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Homeopathy has the remedies that can help reduce the nicotine craving and it increases the will power. (Photo: Pixabay)

Homeopathy has been found to help people quit smoking

Ignatia is a medication often used for anxiety correlated with tobacco craving

02 Jun 2017 10:32 AM

Celebrities Sean “Diddy” Combs, Kylie Jenner, Paris Jackson, Kim Kardashian, Kendall and Kylie Jenner and ASAP Rocky among others took a selfie in the bathroom.

Celebrities slammed for smoking at Met Gala

Mostly, it’s disrespectful to the art collection, which needs to be kept 100 per cent smoke-free.

06 May 2017 12:14 AM

Not everyone reacts the same to the same exposures or behaviors (Photo: AFP)

Smoking has adverse effects on genes protecting arteries

This has been one of the first big steps towards solving the complex puzzle of gene-environment interactions that lead to heart disease.

02 May 2017 11:45 AM

The greatest number of preventable life-years lost were due to obesity (Photo: AFP)

Obesity can be more damaging than smoking

To estimate the number of life-years lost to each modifiable risk factor, researchers examined the change in mortality.

23 Apr 2017 6:09 PM

Ban on smoking in public places to be enforced in Delhi: HC

The bench directed the Registrar General of the Delhi High Court to apprise it on July 5.

12 Apr 2017 10:28 AM

Jelil Matniyaz, a ruling Communist party official in China’s volatile Uighur Muslim majority Xinjiang province was demoted for the act. (Photo: Pixabay/Representational)

Chinese official earns demoted for not smoking in front of religious leaders

The act is regarded as a sign of timidity in fighting against religious extremism.

11 Apr 2017 1:33 PM

Parents may think that not smoking around their child is enough, but this is not the case. (Photo: Pixabay)

Third-hand smoke is a hidden danger for kids

This is the first study to show that children's hands hold high levels of nicotine even when parents are not smoking around them.

07 Apr 2017 9:08 PM

High smoking prevalence levels and worrying trends persist.

‘1 in 10 dies of smoking worldwide’

Policymakers need renewed efforts to tackle the epidemic, says a study by The Lancet.

06 Apr 2017 6:55 AM

Lower-toxin charcoal killed 10 percent of lung cells after 24 hours (Photo: AFP)

Smoker's health may suffer due to heat of hookah pipe

Flavourful tobacco in hookah pipes normally burns with specially made charcoal briquettes, which can contain heavy metals or other toxins.

04 Apr 2017 11:26 AM

Researchers argue that it would be unwise to encourage individuals to take up drinking as a means of lowering their cardiovascular risk over safer and more effective ways. (Photo: PTI)

A pint of beer a day keeps heart problems at bay

Moderate drinking is associated with a low risk of several, but not all, cardiovascular diseases.

24 Mar 2017 11:54 AM

It may be possible to predict if someone is at risk more than a decade before being diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease.

Brain talk: Spot Alzheimer’s a decade early

Changes in speech style occur several years before serious mental health decline happens.

17 Mar 2017 2:41 AM

Children of mothers who smoked during pregnancy had retinal nerve fiber that was typically 5.7 micrometers thinner than in kids whose mothers didn’t smoke at all while pregnant. (Photo: Pixabay)

Smoking during pregnancy tied to eye damage in kids

Low birth weight makes the retinal nerve fiber layer thinner which is easily affected by smoking

09 Mar 2017 3:57 PM

Making strict policies to prevent people from smoking in public places is necessary to prevent non-smokers from getting affected. (Photo: Pixabay)

Banning smoking in public areas can reduce health risk

Stopping people from smoking will help prevent the spread of various diseases

27 Feb 2017 8:17 PM

If mothers smoke during pregnancy and their children show learning difficulties at school, they should be tested for auditory processing deficits (Photo: AFP)

Pregnant smokers affect child's ability to hear

Even the use of e-cigarettes or nicotine replacement therapy have an increased risk of premature delivery.

13 Feb 2017 11:24 AM

E-cigarettes or vaping is considered a 'one-way bridge' to increasing the number of smokers to smoke regular cigarettes. (Photo: Pixabay)

Teens using e-cigs are more likely to smoke cigarettes

Teenagers vaping are four times more likely to start smoking later than those who don't

10 Feb 2017 1:55 PM

The video was made by Aashish Mehrotra after his non-smoker family friend died of cancer. (Photo: Twitter/@agnibankai)

Smoker uses snapchat story to raise cancer awareness

The user posted the story on social media in an effort to help people to stop smoking

06 Feb 2017 3:57 PM

These findings highlight the urgent need for countries to implement stronger tobacco control measures (Photo: AFP)

World economy losing Rs 94 trillion due to smoking

Smoking imposes a heavy economic burden throughout the world, particularly in Europe and North America.

31 Jan 2017 2:02 PM

The effect of the ‘coughing billboard’ was created by fixing smoke detectors to the screen. (Credit: YouTube)

Billboard surprises smokers by 'coughing'

The billboard is strategically located at Stockholm’s Odenplan square as people often smoke over there.

14 Jan 2017 8:29 PM

Governments spent less than $1 billion on tobacco control in 2013-2014, according to a WHO estimate (Photo: AFP)

Smoking to kill 8 million people a year by 2030

It is responsible for likely over $1 trillion in health care costs and lost productivity each year.

10 Jan 2017 9:02 AM

Wife refuses to give husband beedis, gets divorced by triple talaq

The woman in her complaint alleged that Shahid divorced her on December 23 when she did not give him the packet of beedis and beat her up.

08 Jan 2017 12:19 PM

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