Uttarakhand is biggest tobacco consumer in north: Survey
July 21st, 2012 - 12:29 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 20 (IANS) Uttarakhand has earned the dubious distinction of being the state with highest consumption of tobacco products, followed by Jammu and Kashmir, according to a survey ... Read more...
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Beware! Passive smoking riskier than you think (May 31 is World No Tobacco Day)
May 30th, 2012 - 1:35 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 30 (IANS) For all those smokers out there, chances are you're not thinking about your child, spouse or others around you when you light up a cigarette. ... Read more...
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Government should act tough on smokers: Amartya Sen
January 2nd, 2012 - 10:31 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Jan 2 (IANS) Nobel laureate Amartya Sen said Monday that the Indian government should act tough on smokers to discourage them from endangering the lives of passive smokers."I do ... Read more...
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Today is ‘World No Tobacco Day’
June 1st, 2011 - 1:46 am ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
New York, May 31 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Today, 31st of May is the ‘World No Tobacco Day’. This day has been specially earmarked to spread awareness about the negative effects that arise in ... Read more...
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Passive smoking can increase diabetes risk
June 14th, 2010 - 12:02 pm ICT by IANS
Munich, June 14 (DPA) Results of a new German study indicate that passive smoking can increase the risk of contracting type 2 diabetes.
The survey was carried out by the German Diabetes ... Read more...
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2-Year-old Indonesian Toddler Is Addicted To The Evil Of Smoking
May 29th, 2010 - 6:17 pm ICT by Pen Men At Work
May 29, 2010 (Pen Men at Work): Ardi Rizal is a 2-year-old toddler from the Indonesian Sumatra, who has been witnessed smoking in a fresh video that has managed to enter ... Read more...
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2-year-old Indonesian boy’s addiction to ciggies sparks outrage
May 28th, 2010 - 5:21 pm ICT by ANI
New York, May 28 (ANI): Two-year-old Sumatran boy Ardi Rizal's two-pack-a-day cigarette habit has sparked outrage, prompting an American anti-smoking group to call upon the Indonesian government to take urgent action."It's ... Read more...
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Indonesian boy, 2, addicted to cigarettes!
May 22nd, 2010 - 3:26 pm ICT by ANI
London, May 20 (ANI): Ardi Rizal, an Indonesian boy, is hooked on cigarettes at the tender age of two.His dad gave him his first smoke when he was just 18 month old. ... Read more...
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Louisiana Casinos To Face Smoke Ban, Senator Rob Marionneaux Criticized
April 30th, 2010 - 7:45 pm ICT by GD
By Ranjan Bhaduri
Louisiana, Apr 30, (THAINDIAN NEWS) Senator Rob Marionneaux and his ever increasing measures to uplift the health conditions of state Louisiana knows no bounds. Reportedly, the senator was the first ... Read more...
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Quit smoking, Jackky Bhagnani urges Delhiites
May 29th, 2009 - 11:25 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 29 (IANS) Bollywood newcomer Jaccky Bhagnani Friday joined the league of celebrities rasing their voices for a cause, urging Delhiites to quit smoking. He stressed that the habit was ... Read more...
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Shimla to turn smoke-free soon
March 11th, 2009 - 6:52 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, March 11 (IANS) Shimla is set to turn smoke-free soon and the entire state of Himachal Pradesh would follow suit in three years, officials said here Wednesday.
"We are moving in ... Read more...
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Smoking ban, really? Do we care, ask Kolkata residents
December 2nd, 2008 - 11:51 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Dec 2 (IANS) It's been two months since a ban was imposed on smoking in public but here, in this crowded and chaotic metropolis, the ban order seems to have gone ... Read more...
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Ramadoss distributes pamphlets on smoking-ban in Chennai
October 2nd, 2008 - 10:17 pm ICT by ANI
Chennai/New Delhi, Oct 2 (ANI): Union Heath Minister Anbumani Ramadoss distributed pamphlets on smoking-ban in Chennai on Thursday the day when about 1.2 billion people have been forbidden by the law ... Read more...
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Goa smokers take their last puffs in favourite café
October 1st, 2008 - 11:01 am ICT by IANS
Panaji, Oct 1 (IANS) It's evening and a haze of bluish smoke hovers sluggishly over a few tables at Café Prakash, a watering hole near the Mandovi river that fringes this Goan ... Read more...
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World No Tobacco day hits the road to 31st May
May 28th, 2008 - 10:59 pm ICT by David M N James
The World Health Organization has made May 31st the World No Tobacco day. The day will marked internationally as an awareness campaign. This year’s theme is a tobacco free youth. The theme ... Read more...
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Smokers cost Austrian economy 511 million euros per year
April 13th, 2008 - 10:19 am ICT by admin
By Ivonne Marschall
Vienna, April 13 (DPA) Austria's economy is burdened by additional costs of 511 million euros (about $808 million), or 0.23 percent of the country's Gross Domestic Product, per year due ... Read more...
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