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88 pc Indians strongly favour strengthening tobacco control law: Survey
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 11 (ANI): Over 80 per cent of Indians believe that use of cigarettes, bidis and smokeless tobacco is a very serious problem and 88 per cent strongly support the strengthening of the current tobacco control law to address this menace, while 72 per cent believe seco
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Colleges, universities in Haryana will be tobacco-free from Jan 26: Khatta
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Haryana) [India], January 22 (ANI): The Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Friday said that the campuses of the colleges and universities of Haryana will be tobacco-free from January 26.
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Study elucidates how production of defensive toxins takes place in plants
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Jena [Germany], January 15 (ANI): Scientists from Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology describe how the plants produce defensive toxins without harming themselves and the exact mode of action of diterpene glycosides in wild tobacco.
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Scientists find new evidence of health threat from chemicals in marijuana,
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], January 11 (ANI): A team of scientists have uncovered new evidence of the potential health risks of chemicals in tobacco and marijuana smoke.
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Youth using e-cigarettes three times as likely to become daily cigarette s
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
California [US], January 11 (ANI): Starting tobacco products, including e-cigarettes, before the age of 18 is a major risk factor for people becoming daily cigarette smokers, suggests a new study.
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CGST Delhi West Commissionerate arrests one person for duty evasion of ove
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 3 (ANI): Central Goods and Services Tax (CGST) Delhi West Commissionerate on Sunday arrested one person for duty evasion of around Rs 831.72 crore.
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Casual smoking can lead to nicotine addiction, says study
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 27 (ANI): According to diagnostic criteria, even those who consider themselves to be casual smokers might be addicted to cigarettes.
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Light smokers may not escape nicotine addiction, study reveals
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 24 (ANI): Even people who consider themselves to be casual cigarette smokers may be addicted, according to current diagnostic criteria.
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Do you know - Excess weight can increase the risk of Cancer?
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 23 (ANI/Mediawire): The death trap Obesity is responsible for 20 per cent of cancer deaths in women and 14 per cent in men. The death rate increases 10 per cent for every 5 unit increase in BMI (Body Mass Index). 40 per cent of the cancers diagnosed since 2014 ar
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Gutka, tobacco products seized in Telangana's Rangareddy; one held
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Rangareddy (Telangana) [India], December 23 (ANI): One person was held after Rs 45 lakhs worth various brands of Gutka and other tobacco products including manufacturing and processing equipment were seized at Rangareddy district here.
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14 die in shipwreck between Venezuela and Trinidad
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Caracas [Venezuela], December 14 (ANI): Fourteen people were killed after a boat carrying, migrants bound for Trinidad and Tobago was wrecked, Xinhua reported citing local authorities.
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Evolution may be to blame for high risk of advanced cancers in humans
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 9 (ANI): Compared to chimpanzees, humans are particularly prone to developing advanced carcinomas -- the type of tumors that include prostate, breast, lung and colorectal cancers -- even in the absence of known risk factors, such as genetic predisposition or tobacco
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