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Where the past curls up everywhere: A Balkan journey through time and memoryExploring the Balkans is like stepping into a living museum, where the aroma of tobacco and traces of post-communism paint a vivid portrait...- 2,400,000,000,000: Chinese are smoking nearly half of world's totalChina's cigarette consumption has surged by 39% between 2003 and 2023, contrasting with a global decline. Despite fewer young smokers, low ...
- Experts back OTC access to NRT across all formats and dosages, including 2 mg and 4 mg, as India struggles with a Tobacco quit success rate under 5%The report highlights the significant economic burden of tobacco use, particularly among low-income households, and underscores how reducin...
- UK lawmakers approve lifetime smoking ban for today's under-18sBritain passes landmark law to create a smoke-free generation by permanently banning cigarette sales to those aged 17 and under and tighten...
- AstraZeneca's asthma drug fails 'smoker's lung' studyAstraZeneca's Fasenra failed to reduce flare-ups in COPD patients in a late-stage trial, a setback for the company's efforts to address the...
- Lung cancer screening must be made mandatory for ex-smokers aged 50 and above, say expertsThe traditional assumption had been that after 15 years of no longer smoking, the risk of lung cancer had dropped to such a low level that ...
- It's not too late: Have oily fish every week, ditch processed food & get physically active to keep dementia at bayA healthier heart can protect your brain too.
- Smokers, those suffering from lung disease more likely to have health complications, face higher death risk due to Covid-19COPD is a common, persistent dysfunction of the lung associated with a limitation in airflow.
- Stub the cigarette: Smokers may be at higher risk of severe coronavirus infectionsPatients with COPD were at higher risk of having worse outcomes from COVID-19.
- Smoking, along with vaping, can increase chances of heart attack by 5 timesUsing both products at the same time is worse than using either one separately, according to study.
- New superfood alert: Eating tomatoes may restore lung damage in smokersAdults who on an average eat more than two tomatoes have a slower decline in lung function.
- It's not too late, yet: Quitting smoking even in your 60s helpsThe study also suggested that people aged 70 or older currently smoking were more than three times likely to die than never-smokers.
- 90% rise in consumption of smuggled cigarettes in India: ReportOver 56 per cent smokers prefer attractive packaging of foreign smuggled brands which does not adhere to Indian regulations like pictorial ...
- Smoking is associated with an increased risk of heart failure, says new studySmoking is associated with thicker heart walls and reduction in the organ's pumping ability.
- Staying far from the local tobacco shop may help you kick the buttSmoking is a global health risk. Retail outlets in neighbourhoods have gotten attention as potential targets for policies to reduce smoking.
- E-cigarettes discourage young people taking up smokingThe study said that there was nothing to suggest in the research that youngsters see vaping as a stepping stone to smoking.
- E-cigarette ads may fuel urge to smokeFormer smokers who watched e-cigarette advertisements with vaping had less confidence that they could refrain from smoking tobacco.
- Leading a healthy lifestyle? Pay less for insurance policiesSweating it out to stay fit and feeling great? Then get ready to savour some great discounts from life insurers.
- Maintain a healthy lifestyle to get Platinum protectionMax New York Life Insurance has just launched Max New York Platinum Protect, a pure term life plan, primarily aimed at high net worth indiv...
- Britain may introduce permits to buy cigarettesSmokers in Britain may soon need a permit worth 10 pounds to buy cigarettes.
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