Once seen mainly in old people who are heavy smokers, lung cancer is now increasingly striking young adults aged under 50 years who have never smoked. But outdated medical mindset often fails to suspect lung cancer in young people costing many young lives
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Even as French researchers hypothesise that nicotine reduces the risk of novel coronavirus infection by preventing the virus from binding
Read MoreA large study that followed-up people for nearly eight years in a rural area near Chennai finds that cardiovascular disease
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The e-cigarettes makers have been following the time-tested machinations of the big tobacco companies to a tee. Using flavours is
Read MoreUnlike in the case of cigarette smoking the actual and full-scale adverse health effects are not yet know. But much
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The final price of cigarettes increases by only 0.18%. In the case of bidi and smokeless tobacco, the final price
Read MoreTwo large surveys covering nearly 8 lakh adults between 2012 and 2014 have found the average 10-year risk of a
Read MoreSelling tobacco products through licensed shops will prevent mushrooming of outlets selling tobacco products and shrewd marketing of tobacco products
Read MoreLower nicotine content in cigarettes is an idea whose time has come. On July 28, 2017, the U.S. Food and
Read MoreIn Iceland, teenage smoking, drinking and drug use have been radically cut in the past 20 years. Emma Young finds
Read MoreFollowing Australia’s example, for this year’s World No Tobacco Day on May 31 the World Health Organisation is calling on
Read MoreNearly one million tobacco-related deaths take place in India every year, and in 2011, the total health expenditure burden from
Read MoreHealth Ministry’s plan to introduce pictorial warnings covering 85 per cent of the display area on the front and back
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