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Psychological well-being in adolescents linked to adult risk of heart dise
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Missouri [US], February 23 (ANI): It has been a long-known fact that a person's risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) can be lowered with lifestyle changes such as modifying diet, exercise, alcohol and tobacco use. Now, Anand Chockalingam and Sharan Srinivas at the University of Missouri demo
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Man kills father over 'bidi' in Assam's Barpeta
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Guwahati (Assam) [India], February 23 (ANI): In a gruesome incident, a man killed his father over a dispute for a 'Bidi' (a thin cigarette filled with tobacco flake and commonly wrapped in a tendu) in Assam's Barpeta district, informed police on Wednesday.
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Uttar Pradesh polls: Famed 'Mainpuri tobacco' sellers facing challenges, s
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Mainpuri (Uttar Pradesh) [India], February 15 (ANI): Uttar Pradesh's 'Mainpuri tobacco' which was famed both inside India and abroad is now restricted to only a few sellers who say they are facing challenges to survive the business in the face of rising costs of raw materials.
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WHO launches Quit Tobacco App
Updated : 4 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 15 (ANI): The World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday launched 'Quit Tobacco App' to help people kick the cigarette butt and give up the use of tobacco in all forms - including smokeless and other newer products.
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As Lithuanian shipments remain stranded at Chinese ports over custom issue
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Taipei [Taiwan], January 3 (ANI): Taiwan has decided to purchase a shipment of Lithuanian rum to prevent it from being potentially blocked by Chinese customs amid Beijing's growing economic sanctions on the Baltic state, reported local media.
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Tobacco products banned in West Tripura offices, says District Magistrate
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Agartala (Tripura) [India], December 29 (ANI): The Tripura government has decided to ban the use of tobacco products, both smokable and non-smokable, in government offices as a part of the government's anti-tobacco campaign.
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4 cops line-attached for spitting tobacco in police station premises in Ma
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Shahdol (Madhya Pradesh) [India], December 11 (ANI): Four police personnel in Madhya Pradesh have been attached to police lines for allegedly spitting tobacco (gutka) in the premises of a police station in Shahdol.
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Kanpur Test: Day after going viral, Gutkha Man 'Shobit' says he is irritat
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Kanpur (Uttar Pradesh) [India], November 26 (ANI): Amidst the ongoing 1st Test match between India and New Zealand at the Green Park Stadium in Kanpur, a video showing a man talking on the phone and supposedly chewing 'tobacco' went viral and garnered all the attention on Thursday.
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Hyderabad Police apprehends tobacco supplier, seizes 1475 kgs of banned to
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], November 19 (ANI): The Hyderabad Commissioner's Task Force along with Afzalgunj Police has conducted a raid on a godown located at New Osmangunj and seized the banned noxious Chewing Tobacco products weighing about 1475 Kgs worth Rs. 57,07,640. One person indul
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Drugs in balanced quantity need of life, should be allowed like alcohol, g
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 27 (ANI): Amidst the high-octane drugs-on-the-cruise case involving Aryan Khan, son of Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan, senior Advocate and Rajya Sabha MP KTS Tulsi on Wednesday said drugs in balanced quantity is the need of life and they should be allowed to consum
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Society should not glamourise unhealthy behaviour including psychoactive s
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 23 (ANI): With rising incidents of the use of psychoactive substances which are commonly known as 'drug' coming to the fore in the country, experts believe that the drug problems are being prevalent in the country, drug misinformation problem is quite widespread.
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Chandigarh declaration for tobacco-free India announced at 5th National Co
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], September 29 (ANI): Punjab Governor Banwari Lal Purohit has complemented the efforts of PGIMER in maintaining the momentum of tobacco control in the country in the challenging times of the COVID19 pandemic.
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