based tobacc
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Pune (Maharashtra) [India], February 22 (ANI): The Income Tax Department on February 17 carried out search and seizure operations on a Pune-based tobacco group at 34 locations across Maharashtra, wherein it detected Rs 335 crores of undisclosed income and seized Rs 1 crore of unaccounted cas
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