Researchers at the University of California, Los Angeles, have found that smoking Hookah for 30 minutes resulted in the development of cardiovascular risk factors.
According to researchers, smokers should stop completely instead of cutting down to significantly reducing their risk of heart disease and stroke.
The Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products Act prohibits smoking in public places and anybody found guilty could be penalized for the same.
Over 50 per cent of teenagers in India smoke cigarettes because they believe it helps reduce stress, and because smoking makes them appear "cool" among their peers, found a survey.
The government is planning to bar cigarette shops from selling biscuits, soft drinks, candies, toffees, chips and other items that might attract non-smokers.
By reducing the nicotine content in cigarettes, the smoking addiction in people might come down by several notches.
A new research has suggested that a surge in the price of cigarette by a dollar can reduce the possibility of older people smoking, by 20%.
Smoking excess cigarette can enhance the effects of stress, reports the latest research.
The National Green Tribunal today slammed the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) for terming cigarette butts as 'biodegradable' and directed it to clarify its stand on the issue.
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said today that the GST Council has hiked cess on cigarettes to take away the "windfall" manufacturers were reaping due to an anomaly that crept in after the GST rate fixation.
Vaping e cigarettes raises an important health concern among the youths and adults.
The highest tobacco consuming state among them is Mizoram where 80.4 per cent men and 59.2 per cent women consumes tobacco.
Choosing between alcohol and cigarettes is like picking the lesser venomous poison among two venoms
In a bid to prevent people from smoking in public, Delhi police has launched an anti-smoking campaign under the Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products Act (COTPA). More than 700 people have been issued challans for
India has moved to third position this year from 136 in 2014 in having pictorial health warning on tobacco products in the world, according to a latest report by the Canadian Cancer Society. The top
A chimpanzee at a zoo in North Korea has become the latest Internet sensation. The chimp is drawing huge crowds after people learnt that she smokes a pack of cigarettes a day. The 19-year-old chimp,
Among number of side-effects, a new study warns that smoking can also cause cardiomegaly or the enlargement of the heart. Smoking is linked with thicker heart walls and reduction in it's pumping ability
Smokers, especially women, are at an increased risk of developing a disease known as ‘subarachnoid haemorrhage’, which essentially means bleeding inside the lining of the brain, a study has warned. Subarachnoid haemorrhage is a
India’s biggest cigarette manufacturer, the ITC Ltd. today said it had resumed production at its plants with larger pictoral health warnings as mandated by the new rules of the government.
New Delhi: Diversified group ITC on Sunday said there is “progressive resumption” of production at its cigarette factories, which was suspended from May 4 over the large pictorial warning issue. “The cigarette factories are commenci
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