Smoking refers to the inhalation of smoke from various sources like cigarettes, cigars, beedis, pipes or hookahs. The nicotine in tobacco is very addictive and it kills more people than all other recreational drugs put together. The habit is linked to a variety of diseases, including cancer. In fact one out of three cancer cases is caused due to tobacco use. It is the biggest avoidable cause of death in the world and along with alcohol, junk food and a sedentary lifestyle, the main cause for the rise in lifestyle diseases like diabetes, hypertension and cardiovascular ailments.
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Tobacco smoking is responsible for 6 billion deaths per year globally and the hookah is the second most common way of smoking tobacco.
A recent survey reveals that 5 million people have died due to smoking in 2018. Read on to know how you can get rid of this life-threatening habit.
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Lung cancer usually shows no signs and symptoms in its early stages and may take years to develop.
A new study published in the journal Nicotine and Tobacco Research has revealed that heavy alcohol drinkers who are trying to stop smoking may find that reducing their alcohol intake can also help them quit their daily smoking habit.
Bidi smoking costs India over Rs 80,000 crore in ill health and early deaths every year which is equivalent to 0.5 per cent of the goods and services (GDP) the country produces and more than two per cent of its total health spend, says a study.
Researchers at IIT Kharagpur (IIT KGP) have developed a prototype of a sensor-based tracking kit to monitor daily activities while a smartphone-based application is under development which will analyse the tracking kit data to recognise addictive and depressive behaviour, an official said on Tuesday.
Maintaining a healthy lifestyle can help adding few more years in your life.
Although smoking during pregnancy is reported to have an adverse effect on foetus health, a new study shows that regular intake of Vitamin C by smoker mom-to-be may help reduce the harm done to infant's lungs after birth.
Findings of the latest study show, heart attacks reoccurred more frequently in younger patients with several modifiable risk factors, including smoking and high blood pressure.
Young men who are chain smokers or suffer from hypertension could be at an increased risk of heart attack recurrence.
A new study suggests that avoiding smoking during the transition phase to menopause could be the key to prevent risks of cardiovascular diseases including heart attacks and strokes.
While smoke-free policies and laws that prohibit smoking in public places like bars and restaurants have been associated with reduced rates of hospitalisation for heart disease, previous studies have not examined changes in blood pressure.
While studies have repeatedly linked maternal smoking during pregnancy with reduced sperm count in male children, a new research showed that men whose fathers smoked at the time of pregnancy also had 50 per cent lower count of sperms than those with non-smoking fathers.
A recent study conducted by the University of Toronto has revealed that obesity is strongly linked to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in never-smokers.
According to the researchers at the University College London, smokers who are regularly exposed to vapers are around 20 percent more likely to have a high motivation to quit.
All bars and restaurants will go smoke-free in Karnataka in order to safeguard staffs and customers from the harmful impacts of passive smoking.
A new research, conducted at the American College of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology, analysed the livelihood of people smoking marijuana and how it affects the health of people around them.
Curbing the availability of tobacco can help reduce smoking among pregnant women. This study provides the strongest evidence to date of the need to tackle the supply of tobacco in order to reduce the prevalence of smoking.
Heart attack patients, mostly women are likely to experience additional symptoms such as unusual tiredness, dizziness, cold sweats, and nausea or vomiting.
Embracing a healthy lifestyle which includes weight loss and giving up smoking, can help people at high genetic risk to reduce their chance of stroke. Yes, you have heard it right! Here, we brief you about the study and the healthy diet tips which you should follow.
A recent study has linked earlier puberty in children with mother's smoking during pregnancy.
We have all heard that exercise helps you live longer. But a new study goes one step further, finding that a sedentary lifestyle is worse for health than smoking, diabetes and heart disease.
The dangers of smoking are many, but the problem gets exponential when pregnant women opt for it as their unborn babies are also at risk.
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Smoking tobacco and chewing tobacco can put your oral health at immense risk. Find out how smoking hurts your teeth and gums and increases chance of oral cancer.
Lung cancer is the uncontrolled growth of abnormal cells that start off in one or both lungs; usually in the cells that line the air passages.
In fact, childhood exposure to secondhand smoke increased the risk of death from COPD as an adult
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Trying to quit smoking for a long time now, right? Well, here is the good news that will fast track the process. But there is bad news too!
Most of us think that popping a few pills that your doctor prescribed is enough to avoid symptoms or prevent a heart disease. But the real prevention happens when you make small changes to your lifestyle.
Researchers have said that vaping may be more harmful than previously thought.
Age is a biological process and no one can defy it. However, what we can do is , delay the process of ageing. Making a few lifestyle changes can actually help you to age late and gracefully too.
Second-hand smoke and third-hand smoke are equally dangerous as they contain more than 7000 chemicals, of which hundreds are harmful and about 70 can cause cancer
Giving up smoking can be made easier if you try out the nature's way. Go for these 5 herbs and quit smoking or at least abate the evils of smoking.
If you have quit smoking, well before you had your baby- he will, forever be thankful. While if you are a parent and still smoke, it's high-time you stop.
Do you know that hookah smoking possesses several health risks including cancer? Exercise and follow a healthy diet to kick-off your habit.
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Steam cocktails (Hookah) can actually develop cardiovascular diseases and can also provoke a stroke.
This is the first mobile alert system which will provide a personalized plan and mindfulness training for quitting smoking.
According to the study, exposure to household smokers had a substantial negative effect on breastfeeding practices.
The smart-phone app, initially limited to Android-based operating systems, automatically texts 20- to 120-second video messages to smokers when sensors detect specific arm and body motions associated with smoking.
Among all kinds of cancers, World Health Organization (WHO) claims that lung cancers are the biggest killers.
Benjamin Chaffee and co-author Neal Benowitz, University of California, evaluated exposure to known carcinogens (a substance capable of causing cancer in living tissue) according to recent use of different tobacco product types, alone or in combination.
In developing countries around the world especially in Asia, secondhand smoke causes thousands of still births every year.
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Those exposed to prenatal smoke were almost twice as likely to develop habitual snoring.
