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5th National Conference on Tobacco or Health to be held at PGIMER Chandiga
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Chandigarh [India], September 23 (ANI): The Department of Community Medicine and School of Public Health of Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh will be organising a 3 days virtual fifth National Conference on Tobacco or Health (NCTOH), a scientific
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Tobacco eradication organisation urges regulation of tobacco sales to prev
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Panaji (Goa) [India], September 5 (ANI): National Organisation for Tobacco Eradication (NOTE) urged for regulation of tobacco sales to prevent tobacco usage among children during an orientation programme and a stakeholders workshop organized with the Delhi-based organization Voluntary Organi
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Exposure to tobacco smoke in early life associated with accelerated biolog
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Barcelona [Spain], August 29 (ANI): The findings of a recent study suggest that accelerated biological ageing is associated with exposure to tobacco smoke in early life.
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Accelerated biological ageing associated with exposure to tobacco smoke in
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Barcelona [Spain], August 26 (ANI): A new study has found that exposure to tobacco smoke in early life is associated with accelerated biological ageing.
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Early awareness of harmful effects of tobacco among students important: Mo
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 11 (ANI): Union Health Minister Mansukh Madaviya on Wednesday emphasized early awareness of the ill effects of tobacco among children while presiding over the release of the National Fact Sheet of the Global Youth Tobacco Survey (GYTS-4).
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Study emphasises on how positive parent-child relationships reduce risk of
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 1 (ANI): According to a study by UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh and the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine physician-scientists, children who set goals for their future and those with strong parental support are less likely to use e-cigarettes and oth
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Goal-setting, positive parent-child relationships reduce risk of youth vap
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 26 (ANI): Adolescents who set goals for their future and those with strong parental support are less likely to use e-cigarettes and other tobacco products, according to a study by UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh and the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
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Vital Strategies launches digital crowdsourcing tool to monitor tobacco ma
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 22 (ANI): With more than 267 million tobacco users in India, a new digital platform the Tobacco Enforcement and Reporting Movement (TERM) from global health organization Vital Strategies has been launched to provides a digital tool to regularly monitor and track tobac
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Congress leader Sravan rebukes 2 TRS Ministers for allegedly consuming ban
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Hyderabad, (Telangana) [India], July 16 (ANI): A day after a video of TRS-led Telangana cabinet Ministers Talasani Srinivas Yadav and Gangula Kamalakar allegedly consuming banned tobacco product (gutka) came to light, Congress national spokesperson Dasoju Sravan demanded their ouster from th
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New technique reduces nicotine levels, harmful compounds simultaneously in
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 13 (ANI): North Carolina State University researchers have developed a new technique that can alter plant metabolism. Tested in tobacco plants, the technique showed that it could reduce harmful chemical compounds, including some that are carcinogenic.
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NHRC directs Mizoram Chief Secretary to ensure cancer treatment
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 3 (ANI): The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has recently directed the Mizoram Chief Secretary to complete the upgradation of Mizoram State Cancer Institute (MSCI) under the Tobacco Cessation Clinics (TCC) scheme project and work for a new 50-bedded cancer hos
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Andhra Pradesh: Banned tobacco products worth Rs 8 Lakh seized
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Visakhapatnam (Andhra Pradesh) [India], June 19 (ANI): Andhra Pradesh Police seized gutka and other banned tobacco products worth over Rs 8 lakh from a shop near Tallavalasa village in Bheemunipatnam on Friday.
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