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Topic: Smoking

Not just cigarettes, Australian study finds vaping can cause cancer too

“Vapes were introduced 20 years ago. We shouldn’t wait 80 more years to decide what to do,” one author of the study said.

India’s deadly surge in tobacco use: 60% urban spike in a decade, 565% gutka boom in rural households

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.

Is this for popularity? SC asks as it junks plea opposing Arundhati Roy’s smoking photo on book cover

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?'

Arundhati Roy book cover vs Kerala High Court is a ‘warning’

While a photograph of Roy smoking doesn’t ostensibly indicate an advertisement or promotion, the petitioner has referred to the cover as ‘intellectual arrogance’.

What smoking can teach sustainability—design works where guilt doesn’t

We need systems that reward low-emission lifestyles, nudge people toward sustainable meals, and normalise pride rather than shame in acting for the planet.

Drop that cigarette. Smokers are twice as likely to develop skin cancer compared to non-smokers

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.

Air pollution surpasses smoking, becomes 2nd-highest risk factor for strokes globally—Lancet study

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.

Even 10-year-old Indians are starting to use smokeless tobacco. 4 reasons behind it

Easy availability of flavoured, cheap tobacco products, exposure to enticing marketing, and misperception about their harms promote SLT use among the Indian youth.

Smoking has lasting effect on immune system which persists even after you quit, finds Nature study

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.

Cannabis smoke has many of the same chemicals that cigarette smoke does

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'.

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The new paradox of American hegemony under Trump — great strength, greater anxiety

As the inferno of war engulfs West Asia and its consequences radiate far beyond the region, it is worth recalling President Trump’s speech in...

What to expect from China’s new 5-year plan—trade innovation, tensions with partners

ASEAN is struggling against a flood of 'underpriced Chinese goods', while Brazil has imposed anti-dumping duties on Chinese steel.

UAE walks away from financing Rafale F5 due to restricted access to technology, reports French media

French newspaper La Tribune earlier last week indicated that UAE withdrew from deal to fund EUR 3.5 billion. India is looking to order 114 new Rafales, which could include the F5.

China insulated itself against energy shocks. India is ‘all talk, no walk’

China patiently invested capital, skill and technology in coal gasification. Unlike it, we won’t move from words to action. As crude prices decline, we lose interest.