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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 ...- Newly discovered mysterious cell helps in birth, but dies soon after; suggests that cannabis signals may influence how the placenta first connects to the wombScientists at UCSF have discovered a new human cell, DSC4, found only in the initial weeks of pregnancy. This cell might control how the pl...
- Anbumani Ramadoss, who banned public smoking during UPA govt, asks PM Modi to bar cigarette sales to those born after 2009PMK leader Anbumani Ramadoss has urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to enact legislation prohibiting cigarette sales to individuals born af...
- Lung cancer alert: Doctors say it’s not just for smokers — watch for these early symptomsDoctors warn that lung cancer is not only a smoker’s disease. Non-smokers are also at risk because of air pollution and genetics. Simple si...
- Want to smoke outdoors in Milan? Better be far from other peopleMilan has become the first major Italian city to ban outdoor smoking unless smokers maintain a 33-foot distance from others to decrease sec...
- World No Tobacco Day 2023: History, purpose, theme, and moreIn 1987, the World Health Assembly passed a resolution calling for 7 April 1988 to be a "a world no-smoking day." Later in 1988, another re...
- Second-hand smoke 10th biggest risk factor for cancer: Lancet studyThe researchers at the University of Washington, US assumed that all persons living with a daily smoker are exposed to tobacco smoke. They ...
- Can you get the coronavirus from second-hand smoke? Experts say there's a possibilityBeing able to smell the smoke might be a red flag that you're standing too close to the smoker.
- India shows care for loved-ones; exposure to second-hand smoke reducesA little more than one-third (35%) of the non-smokers were exposed to second hand smoke at home in India.
- Tobacco industry profits USD 9k from every smoker's death: ReportTobacco Atlas report describes the latest products and tactics being deployed by the tobacco industry to grow its profits and delay or dera...
- Non-smokers can get lung cancer and the reasons are around usLung cancer in non-smokers not only has a different set of possible causative agents, but also a different behaviour and treatment outcome.
- Don't ignore that persistent back-ache! It could be the first sign of lung cancerWatch out for air pollution, second-hand smoking and background radiation.
- Passive smoking may make kids obeseExposure to second-hand smoking may make children obese and amplify their risk of cardiovascular disease.
- Second-hand smoke kills over 1 lakh people in China: WHOOn current trends, one in three young Chinese men will be killed by tobacco, the team wrote in The Lancet medical journal.
- Secondhand smoke increases stroke riskEven after adjustment for other stroke factors such as hypertension, diabetes, and heart disease, the 30 per cent stroke risk for nonsmoker...
- Bans don't help smokers kick the butt: StudyBan on smoking in public spaces may not motivate smokers to light up less behind their own closed doors or quit altogether, a study has cla...
- Britain bans drivers from smoking in carsThe regulations were passed in the Commons after 342 MPs voted in favour of legislation while just 74 voted against.
- Hookah smoke contains cancer-causing chemicalPeople who smoke a hookah or inhale secondhand hookah smoke may be exposing themselves to a cancer-causing chemical, a new study has warned.
- Bill Gates features in Chinese anti-smoking music videoGates plays a cameo role in the anti-smoking music video, which is part of a social media campaign launched by the Bill and Melinda Gates F...
- Major Kerala hotels to be completely smoke-free :ReportMandated signages would be put up in hotels and restaurants while customers and employees will be prevented from smoking on premises.
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