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Powerful campaign shows tobacco use fuelling India's TB epidemic
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 31 (ANI): The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW), Government of India, has launched the world's first national tobacco control mass media campaign to warn people of the increased risk of tuberculosis (TB) and dying from TB associated with smoking cigare
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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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Smokeless tobacco, sheesha equally harmful
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 31 (ANI): If you think smokeless tobacco or sheesha is not harmful for your health, think again.
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Tobacco, second leading cause of cardiovascular disease
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 31 (ANI): Cardiovascular disease is one of the leading causes of death in the country today.
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Say no to tobacco: Protect health, reduce poverty, promote development
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 31 (ANI): According to the World Health Organization (WHO), tobacco kills more than seven million people each year. Over six million deaths are a result of direct consumption, whereas 890 000 are the result of passive smoking. Nearly 100 million premature deaths have
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23-year-old suffers severe heart attack due to smoking
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 26 (ANI): With several reasons attributing to a paradigm shift in the age groups suffering from heart attacks to younger age brackets, tobacco induced cardiac arrests rate as one of the topmost ones.
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Assam: 40 quintal tobacco, 800 kg of Ganja destroyed in Kokrajhar
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Kokrajhar (Assam) [India] May 16 (ANI): On the order of the Supreme Court, the Kokrajhar Police with the permission of the Kokrajhar High Court on Tuesday burnt and destroyed at least 40 quintal tobacco, 800 kg of Ganja, 1,400 bottles of phensedyl and 465 kg of intoxicants in premises of for
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Active or passive smoking leads to cancer in 'voice box'
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr 19 (ANI): Tobacco is considered to be one of the most important avoidable lifestyle related cause of cancer in the world.
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Higher tobacco taxes can help South Asia kick the butt
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Apr 11 (ANI): Higher taxes on tobacco could reduce smoking rates in South Asia by at least one-third and avoid 35-45 million premature deaths, according to a recent study.
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Third-hand smoke, a hidden danger for kids
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Apr. 7 (ANI): Children may carry significant levels of nicotine on their hands just by coming into contact with items or surfaces contaminated with tobacco smoke residues, even when no one is actively smoking around them at the time, according to a recent study.
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UP cop suspended for consuming tobacco
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Mar. 25 (ANI): In what may come as a shock for many, SO Nagesh Mishra of Madiyaon Police Station was on Saturday suspended after he made everyone swear to a vow of cleanliness while he was consuming tobacco.
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Yogi bans pan masala, tobacco in govt. buildings in UP
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India] Mar. 22 (ANI): Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Wednesday banned the use of pan masala and tobacco in the government premises in the state.
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