Maldives imposes world’s first generational smoking-tobacco ban; tourists included
The ban will also apply to visitors entering the Maldives, a South Asian country popular for luxury tourism and home to 1,191 small coral islets.
The ban will also apply to visitors entering the Maldives, a South Asian country popular for luxury tourism and home to 1,191 small coral islets.
A recent study by University College London has presented the results of its findings on the impact of smoking on life expectancy in rather dramatic terms.
Few topics in mental health create as much attention and misunderstanding as the rise of vaping.
Public Health experts have called for innovative strategies for revitalising India's tobacco cessation drive and also emphasised the urgent need to reinforce conventional methods of quitting tobacco in the country.
Even modest smoking of just 1-2 cigarettes per day, either before or during pregnancy is strongly linked to serious health issues for the foetus, warned research.
The study, published in the journal 'Stroke', indicates that those who smoked half a pack to 20 packs of cigarettes a year have a 27 per cent increased risk of SAH.
"For an ideal study, from a purely scientific perspective, we'd give everybody an e-cigarette, follow them for a few years and see if they start smoking, then rewind the clock and don't give them an e-cigarette," said study author Brittney Keller-Hamilton from Ohio State University in the US.
The use of tobacco is responsible for nearly 50 per cent of all cancers in India and 90 per cent of mouth cancers, an expert said.
If a person's teeth fall out, there may be other underlying health concerns.
The Centre's decision was slammed by trade bodies and certain stakeholders related to e-cigarettes, who reportedly alleged that it was a “draconian” move taken hastily in the interest of the conventional cigarette industry.
