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Tobacco use triggers the growth of precancerous cells in humans. (Photo: Representational/Pixabay)

Precancerous cell growth fertilised by tobacco usage

Tobacco use makes precancerous cells that fertilise cancer growth, study suggests.

3 April 2019 4:32 PM IST

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

Mohan Guruswamy | Tobacco India's top health crisis: Act now, or just...

It is not that the incidence of smoking is low in India if we take into consideration the widespread bidi habit

31 May 2021 7:39 AM IST

More than 90 percent of stroke risk is related to tobacco smoking, alcohol consumption and other modifiable risk factors. (Photo: Pixabay)

Tobacco, but not pot, boosts early stroke risk

Extensive tobacco smokers in late adolescence had a fivefold increased risk of stroke before age 45

4 Jan 2017 8:28 AM IST