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No Smoking Day: Government Urged To Remove Designated Rooms In Hotels, Airports
On the occasion of No Smoking Day, doctors, cancer victims and hotel associations urged the government to remove designated smoking rooms in hotels, restaurants and airports to protect people from second-hand smoke.
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World No Tobacco Day 2021: Second-Hand Smoke Can Have A Devastating Impact On Health, Here's How
World No Tobacco Day: This day tries to highlight the hazards linked with tobacco use and how it can harm your health. Secondhand smoke is also dangerous to one's health. Read here to know how.
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Your Privacy Is at Risk Even if You Are Not on Facebook or Twitter
It does not matter if you are on Facebook or not because your friends are constantly leaking your privacy to others, revealed a study.
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Smoking Can Adversely Affect Breastfeeding Habits, Here's How
New mothers exposed to cigarette smoke in their homes may stop breastfeeding sooner as compared to those who are not exposed to second-hand smoke, a new study suggests.
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Pro-Smoking Japanese Lawmaker Apologises For Heckling Cancer Patient
A Japanese member of parliament apologised on Thursday for jeering a lung cancer patient testifying about the dangers of second-hand smoke, saying he had spoken out to prevent discrimination against smokers.
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World No Tobacco Day: Passive Smoking And How It Is Harming You
World No Tobacco Day 2018: Passive smoking or second-hand smoking is bad for you, even if you yourself are not smoking. When you are near a person who is smoking a cigarette, most of the smoke doesn't go into his/her lungs. Children are extremely prone to risks of passive smoking.
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How Parents May Be Exposing Kids To Second-Hand Smoke
The children of parents who thought they were smoking in safe ways, still had signs of twice as much tobacco and nicotine exposure.
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World No Tobacco Day 2018: Top 7 Health Effects Of Tobacco You Should Know About
According to WHO statistics in 2010, non-communicable diseases are responsible for 53% of all deaths in India. WHO data shows that tobacco use kills six million in India, out which five million die as a result of direct tobacco use and rest as a result of being exposed to second-hand smoke.
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Smoking Kills the Most in India, China, Russia and America
Another 6 lakh die on the account of second-hand exposure to cigarette smoke. Tobacco consumption and smoking is tied to a host of ailments
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Air Pollution is Killing More Than Million Children Each Year: WHO
As per a shocking report released by World Health Organization, it was revealed that environmental pollutants lead to the death of up to 1.7 million children under five, each year.
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Polluted Environments Kill 1.7 Million Children A Year: WHO
A quarter of all global deaths of children under five are due to unhealthy or polluted environments including dirty water and air, second-hand smoke and a lack of adequate hygiene, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Monday.
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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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Unknown Exposure To Second-Hand Smoke May Cause Early Death
US researchers have identified a new biomarker which revealed that known and unknown exposure to second-hand smoke may lead to an increased risk of mortality in non-smokers.
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E-Cigarette Users View Smoke-Free Areas As Okay For Vaping
There is currently very little research on the health effects of e-cigarettes, but if we want to protect people from second-hand vapors, the laws have to be very specific, lead study author Shu-Hong Zhu told Reuters Health by email.
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Passive Smoking Can Cause Lifelong Health Problems In Kids
Parents, take note! Exposing children to second-hand cigarette smoke may put them at risk of lifelong cardiovascular, respiratory and other health issues, according to scientists including one of Indian origin.
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No Smoking Day: Government Urged To Remove Designated Rooms In Hotels, Airports
On the occasion of No Smoking Day, doctors, cancer victims and hotel associations urged the government to remove designated smoking rooms in hotels, restaurants and airports to protect people from second-hand smoke.
-
World No Tobacco Day 2021: Second-Hand Smoke Can Have A Devastating Impact On Health, Here's How
World No Tobacco Day: This day tries to highlight the hazards linked with tobacco use and how it can harm your health. Secondhand smoke is also dangerous to one's health. Read here to know how.
-
Your Privacy Is at Risk Even if You Are Not on Facebook or Twitter
It does not matter if you are on Facebook or not because your friends are constantly leaking your privacy to others, revealed a study.
-
Smoking Can Adversely Affect Breastfeeding Habits, Here's How
New mothers exposed to cigarette smoke in their homes may stop breastfeeding sooner as compared to those who are not exposed to second-hand smoke, a new study suggests.
-
Pro-Smoking Japanese Lawmaker Apologises For Heckling Cancer Patient
A Japanese member of parliament apologised on Thursday for jeering a lung cancer patient testifying about the dangers of second-hand smoke, saying he had spoken out to prevent discrimination against smokers.
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World No Tobacco Day: Passive Smoking And How It Is Harming You
World No Tobacco Day 2018: Passive smoking or second-hand smoking is bad for you, even if you yourself are not smoking. When you are near a person who is smoking a cigarette, most of the smoke doesn't go into his/her lungs. Children are extremely prone to risks of passive smoking.
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How Parents May Be Exposing Kids To Second-Hand Smoke
The children of parents who thought they were smoking in safe ways, still had signs of twice as much tobacco and nicotine exposure.
-
World No Tobacco Day 2018: Top 7 Health Effects Of Tobacco You Should Know About
According to WHO statistics in 2010, non-communicable diseases are responsible for 53% of all deaths in India. WHO data shows that tobacco use kills six million in India, out which five million die as a result of direct tobacco use and rest as a result of being exposed to second-hand smoke.
-
Smoking Kills the Most in India, China, Russia and America
Another 6 lakh die on the account of second-hand exposure to cigarette smoke. Tobacco consumption and smoking is tied to a host of ailments
-
Air Pollution is Killing More Than Million Children Each Year: WHO
As per a shocking report released by World Health Organization, it was revealed that environmental pollutants lead to the death of up to 1.7 million children under five, each year.
-
Polluted Environments Kill 1.7 Million Children A Year: WHO
A quarter of all global deaths of children under five are due to unhealthy or polluted environments including dirty water and air, second-hand smoke and a lack of adequate hygiene, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Monday.
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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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Unknown Exposure To Second-Hand Smoke May Cause Early Death
US researchers have identified a new biomarker which revealed that known and unknown exposure to second-hand smoke may lead to an increased risk of mortality in non-smokers.
-
E-Cigarette Users View Smoke-Free Areas As Okay For Vaping
There is currently very little research on the health effects of e-cigarettes, but if we want to protect people from second-hand vapors, the laws have to be very specific, lead study author Shu-Hong Zhu told Reuters Health by email.
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Passive Smoking Can Cause Lifelong Health Problems In Kids
Parents, take note! Exposing children to second-hand cigarette smoke may put them at risk of lifelong cardiovascular, respiratory and other health issues, according to scientists including one of Indian origin.
