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It's such a drag': Jennifer Aniston equates social media to tobacco...

The 48-year-old actor in a recent interview said she steers clear from the Internet for the sake of her sanity.

16 Aug 2017 2:52 PM IST

Study is the first to focus on gum diseases link to all cancers, and in an all-female population (Photo: Pixabay

UP tops India cancer cases, Maharashtra second

Speaking about UP, health experts blame it on the use of paan masala and tobacco.

13 Aug 2017 3:42 AM IST

According to experts from The University of Missouri, apart from shellfish and mushrooms, smoking doubled cadmium exposure. (Photo: Pixabay)

Substance found in tobacco, shellfish ups risk of womb cancer

Experts say cadmium which mimics estrogen in body increases risk of cancer by 22%

12 Aug 2017 2:13 PM IST

A tobacco-free world is an opportunity, rather than loss

A tobacco-free world is an opportunity, rather than loss

Though it is true that tobacco farming accounts for a negligible percentage of GDP in the Southeast Asia Region's...

18 Nov 2016 6:18 AM IST

Overuse of nitrogen-based fertilisers on crops can lead to an excess of nitrate in the environment, inefficient metabolism of nitrogen by the plant can lead to high concentrations of some nitrogen-based compounds in the leaf

Less toxic cigarette may soon be a reality

Gene that helps reduce nitro-based fertilizers could also help reduce levels of carcinogens in cigarette.

4 July 2017 12:30 PM IST

ITC may be able to pass GST benefit to customers by lowering prices (Representational Image).

ITC may cut prices post GST, abolishing of additional excise duty

With GST rollout, only the national calamity duty, GST and cess will be levied on cigarettes.

4 July 2017 12:21 PM IST

UP CM Yogi Adityanath. (Photo: PTI)

Adityanath bans pan masala, tobacco in UP govt offices, schools

Deputy CM Keshav Prasad Maurya said that Adityanath has inspected the annexe and directed the officials to maintain...

22 March 2017 3:35 PM IST

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Enforce ban on sale, manufacturing and storage of tobacco: AAP

Dr Pankaj Chaturvedi, Professor of Surgical Oncologist (Tata Memorial Hospital) has praised the Delhi Government's...

11 Jan 2017 8:34 PM IST

Smoking hastens atherosclerosis and damages blood vessels causing blood clots, gangrene, and eventually amputation. (Photo: Pixabay)

Tobacco consumption ranks second in cause for cardiovascular disease

The top cause for the disease is high blood pressure

31 May 2017 9:25 AM IST

L-cysteine is an amino acid that eliminates acetaldehyde, a compound in cigarettes believed to play a role in tobacco addiction by enhancing the brains responses to nicotine

Cigarettes will not be costlier under GST, clarifies CBEC chairman

Jaitley on Monday said that 28 percent GST will remain, and so will 5 percent ad valorem, as part of compensation cess.

19 July 2017 5:56 PM IST

Tobacco smoke impairs brains ability to repress fear

Tobacco smoke impairs brain's ability to repress fear

According to new study tobacco contains chemicals which interfere with messages between neurons in brain that control...

29 July 2017 5:51 PM IST

Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley arrving to address a press conference on the concluding day of 14th Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council meet in Srinagar. (Photo: AP)

GST good but nitty gritty remains

Some quixotic aberrations have popped up already like guns attracting lesser tax than hybrid automobiles.

21 May 2017 12:08 AM IST