Researchers have urged governments to raise the legal age to buy cigarettes to 22 years or higher as a new study has found it becomes less addictive and easier to quit as people get older.
A team of researchers analysed nearly 2,800 children and adolescents' blood lead levels and secondhand smoke exposure in children and adolescents aged 6 to 19.
Never ignore the warning signals that indicate it's time to quit smoking. They include chronic coughing, shortness of breath, reduced sense of taste and smell, yellow teeth and fingers, and an increased risk of health problems.
Cigarette smoking is responsible for 50 per cent of all avoidable deaths in smokers, with half of these due to atherosclerotic cardiovascular diseases such as heart attack and stroke.
Sleep deprivation is associated with a drop in infection-fighting antibodies and protective cytokines. Sleep hygiene and sleep aids may significantly improve their health.
About 90 per cent of adult smokers started the habit as adolescents and did not plan to get addicted.
If you are a smoker or addicted to other tobacco products, your chances of finding 'the one' are diminished. Smoking has lost its allure over time, but has this resulted in a decrease in the number of smokers?
Smoking has a wide range of deleterious effects on a woman’s fertility. It can cause fallopian tube blockage and higher rates of tubal pregnancies. On the other hand, smoking affects the sperm chromatin integrity thereby decreasing the fertility rate in men.
World No Tobacco Day 2022: When it comes to ex-smokers and other types of cancers, they have gotten significantly less attention in terms of study. If a person has been smoking or consuming tobacco regularly for the past 5–10 years and has stopped smoking, then, unfortunately, quitting tobacco will not be able to undo all of the harm caused by earlier smoking.
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), tobacco use is one of the major causes of death and disease in India and accounts for nearly 1.35 million deaths every year.
Every year, the World Health Organisation honours organisations and government on May 31, for their efforts and contributions to curbing tobacco use.
A teenager smoked cigarettes and fell severely sick. The boy needed immediate medical attention to provide relief from the after-effects of smoking.
Coffee can jumpstart bowel movement within minutes of consuming it. This of course does not mean that adequate water intake is not essential for your overall health.
A picture of BTS member Kim Taehyung aka V smoking at the Grammys 2022 has been viral on the internet and has divided the fans. After his moment with Olivia Rodrigo as a part of their skit, V's controversial image from the musical awards night has got people talking.
As per a World Health Organization (WHO) report released in October 2020, there are approximately 120 million smokers in India that account for 12 per cent of the world's total smoking population.
On No Smoking Day, awareness is spread about the ill effects of smoking so that people can quit. Additionally, those whose near and dear ones are addicted to tobacco can also help them by extending their support in quitting the life-threatening habit.
WHO (World Health Organisation) sponsors May 31st as World No Tobacco Day in order to spread annual awareness and highlight the health risks associated with tobacco. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO Director-General said that smokers have up to a 50 per cent higher risk of developing severe disease and death from Covid-19.
On World No Tobacco Day on Monday, actor Manish Goel confessed that he regrets smoking and it is important to educate people to stay away from tobacco.
A US-based survey has revealed that stress, increased free time and feelings of boredom may have contributed to an increase in the number of cigarettes smoked per day during the early months of the Covid-19 pandemic.
In order to quit smoking, using e-cigarettes daily may help an individual, suggest the findings of a new study published by King's College London.
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