Everything you need to know about Tobacco Colony(guntur): news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
Everything you need to know about Tobacco Colony(guntur): news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
New Delhi, April 27 (IANS) Tobacco usage caused 7 percent of all deaths above the age of 30 in India, Health and Family Welfare Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad told the Lok Sabha Friday.
Thiruvananthapuram, April 27 (IANS) It is bad news for those Malayalis who use smokeless tobacco -- in the form of 'gutka' and similar products -- as a research in the US has, for the first time, identified a specific oral cancer-causing chemical in smokeless tobacco products.
London, April 26 (ANI): A new research has revealed that tobacco companies are designing cigarette packs to resemble bottles of perfume or with lids that flip open like a lighter to lure young people into smoking.
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Washington, April 26 (ANI): Immediate application of the World Health Organization smoking reduction policy- increasing cigarette prices- could prevent millions of smoking-related deaths by 2030, say University of Michigan researchers.
London, Apr 14 (ANI): Health experts are demanding stringent controls on electronic cigarettes over concerns that customers could be exposed to poisonous chemicals.
New Delhi, April 10 (IANS) Veteran actor Anupam Kher got an opportunity to work with Hollywood superstar Robert De Nero and director David O'Russell in "The Silver Linings Playbook" and calls it the most exhilarating experience.
London, April 6 (IANS) A new legislation banning open display of cigarettes in British supermarkets came into effect Friday, meaning the cigarettes and tobacco products must be hidden away in any large store, with others to follow suit by 2015.
Thiruvananthapuram, Apr 2 (IANS) Health experts in Kerala are hoping that a nationwide cancer mortality study which underscores the massive health burden of tobacco will galvanise the state and central governments into action and prevent hundreds of thousands of avoidable deaths every year.
A recent study revealed that more than of all cancer is preventable. The only thing needed is to proper knowledge of information to the society to act upon.
Washington, April 2 (IANS) More than half of all cancer is preventable and society possesses the requisite knowledge to act on this information, says a new study.
According to a leading cancer specialist, due to the increasing addiction of tobacco there is a significant rise in the squamous cell cancer, a type of esophageal cancer in India.
Mumbai/New Delhi, March 28 (IANS) Cervical cancer is the leading cause of cancer deaths among women in India with mortality being three times higher in rural areas than in urban areas, a study by the medical journal Lancet said Wednesday.
London, March 23 (IANS) An Indonesian boy has been smoking since he was four years old and gets through a pack of 20 cigarettes in just one day.
New York, Feb 29 (ANI): Nicotine spray may be the latest replacement therapy for those who want to quit smoking cigarettes, according to a new study.
New York, Feb 29 (ANI): Nicotine spray may be the latest replacement therapy for those who want to quit smoking cigarettes, according to a new study.
Washington, Feb 20 (ANI): Replacing smoking products with e-cigarettes or modern, spit-free smokeless tobacco can greatly reduce risk of disease and death in smokers, say scientists.
Washington, Feb 14 (ANI): A study of four European countries with smoke free legislation has suggested that smoking bans in public/workplaces don't drive smokers to light up more at home.
Washington, Feb 10 (ANI): Researchers have discovered that the immune response regulator IKBKE (serine/threonine kinase) plays two roles in tobacco-related non-small cell lung cancers.
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