All posts tagged "Smoking"
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Rashmi Kalia | 1 June 2016
Cigarette In Plain Packs To Become ‘Global’
In a bid to kill the glamour and attractiveness associated with smoking, the World Health Organisation has decided...
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Rashmi Kalia | 6 May 2016
E-Cigarettes To Be Banned For Under-18s Under US Law
The US government has announced its new federal rules, which include a ban on the sale of e-cigarettes...
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Rashmi Kalia | 28 April 2016
E-cigarettes Help Smokers Quit, Say Doctors
A leading medical body of UK has advised that smokers should be offered and encouraged to use e-cigarettes...
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Ravi Mandalia | 19 September 2015
Smoking increases risk of type 2 diabetes by 37%
In a study that the first to look into a causal relation between smoking and increased risk of...
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Megha Kedia | 10 September 2015
Diabetic smokers at higher risk of heart disease than diabetic non-smokers
Type 2 diabetes patients, who are also smokers, are at greater risk of experiencing heart related issues including heart...
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Megha Kedia | 9 September 2015
High levels of work stress is as bad for health as secondhand smoke: Study
Individuals exposed to high levels of work stress may have the same health issues as those exposed to...
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Ravi Mandalia | 7 September 2015
Study: Champix doesn’t increase risk of heart attack or depression
A study has cleared varenicline – also known as Champix™ or ChantixTM – of not being responsible for...
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Ravi Mandalia | 20 August 2015
Sedentary lifestyle pegged as dangerous as smoking
Sedentary lifestyle involving prolonged sitting has been pegged as dangerous for one’s health as smoking and researchers have...
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Ravi Mandalia | 20 August 2015
Smokers tend to get pot bellies as well, study shows
Pot bellies aren’t just limited to beer drinkers now as a new study has suggested that smoking could...
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Ravi Mandalia | 12 July 2015
Passive smokers at risk of COPD as well, study finds
A new research has indicated that active smoking isn’t the only major reason for Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease...