You look great, but stop smoking, says Erdogan to Meloni; Macron laughs, It’s impossibleDuring a Gaza peace summit in Egypt, Turkish President Erdogan playfully urged Italian PM Meloni to quit smoking, a habit she admits helps ...
14 Oct, 2025, 07.36 PM IST
Deadly trio behind today's infertility, cancer surge: Doctors warn of harm to reproductive organs, hormones, and future generationsDoctors in India warn that smoking, alcohol, and vaping harm reproductive health. These habits increase the risk of miscarriage and birth d...
08 Jun, 2025, 12.31 PM IST
Shah Rukh Khan, who smoked nearly 100 cigarettes a day, announces he is quittingOn his birthday, Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan revealed he has quit smoking, surprising fans who know about his past habit. Despite qu...
04 Nov, 2024, 12.24 PM IST
New Zealand set to scrap world-first tobacco banSet to take effect from July, the toughest anti-tobacco rules in the world would have banned sales to those born after Jan. 1, 2009, cut ni...
27 Feb, 2024, 10.58 PM IST
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 ...
02 Nov, 2023, 08.50 AM IST
You can save up to 80% on your term life insurance premium if you quit smoking; when and how to buy itThe additional premium that you have to pay as a smoker varies from one insurance company to another. The premium rates for smokers can be ...
14 Aug, 2023, 04.39 PM IST
How to quit smoking. Tips to fight tobacco cravingsWhen you feel an urge to use tobacco, keep in mind that it will likely pass within the next few minutes. Each time you resist a tobacco cra...
31 May, 2022, 02.34 PM IST
How will New Zealand's lifetime ban on cigarette sales work?New Zealand plans to make it illegal to sell cigarettes to anyone aged 14 and under from 2027.
09 Dec, 2021, 12.36 PM IST
Covid stress and anxiety made it difficult for smokers to kick the buttFewer smokers called quit-smoking hotlines last year.
30 Mar, 2021, 05.44 PM IST
Smokers are more vulnerable to Covid-19Using Nicotine Replacement Therapy can double your chances of quitting smoking (9)
30 Sep, 2020, 02.26 PM IST
Employers work overtime to send the message: Smoking killsA week back, Japanese marketing company Piala announced it would be giving its non-smoking employees an extra six days of paid time off per...
07 Dec, 2019, 07.20 AM IST
IIT Kharagpur developing app to help smokers quitA research team at IIT Kharagpur has developed a prototype of sensor-based activity tracking kit which can monitor the activities in daily ...
17 Dec, 2018, 11.47 PM IST
Shah Rukh Khan planning to quit smoking & drinking for childrenThe 'Raees' star said he wanted to spend the next 20-25 years of his life with Aryan, Suhana & AbRam.
19 Mar, 2017, 04.26 PM IST
Thank you for Smoking: How Organic Smokes is helping smokers nip it in the 'butt'Organic Smokes claims to offer smokers the kind of relief they would otherwise seek in regular cigarettes, but without the accompanying hea...
16 Jan, 2017, 09.58 AM IST
Five ways to give up cigarettes for goodAccording to a recent study, 70 per cent of smokers want to quit but don't know how to. If you have been planning to quit, here are some ti...
28 Jul, 2015, 01.47 PM IST
Tripling tobacco taxes may avoid 200 million deaths worldwide"A higher tax on tobacco is the single most effective intervention to lower smoking rates and to deter future smokers," Jha said.
02 Jan, 2014, 02.20 PM IST
- Pfizer to set up 600 smoking cessation clinics in 2 years
Pfizer India plans to launch 600 smoking cessation clinics across the country in the next two years in partnership with private sector hosp...
10 Mar, 2009, 02.59 AM IST