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E-cigarette use may increase heart disease risk: Study
May 28, 2019, 12:04 PM ISTThe severity of the damage, aspects of which occur even in the absence of nicotine, varies among popular flavours, the researchers said. Cinnamon and menthol were found to be particularly harmful.
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69 percent of Indians believe that warning images on tobacco packs don't work
Lifestyle | Jun 01, 2017, 10:53 AM IST63 percent of smokers believe that government should come up with strict rules to tackle smoking addiction in country
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Smoking during pregnancy may damage babies' liver
Lifestyle | May 31, 2017, 03:35 PM ISTWe have often heard that smoking cigarettes causes harm. But what does it do to Human body? Smoking during pregnancy causes damages to foetal organs.
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Smoking or Alcohol: Which one is more dangerous?
Lifestyle | May 31, 2017, 12:46 PM ISTChoosing between alcohol and cigarettes is like picking the lesser venomous poison among two venoms
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World No Tobacco Day 2017: Teenage kid addicted to smoking? Here’s how you can help him quit!
Lifestyle | May 31, 2017, 04:14 PM ISTDue to peer pressure and first experiment with smoking, teenagers fall prey to this vicious cycle of tobacco addiction
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Social smoking carries same heart-disease risks: Study
Lifestyle | May 08, 2017, 07:02 PM ISTA US study indicates that social smokers' carries the same high blood pressure and high cholesterol risk, identical to those who smoke every day.
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People who smoke are actually harming their kids. Here’s how
Lifestyle | Apr 09, 2017, 12:35 PM ISTDo you smoke? Then chances are that your kids may be exposed to the harmful levels of nicotine on their hands. Do you know how this happens?
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"Smoking kills more people than Obama" ad in Moscow creates flutter
World | Feb 18, 2016, 10:15 AM ISTMoscow: An advertisement, illegally placed at a bus stop in Moscow declaring that “smoking kills more people than Obama” has gone viral on social media.The inscription on the poster reads: "Smoking kills more people than
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A quarter of young men in Kerala capital smoke
Lifestyle | Aug 31, 2013, 11:59 AM ISTThiruvananthapuram: Nearly a quarter of young rural men in Kerala's Thiruvanathapuram district are prone to the habit of smoking, says a study.While 21.1 percent of young men (15-24 years) are prone to the smoking habit,
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More young people falling prey to hypertension
Lifestyle | Apr 09, 2013, 01:16 PM ISTNew Delhi: Changing social norms on smoking and drinking and a fast-food dominated lifestyle are causing a growing number of young people to fall prey to hypertension and a host of other diseases, doctors warn.This