Jan. 21, 2022 — A tobacco giant has stepped into the health care business, and respiratory specialists are doing their best to thwart the move. The Forum of International Respiratory Societies, which has 70,000 members worldwide, has served “official notice” that its organizations and members “cannot condone” working with any firm “wholly owned by a … Read more
MUMBAI: , one of the largest conglomerates in the country, will meet hundreds of analysts and institutional investors on Tuesday for its first-ever analyst day meeting. The announcement of the meeting last week sent the company’s stock soaring more than 7 per cent and has led to a build-up of palpable excitement among investors of … Read more
By Robert Preidt and Robin FosterHealthDay Reporter WEDNESDAY, Oct. 13, 2021 (HealthDay News) — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday announced its first authorization of an electronic cigarette. The permission to sell was granted to R.J. Reynolds for three of its Vuse tobacco-flavored vaping products. “Today’s authorizations are an important step toward ensuring … Read more
By Robert PreidtHealthDay Reporter TUESDAY, April 27, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Raising the legal age for buying tobacco is effective in cutting teen smoking rates, a new study shows. Researchers compared teen and young adult smoking patterns before and three years after a 2016 California law that increased the legal age for tobacco sales from … Read more
Data shows that nearly 27% of all cancers in India are linked to tobacco usage. Everywhere, there are warnings related to tobacco consumption and smoking. The harmful effects of smoking and tobacco consumption are well known yet these warnings find themselves mostly ignored in the public gaze. Every time you watch a film on screen … Read more