'I eagerly await the day when we can experience a truly great Bollywood movie rooted in pure historical facts, one that authentically showcases the essence of our armed forces for Indian audiences,' notes Air Commodore Nitin Sathe (retd).
Half of the smoking population in the country thinks smoking 'within limits' is harmless, a survey by a private general insurance firm has found.
Explore the interactive map above to see the percentage of people exposed to second hand smoke, percentage of active smokers and the percentage of people who observed smoking in non-smoking areas.
The anti-tobacco activists in Indore on Monday appealed to the government and private companies to adopt a 'no-smoking' norm in their employment policies on the lines of the United States.
The Union health minister has announced that the government is considering a ban on scenes showing smoking on screen.
A world without tobacco 'is a world in which people live longer and have happier lives,' Bloomberg, New York Mayor who has a fortune of $16 billion, said at a joint press conference with the Microsoft founder Gates. They said the money would go to anti-smoking groups working with governments to curb the consumption of tobacco and related products, including World Health Organisation and Centres for Disease Control and Prevention.
Since it's No Tobacco Day today, here's some added incentive to help you kick the butt.
Scientists at the University of California, Davis, have discovered that hydrogen peroxide or similar oxidants are what actually cause healthy lung cells to become cancerous. The researchers say that this finding is important because it may help the tobacco industry develop 'safer' cigarettes by eliminating such substances in the smoke, and give medical researchers a new avenue to developing lung cancer treatments.
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The draft content code also plans to restrict TV channels from stereotyping women as passive or submissive so as to promote or glorify their subordinate or secondary role in the society.
"Though in the beginning, the fine would be only Rs 200, we will try to amend the act in the future, after which the fine can be increased to Rs 1,000 and the employer can also be fined if somebody is found smoking within the office premises," Ramadoss said, inaugurating a tobacco workshop in New Delhi. Apart from this, the minister said the Government has also issued notifications to make pictorial warnings compulsory on all tobacco products from December one.
In a good news for those who find it hard to kick the butt, a new vaccine which would help them quit smoking would soon be available in the market.
About as many people are now dying from smoking in the developing world as in the industrialised nations, the study says.
Scientists attempting to create a nicotine pill to treat Alzheimer's disease have suggested that smoking can help boost memory and concentration. Nicotine has long been known to have a stimulating effect on the brain.However, the deadly side effects of cancer, stroke and heart disease, mean its benefits have been largely set aside by medical research. Now researchers, who hope to develop drugs which copy the active ingredients in tobacco without causing heart disease, cancer.
Smokers beware! Hotels, restaurants, pubs, offices and even the international airport would be out of bounds to light up the rolled tobacco from Thursday with the ban on smoking in public places coming into effect.The ban, the implementation of which is effective from Mahatma Gandhi's birth anniversary, will cover even hookah bars and pubs as well as private offices and public places like bus stops.
The map shows the number of cigarettes smoked daily per smoker and the smokers per million population.
'I have no idea why I was so many film-makers' choice for Jinnah. I assume it is because I was born and bred in Mumbai and speak English.' 'There's also my name, people tend to believe that a Muslim character can best be played by a Muslim actor.'
The petition termed the ban as a violation of the fundamental right to freedom of speech and expression guaranteed under Article 19 of the Constitution.
The actor pay for smoking at a public place during the shooting of his upcoming film Golmaal 3 in Goa in May this year.
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35 per cent of medical students surveyed were found to be 'nicotine-dependent'!
The ban on lighting up rolled tobacco in public places came into effect from Thursday with hotels, restaurants, pubs, offices and even the international airports becoming out of bounds for smokers.
Researchers found that India, along with China and Japan, were the three leading countries in Asia in terms of number of new cases and deaths, where they say cancer has become a more significant public health threat with 94 lakh new cases and 56 lakh deaths in 2019.
Breathing exercises can clean your lungs, strengthen, improve lung function and increase lung capacity.
Phillip Morris says its research shows that the product while giving the same delivery of nicotine to smokers, does not produce the toxic and carcinogenic effects of cigarette smoking known as harmful and potential harmful constituents.
The less hours you sleep, the higher your blood pressure will rise, cautions Dr Pooja Kohli.
Early-stage cervical cancer may not exhibit noticeable symptoms, warns Dr Abha Bhalerao, consultant gynaecologist at Ruby Hall Clinic. But remember, cervical cancer is curable, preventable and treatable.
Narain Karthikeyan may never figure on Doordarshan channels because of the government's ban on anything related to tobacco.
Findings from an earlier published study by the researchers revealed that in 2004, Indian sixth graders were using three times the amount of tobacco as eighth graders, which the authors found might indicate a new wave of increased tobacco use. The second study sought to discover the reason for the jump. The study, conducted by researchers at the University of Texas' School of Public Health, found that advertising has been linked to an increase in tobacco use by urban youth.
Amidst a raging controversy over remarks on smoking by a Bharatiya Janata Party MP who is a 'beedi' baron, another Member of Parliament from the party Ram Prasad Sarmah on Friday waded into the row, claiming there is no clear proof yet linking cigarette puffing and cancer while wondering whether tobacco contains "herbal medicine"
Anurag Kashyap explains why he is finally releasing his long delayed film, Ugly.
Protein, calcium, vitamin D and other micronutrients play crucial roles in maintaining the health of bones and joints and should be incorporated into your diet, says Dr Sagar Hingrajiya, consultant orthopaedics, Bhailal Amin General Hospital.
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Some cigarette-smokers may switch to beedis, or gutka, which is probably not the outcome the health ministry wants.
