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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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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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Tobacco, Alcohol Most Common Substances Used by Street Children: Report
Tobacco and alcohol have been found to be most common substances used by street children, Women and Child Development (WCD) Minister Maneka Gandhi informed the Parliament today.
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Kerala Government Plans Ban on Sale of Intoxicants Near Schools
As part of its ongoing campaign against drug abuse among the youth, the Kerala government plans to bring in a legislation preventing sale of intoxicanting substances, including tobacco products, within 500 metres of any educational institution in the state.
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Budget 2014: Health Minister Vardhan Wants Steep Hike in Tax on Cigarettes
Terming the health and social costs of tobacco use "intolerable", Health Minister Harsh Vardhan has written to Finance Minister Arun Jaitley asking him to impose a steep uniform hike of Rs 3.5 per cigarette so as to make their cost prohibitive and discourage consumption.
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World No Tobacco Day 2011
The WHO selects "The WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control" as the theme of the World No Tobacco Day this year, which will take place on 31 May 2011.
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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.
-
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.
-
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.
-
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
-
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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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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Tobacco, Alcohol Most Common Substances Used by Street Children: Report
Tobacco and alcohol have been found to be most common substances used by street children, Women and Child Development (WCD) Minister Maneka Gandhi informed the Parliament today.
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Kerala Government Plans Ban on Sale of Intoxicants Near Schools
As part of its ongoing campaign against drug abuse among the youth, the Kerala government plans to bring in a legislation preventing sale of intoxicanting substances, including tobacco products, within 500 metres of any educational institution in the state.
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Budget 2014: Health Minister Vardhan Wants Steep Hike in Tax on Cigarettes
Terming the health and social costs of tobacco use "intolerable", Health Minister Harsh Vardhan has written to Finance Minister Arun Jaitley asking him to impose a steep uniform hike of Rs 3.5 per cigarette so as to make their cost prohibitive and discourage consumption.
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World No Tobacco Day 2011
The WHO selects "The WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control" as the theme of the World No Tobacco Day this year, which will take place on 31 May 2011.
