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Study reveals less screen time, more sleep critical for preventing depress
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
London [UK], November 12 (ANI): Lifestyle factors such as less screen time, adequate sleep, a better-quality diet, and physical activity strongly impact depression, according to a study.
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Legal age for smoking tobacco would be 21 years soon, COTPA amendment comi
Updated : 6 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 23 (ANI): The Union Health Ministry has planned to increase the legal age for smoking tobacco from the present 18 year to 21 years. The Ministry has proposed that only those who have attained the legal age of 21 years be allowed to smoke. Presently, people over 18 year
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New health warnings on tobacco products packs from Sept 1
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 21 (ANI): The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Wednesday notified new sets of specified health warnings for all tobacco product packs by making an amendment in the Cigarettes and other Tobacco Products (Packaging and Labeling) Rules, 2008.
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Govt. mass media campaign highlights link between tobacco and TB
Updated : 7 years, 12 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 16 (ANI): The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW), during the End-TB Summit here, has re-launched 'Cough,' a national mass media campaign to warn citizens about the links between TB and tobacco use.
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Teens' vaping habit increases risk of beginning tobacco smoking
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Dec 11 (ANI): New research suggests that young adults who have used electronic cigarettes are four times more likely than others to start smoking tobacco cigarettes within 18 months.
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Tobacco, smoking scourge in the society at all levels
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 31 (ANI): India is the second largest consumer of tobacco and related products. The country records over 8 to 9 lakh deaths every year due to tobacco-related diseases.
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