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Quit Smoking, Started Vaping? Your Heart Attack Risk May Rise, Says ICMR Study
A major ICMR-led meta-analysis shows e-cigarette users face significantly higher heart attack and stroke risks compared to non-users, especially among former smokers who switched from cigarettes.
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Gujarat Bans Sale Of Rolling Papers, Pre-Rolled Cones Citing Health Risks
The Gujarat government on Tuesday put a ban on the storage, sale and distribution of rolling papers as well as pre-rolled cones, widely used by tobacco smokers, citing health risks.
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Milan Says No To Outdoor Smoking In Italy's Toughest Ban
Smokers in Italy's financial and fashion capital of Milan risk being fined for lighting up on city streets or crowded public areas, after the country's toughest ban came into effect on Wednesday.
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E-Cigarettes Banned; Health Risk To Youth, Children, Says Government
E-cigarettes will be banned in India with immediate effect, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced on Wednesday. Envisioned as a tool to combat tobacco addiction, electronic cigarettes and other vaping products have become a major problem and increase the risk of children taking up smoking, she said.
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Non-Smokers too at Risk From Second-Hand Smoke
A ban on smoking in public places came into effect across India eight years ago -- but India still remains home to 12 per cent of the worlds smokers and they with their second-hand smoke pose a threat to those who don't smoke.
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Plea in Delhi High Court Against Cigarette Sale, Smoking on its Premises
Delhi High Court has admitted a PIL which sought a ban on smoking in court complex and removal of all shops selling tobacco and cigarette there citing ill-effects on health and contending that people cannot be "subjected to become passive smokers".
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'Sugar Causes Diabetes, is it Banned?' Another BJP Lawmaker Sides With Tobacco
There is no Indian evidence to link cancer to cigarettes, said the chief of a parliamentary committee earlier this week, commissioning a national controversy. Now, another member of the same panel has backed that opinion, asking, "Why can't doctors explain why chain smokers don't get cancer?"
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US County Considers Ban on Hiring Smokers
Pima County in the US state of Arizona is set to vote on proposal against hiring smokers, and imposing 30 percent surcharge on existing employees who smoke.
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Despite Opposition, Russia Bans Smoking in Restaurants and Bars
Russia risks igniting the ire of its 44 million smokers when it extends bans on cigarettes to restaurants and bars on Sunday as part of a battle to break the habit in one of heaviest-smoking countries in the world.
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New York City council votes to make tobacco-buying age 21
Smokers younger than 21 in the nation's biggest city will soon be barred from buying cigarettes after the New York City Council voted overwhelming Wednesday to raise the tobacco-purchasing age to higher than all but a few other places in the United States.
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Quit Smoking, Started Vaping? Your Heart Attack Risk May Rise, Says ICMR Study
A major ICMR-led meta-analysis shows e-cigarette users face significantly higher heart attack and stroke risks compared to non-users, especially among former smokers who switched from cigarettes.
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Gujarat Bans Sale Of Rolling Papers, Pre-Rolled Cones Citing Health Risks
The Gujarat government on Tuesday put a ban on the storage, sale and distribution of rolling papers as well as pre-rolled cones, widely used by tobacco smokers, citing health risks.
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Milan Says No To Outdoor Smoking In Italy's Toughest Ban
Smokers in Italy's financial and fashion capital of Milan risk being fined for lighting up on city streets or crowded public areas, after the country's toughest ban came into effect on Wednesday.
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E-Cigarettes Banned; Health Risk To Youth, Children, Says Government
E-cigarettes will be banned in India with immediate effect, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced on Wednesday. Envisioned as a tool to combat tobacco addiction, electronic cigarettes and other vaping products have become a major problem and increase the risk of children taking up smoking, she said.
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Non-Smokers too at Risk From Second-Hand Smoke
A ban on smoking in public places came into effect across India eight years ago -- but India still remains home to 12 per cent of the worlds smokers and they with their second-hand smoke pose a threat to those who don't smoke.
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Plea in Delhi High Court Against Cigarette Sale, Smoking on its Premises
Delhi High Court has admitted a PIL which sought a ban on smoking in court complex and removal of all shops selling tobacco and cigarette there citing ill-effects on health and contending that people cannot be "subjected to become passive smokers".
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'Sugar Causes Diabetes, is it Banned?' Another BJP Lawmaker Sides With Tobacco
There is no Indian evidence to link cancer to cigarettes, said the chief of a parliamentary committee earlier this week, commissioning a national controversy. Now, another member of the same panel has backed that opinion, asking, "Why can't doctors explain why chain smokers don't get cancer?"
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US County Considers Ban on Hiring Smokers
Pima County in the US state of Arizona is set to vote on proposal against hiring smokers, and imposing 30 percent surcharge on existing employees who smoke.
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Despite Opposition, Russia Bans Smoking in Restaurants and Bars
Russia risks igniting the ire of its 44 million smokers when it extends bans on cigarettes to restaurants and bars on Sunday as part of a battle to break the habit in one of heaviest-smoking countries in the world.
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New York City council votes to make tobacco-buying age 21
Smokers younger than 21 in the nation's biggest city will soon be barred from buying cigarettes after the New York City Council voted overwhelming Wednesday to raise the tobacco-purchasing age to higher than all but a few other places in the United States.
