Health

Smoking 'damages eyes as well as lungs'

Millions of people in the UK are putting their sight at risk by continuing to smoke, warn specialists.

Publication Date: 
02/07/2019
BBC (UK)
Tags:
Health, Smoking, Health Effects, United Kingdom (UK), Tobacco, Eye Diseases
Health

Healthy life can’t prevent cancer

Recent news that random bad luck plays a big role in cancer has been misinterpreted as bad news, when it’s actually very useful in helping humanity understand what cancer is and what can be done to

Publication Date: 
20/06/2019
Financial Express (New Delhi)
Tags:
Medical Research, Cancer, Health Care, Smoking
Health

Cured TB patients run risk of lung disease: Study

Screening recommended for recovered persons regardless of age or smoking habit

Publication Date: 
03/06/2019
Telegraph (Kolkata)
Tags:
Tuberculosis (TB), Infectious Diseases, Smoking, Health Effects, Health
Health

Eating junk food is killing people more than smoking, finds a study

When it comes to following a healthy diet, smoking is considered to be one of the biggest evils risking our health.

Publication Date: 
07/05/2019
Times Of India (New Delhi)
Tags:
Food Safety, Smoking, Cancer, Nutrition, Health Care, Health
Health

Particulate and trace metal emission from mosquito coil and cigarette burning in environmental chamber

The objectives of this study were to characterize the emissions of indoor air pollutants from the burning of mosquito coils and cigarettes using a closed environmental chamber, to compare air pollutant emissions from different types of mosquito coils and cigarettes, which are popular in Indian market; to quantify emissions from burning of mosquito coils and cigarettes with respect to particulate matter (PM0.25, PM1.0, PM2.5, and PM10) and metals.

Publication Date: 
01/05/2019
Neha Khandelwal, Rahul Tiwari, Renuka Saini & et al
SN Applied Sciences
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Tags:
Indoor Air Pollution, Health Effects, Toxins, Smoking, India, Heavy Metals, Cancer, Non Communicable Diseases
Health

National tobacco control strategies

Tobacco kills more than 7 million people per year and is costing the world economy US$1.4 trillion annually in health care costs and productivity losses. Tobacco growing causes up to 5 percent of deforestation in growing countries and results in biodiversity loss and soil degradation, as well as water and soil pollution from pesticide use.

Publication Date: 
18/03/2019
UNDP
Tags:
Tobacco, Smoking, Health Effects, WHO, India, Global
Health

E-cigarettes can cause poisoning: Study

NEW DELHI: Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems (ENDS) can cause poisoning, a government panel has said, adding another stroke of approval to the health ministry's advisory to states asking them to

Publication Date: 
18/03/2019
Times Of India (New Delhi)
Tags:
Smoking, Health Effects, Tobacco, Health
Health

Govt increases size of pictorial warning on cigarettes to 60pc

While the Islamabad High Court waits to hear a case regarding the enlarged pictorial health warning on cigarette packaging, the Ministry of National Health Services (NHS) on Tuesday issued a notifi

Publication Date: 
30/01/2019
Dawn (Pakistan)
Tags:
Pakistan, Islamabad, High Court, Tobacco, Smoking, WHO
Health

Singapore raises minimum smoking age to 19

The minimum legal age for smoking in the Republic will be raised to 19 years old from Jan 1.

Publication Date: 
31/12/2018
The Independent (Bangladesh)
Tags:
Singapore, Smoking, Tobacco
Health

Bidi smoking cost India 805.5 billion last year, says Study

The poor already bear the brunt of these costs, and unhindered use of bidi tobacco threatens to push even more households into poverty, according to the study published in the journal Tobacco Contr

Publication Date: 
31/12/2018
Financial Express (New Delhi)
Tags:
Tobacco, Smoking, India, Poverty, Health Effects, Health

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