Dr Bikram Choudhary, one of the GPs involved in identifying patients eligible for the pilot, said: “We’ve traditionally had a high number of smokers, there’s also been industrial exposure with coal mining and other dust generating industries where people have inhaled particulates and that can lead to lung disease. In this area in particular we … Read more
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Image used for representative purpose only. | Photo Credit: The Hindu Sleuths of the Commissioner’s Task Force (West) arrested two persons, Sri Ram and G. Venkatramana, managers of VRL Logistic Ltd Transport, Basheerbagh, for reportedly transporting banned cigarettes for a commission. The police seized banned cigarettes worth about ₹32.50 lakh from their possession. The duo, … Read more
The SCR Railway Protection Force (RPF), based on intelligence inputs collected by crime intelligence branch, seized smuggled cigarettes worth ₹67.50 lakh in Hyderabad railway station on Friday. A joint team of RPF and Government Railway Police carried out a special check on parcels unloaded from Train No. 12724 Telangana Express as there was suspicion over … Read more
Rescued from smuggling: Thane Forest Department and Directorate of Revenue Intelligence, Mumbai unit in a joint operation seized 523 Indian Star Tortoises from a lady passenger at the Lokmanya Tilak Terminus Railway station. The Indian star tortoises are trafficked and smuggled as a part of the exotic pet trade and are highly-priced, both in local … Read more
Editor’s note: This story has been updated. June 21, 2022 – The White House today announced an effort to require tobacco companies to reduce nicotine levels in cigarettes sold in the U.S. The Department of Health and Human Services posted a notice that details plans for a new rule to create a maximum allowed amount … Read more
By Dr. Namrata Rupani There are numerous reasons why a person starts smoking but most of them start smoking in adolescence between the ages of 14-18 years. Some may succumb to peer pressure and start social smoking. Others start smoking as a way to appear “cooler” than their peers while many hold the belief that … Read more
April 28, 2022 – The FDA on Thursday proposed a ban on making and selling menthol cigarettes in the United States, as well as most flavored cigars. Health care groups hailed the proposal as a critical step to keep cigarettes out of the mouths of children and Black Americans, who are particularly likely to smoke … Read more
By Steven Reinberg HealthDay Reporter WEDNESDAY, April 27, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Smoking is said by some to be the hardest addiction to break, and certain people might benefit from brain stimulation to quit, French researchers suggest. Smokers who received noninvasive brain stimulation — using low-intensity electric or magnetic impulses — were twice as likely … Read more
After 15 years of smoking, Adrian Diaz Bulibasa decided it was time to quit. “I wanted to have a baby and I didn’t want the health of my future baby to be affected by my choices,” he says. But quitting was hard. Bulibasa, who lives in London and is the editor-in-chief of the website bestformyfeet.com, … Read more