SMOKING PREVALENCE
Karnataka tightens cigarette laws: From sales to public smoking restrictions, new rules here
The Karnataka government introduced the Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products Bill, 2024, raising the legal age for purchasing cigarettes. The sale of cigarettes near schools is banned. Unauthorized hookah bars face severe penalties. Smoking and spitting of tobacco in public places is prohibited to promote public health and reduce tobacco-related risks.
Revamping tobacco taxation strategies for high-burden Asian countries: ADB
According to ADB, the study aims to evaluate progress, analyse the impact of previous tax recommendations, and propose new measures to further reduce smoking prevalence while supporting revenue mobilization.
WHO suggests quitting smoking can lower diabetes risk by 30-40 per cent
Smoking influences the body's ability to regulate blood sugar levels, contributing to diabetes.
Karnataka plans to ban hookah bar, raise tobacco items purchase age to 21
The government plans to increase the age limit for buying tobacco items to 21 years and ban hookah bars due to concerns over their addictive nature and uncertainty about their ingredients. The government also plans to expand the ban on tobacco sales from 100 meters around educational institutions to include religious, health services, and government institutions.
UK charity warns Bonfire Night smoke may worsen conditions for asthma patients, urges extra precautions
People who suffer from asthma can get triggered by poor air quality, bonfire smoke, coupled with colder winds which further deteriorate the conditions of asthma patients, warned a charity in UK.
Sleep deprivation and heart disease: Are you getting enough sleep?
There are many problems related to human health, which can be easily avoided by getting adequate sleep, researchers asserted.
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World Lung Cancer Day: Quit smoking recently? Watch out for discomfort in chest, fatigue & swelling around neck
Non-smokers are also susceptible to different types of lung cancer.
View: Smog is not a tradition that must be manfully endured, but a severe health hazard
Every year, Delhi, Gurgaon, Noida and other areas in northern India become close to ‘London 1952’. In a ‘Covid season’, as Aiims Director Randeep Guleria reminded everyone who was listening last week, ‘Burning crackers on Diwali, too, contributed to [air pollution] significantly… its impact can increase in polluted air, which could increase spread and hospitalisations.’ But as a citizenry — which is both reflected by and reflects the state machinery — India circa 2021 has, despite the rhetoric, ‘normalised’ such a state of collective suffering.
Quitting smoking may reduce risk of severe coronavirus infection, shows study
Smoking may cause an increase in the expression of ACE2, the protein that SARS-CoV-2 uses to enter human cells.
Heavy smoking blamed for Indonesia’s 6.6% coronavirus death rate
While smoking has been declining globally, in Indonesia it’s still common -- and growing -- and public health experts argue it’s no coincidence that many of the 18,000-plus coronavirus patients in the vast island nation have died. The fatality rate in the country is about 6.6%.
Silent stroke doesn't show any sign: Keep BP in check, quit smoking
Patients are generally unaware when they get a stroke.
Bidi smoking cost India Rs 80,550 crore last year: Study
Bidi -- a cheap cigarette made of unprocessed tobacco wrapped in leaves -- is very popular in India, accounting for 81 per cent of the tobacco smoked and 72 million regular users over the age of 15.
Workplace stress pushes Delhi residents towards smoking, unhealthy lifestyle
More women have erratic eating habits, and lead a sedentary life as compared to men.
India shows care for loved-ones; exposure to second-hand smoke reduces
A little more than one-third (35%) of the non-smokers were exposed to second hand smoke at home in India.
Even an occasional puff, drink may up hypertension and diabetes risk
These two lifestyle disease are the highest in Chennai, Mumbai and Bengaluru, according to a study.
Oral sex ups men's risk of head and neck cancer
New York, Oct 22 (IANS) Smoking and having oral sex with multiple partners may put men at increased risk of developing a type of head and neck cancer that is triggered by exposure to the human papilloma virus, known as HPV-related oropharyngeal cancer, warns a new study.
Smoking causes one in 10 deaths worldwide: Study
London, April 6 (IANS) Smoking causes one in 10 deaths worldwide, half of them in just four countries -- China, India, the US and Russia, a new study revealed on Thursday.
India among top 4 countries for highest number of deaths by smoking
More than one in 10 deaths globally was caused due to smoking. India has 11·2 per cent of the world's total smokers.
How to tackle cancer? Healthy lifestyle practices are a must
Of the total cancer detections in the country, 30 per cent are directly linked to tobacco use.
E-cigs linked to high risk of teen smoking
Washington, Nov 9 (IANS) Teenagers who use e-cigarettes regularly are more likely to become frequent and heavy cigarette smokers, a US study has suggested.
For first time, tobacco use is down in country: Family health survey
The use of tobacco, the leading cause of preventable death, has for the first time begun to decline across country.
Smoking dips 10% in 2 years in India but women smokers up sharply
Smoking in India is falling steadily even as the number of women smokers is rising, making it home to the second largest number of female smokers after US.
Pay hike can reduce smoking rates
A new US study has found that a 10 per cent increase in wages leads to about a 5 per cent drop in smoking rates among workers.
Over 23,000 persons booked under COTPA in Jammu and Kashmir: Police
Police has booked 23,754 people for violating COTPA by smoking in public places from May 2013 to May 2015, they said.
Mentally ill people are more likely to take up smoking: Study
The study says that those suffering from serious mental ailments are unlikely to quit easily , as compared to people without such diseases.
Fashionable puffs: Smoking rising among women because cigarettes are being marketed as signs of success
Experience and the latest figures tell us that despite horrific images a great deal of tobacco still goes up in smoke.
Jammu and Kashmir emerging as smoking capital of Northern India: VHAI
Jammu and Kashmir is fast emerging as the "smoking capital" of north India as Voluntary Health Association of India (VHAI) today said.
UK set to introduce a new law for plain cigarette packaging
UK is planning to introduce plain packaging of cigarettes aimed at reducing its appeal to young people which could be enforce before the general election in May.
Smoking ban: Government collects Rs 57 lakhs in fines
Further, a survey on prevalence of tobacco usage in the city recorded that 41% men and 3.7% women use some kind of tobacco product.
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