Tobacco Abuse
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After Liquor, Gutkha, Bihar Begins Process To Ban Khaini (Raw Tobacco) In State
Two years after the ban on sale and consumption of alcohol, the Bihar government plans to ban khaini, raw tobacco, next. The state has already embargoed the manufacture, sale, distribution and storage of gutkha and its variants.
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How Alcohol And Tobacco Are Bigger Threats To Human Welfare Than Drug Abuse
A study published in the journal Addiction, has compiled the most up-to-date information on usage of alcohol, tobacco and illicit drug abuse and their related burden of death and diseases in human beings.
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Chewable Tobacco Major Health Threat, Needs Regulation: Doctors
Chewable tobacco is emerging as a major threat in India when it comes to causing cancer that affects 11 lakh people a year, top doctors today said while urging the government to increase taxation on it to reduce its consumption.
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Experts Laud India's Commitment To Tobacco Control
Health and development experts in Kerala have applauded the country's commitment to tobacco control reflected in the first 'South Asian Speakers' Summit on Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals' that concluded in Dhaka, Bangladesh last week.
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Lung Screening May Not Push Smokers to Quit
A new study suggest that Medicare and other insurers could be spending billions of dollars on screening smokers for lung cancer that would be better spent on helping them quit and keeping others from starting.
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Southeast Asian Health Ministers Sign Anti-Tobacco Declaration
Tobacco use has been identified as one of the major risk factors for serious diseases of the lung, heart, and cancer.
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After Liquor, Gutkha, Bihar Begins Process To Ban Khaini (Raw Tobacco) In State
Two years after the ban on sale and consumption of alcohol, the Bihar government plans to ban khaini, raw tobacco, next. The state has already embargoed the manufacture, sale, distribution and storage of gutkha and its variants.
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How Alcohol And Tobacco Are Bigger Threats To Human Welfare Than Drug Abuse
A study published in the journal Addiction, has compiled the most up-to-date information on usage of alcohol, tobacco and illicit drug abuse and their related burden of death and diseases in human beings.
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Chewable Tobacco Major Health Threat, Needs Regulation: Doctors
Chewable tobacco is emerging as a major threat in India when it comes to causing cancer that affects 11 lakh people a year, top doctors today said while urging the government to increase taxation on it to reduce its consumption.
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Experts Laud India's Commitment To Tobacco Control
Health and development experts in Kerala have applauded the country's commitment to tobacco control reflected in the first 'South Asian Speakers' Summit on Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals' that concluded in Dhaka, Bangladesh last week.
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Lung Screening May Not Push Smokers to Quit
A new study suggest that Medicare and other insurers could be spending billions of dollars on screening smokers for lung cancer that would be better spent on helping them quit and keeping others from starting.
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Southeast Asian Health Ministers Sign Anti-Tobacco Declaration
Tobacco use has been identified as one of the major risk factors for serious diseases of the lung, heart, and cancer.
