Tobacco Abuse
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Substance Abuse Among Students Starts At Age 12: AIIMS-Backed 10-City Survey
Study across 10 Indian cities finds kids start substance use at 12 to 13 years of age. Early school interventions can cut addiction risk, say AIIMS researchers.
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Effects Of Tobacco On Mouth, Gums And Oral Health
Quitting tobacco is a vital step towards improving oral health and reducing associated risks.
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Tobacco Consumption Among Children Is Rising, What Are The Adults Doing?
As tobacco consumption among children rises, we must discuss the long-term effects of smoking and tobacco consumption on the body.
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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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FDA Takes 'Historic' Step To Lower Nicotine In Cigarettes
According to the notice, an evaluation of one possible policy scenario found a nicotine standard could save 8 million lives by the end of the century
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We Will All Quit Alcohol And Smoking Within A Generation
Professor David Nutt has said that as a race, we could switch to synthetic alcohol within a generation.
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Taking Vegetarian Diet During Pregnancy May Lead To Substance Abuse In Children Later In Life: Study
Almost 10,000 teenagers in the UK were asked by the researchers for their use of alcohol, tobacco, and marijuana, out of which, about half responded. Then, data on the type of diet that their mothers took was analysed so as to find out potential links between the two, and based on that , conclusions were drawn.
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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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Substance Abuse Among Students Starts At Age 12: AIIMS-Backed 10-City Survey
Study across 10 Indian cities finds kids start substance use at 12 to 13 years of age. Early school interventions can cut addiction risk, say AIIMS researchers.
-
Effects Of Tobacco On Mouth, Gums And Oral Health
Quitting tobacco is a vital step towards improving oral health and reducing associated risks.
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Tobacco Consumption Among Children Is Rising, What Are The Adults Doing?
As tobacco consumption among children rises, we must discuss the long-term effects of smoking and tobacco consumption on the body.
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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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FDA Takes 'Historic' Step To Lower Nicotine In Cigarettes
According to the notice, an evaluation of one possible policy scenario found a nicotine standard could save 8 million lives by the end of the century
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We Will All Quit Alcohol And Smoking Within A Generation
Professor David Nutt has said that as a race, we could switch to synthetic alcohol within a generation.
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Taking Vegetarian Diet During Pregnancy May Lead To Substance Abuse In Children Later In Life: Study
Almost 10,000 teenagers in the UK were asked by the researchers for their use of alcohol, tobacco, and marijuana, out of which, about half responded. Then, data on the type of diet that their mothers took was analysed so as to find out potential links between the two, and based on that , conclusions were drawn.
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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.
