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Australia to tighten e-cigarette laws in biggest crackdown on tobacco industry in over a decade

Renju Jose -
The federal government will take action to restrict flavours, colours, and nicotine levels while outlawing all disposable vapes and the import of non-prescription vapes.

India’s vaping ban is failing. Parents, schools, activists unite to corner govt

Sonal Matharu -
India's youth is in the grip of banned vape. And the police and judges ask 'what's an e-cigarette'.

Vaping may increase health risks in Covid-19 patients, warns FDA

Anna Edney -
Some health experts have speculated that vaping is causing younger patients in USA to be hospitalized with Covid-19 at a higher rate than anticipated

Blanket vaping ban could do more harm than good to smokers, say experts

Mohana Basu -
Paper published in Science journal says rushed blanket ban on e-cigarettes takes away a powerful tool from smokers trying to quit the habit.

Vitamin E acetate in vaping liquid : What’s safe in your diet might not be in your lungs

Cosby Stone -
Inhaling oils and other lipids can lead to deposition of oily droplets in lungs.

Something is not right, says e-cigarette traders body as it starts campaign against ban

Taran Deol -
Modi govt in September issued an ordinance to ban the use, sale, manufacture, distribution and advertisement of e-cigarettes in India.

Why this woman in Colombia didn’t develop Alzheimer’s despite being at great risk for it

Sandhya Ramesh -
ScientiFix, our weekly feature, offers you a summary of the top global science stories of the week, with links to the best sources to read them.

Scientists are working hard to dismiss the anti-vaping argument

Robert Langreth -
Vaping advocates, some of whom are backed by groups with industry ties, are trying to undermine research questioning the safety of e-cigarettes.

Panic over diseases can help prevent epidemics, but also create other health problems

Faye Flam -
Exaggerators in public health fields may think they can do no harm by issuing alarming warnings. But there are costs to such tunnel vision.

Toxic chemicals and not fatty substances are responsible for vaping-related lung damage

Robert Langreth -
The results, based on lung biopsies of 17 US patients, may help investigators narrow the long list of suspects in the mysterious outbreak that has killed at least 12.
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Imagine if Epstein files named Rahul Gandhi or MK Stalin. What would BJP and TV media do?

Sagarika Ghose -
The questions are not going to go away. But future generations will know who refused to ask the tough questions and who didn’t.

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Economy

Tamil Nadu FM presents interim budget, attacks Centre for ‘artificially inflating’ state’s debt

Subatra AL -
DMK govt accuses Centre of withholding funds, tightening borrowing, unilateral deductions from state accounts. Says Centre's accounting & funding decisions have 'artificially inflated' debt burden.

Defence

US military commander, envoy Sergio Gor visit Indian Army Western Command, Bengaluru next

Snehesh Alex Philip -
At the Western Army Command, the American delegation was briefed on the capabilities of the formation, past operations and the path ahead.

National Interest

The new Great Game—Trump’s playing for time, China for leverage & India for wiggle room

Shekhar Gupta -
This is the game every nation is now learning to play. Some are finding new allies or seeing value among nations where they’d seen marginal interest. The starkest example is India & Europe.

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