EAC-PM paper finds sharp rise in rural and urban tobacco consumption between 2011-12 and 2023-24, with poorer households hit hardest even as public healthcare spending expands.
Bench says: 'There is a disclaimer in the book...They have not promoted smoking, and did not need this photo to promote the book either. What can be your problem?'
While a photograph of Roy smoking doesn’t ostensibly indicate an advertisement or promotion, the petitioner has referred to the cover as ‘intellectual arrogance’.
We need systems that reward low-emission lifestyles, nudge people toward sustainable meals, and normalise pride rather than shame in acting for the planet.
A noticeable effect of smoking is premature aging. Studies indicate that the skin biopsy of a 40-year-old heavy smoker can resemble that of a 70-year-old non-smoker.
Study published last week looks at data from 1990 to 2021 to assess stroke cases in 204 countries. High ambient temperature saw 2nd-highest increase in any risk factor during the period.
Easy availability of flavoured, cheap tobacco products, exposure to enticing marketing, and misperception about their harms promote SLT use among the Indian youth.
The study, conducted by Pasteur Institute, University Paris Cité, finds that smoking induces changes to DNA that affect the human body’s immune response to pathogens.
There is a lack of clear findings on the negative health effects of cannabis smoke, leading to its 'harmless' reputation. But 'absence of evidence is not evidence of absence'.
I spent a year as an international student in Melbourne and experienced racism first-hand, which made me second-guess and shrink parts of myself just to go about everyday life.
The shipment earlier bound for Gujarat’s Vadinar has changed course amid payment concerns; could still reach India if issues are resolved, according to Kpler.
INS Arihant was first vessel under SSBN project and was quietly commissioned in 2016. The second indigenous SSBN, INS Arighat, was commissioned in August 2024.
It’s easy to understand why the government can’t speak the hard truth. When this war ends, as all wars do, India’s interests will lie with both the winner and the loser.
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