Hazards of smoking

Ban the sale of loose cigarettes: 87% tobacco users not in favour of this proposal

The first-ever survey among actual users of tobacco products revealed huge disgruntlement with the proposed COTPA Amendment Bill 2020. The survey results showed that 57 per cent of tobacco users buy loose cigarettes as it helps them to smoke less, while only 19 per cent go for it because it is cheaper.
Number of smokers increasing at alarming rate in India with many smoking to relieve stress

If you're smoking to relieve stress during the pandemic, experts say it can actually increase your anxiety and tension. Smoking can affect almost all the organs of the body and harm your overall health.
Alcohol, cannabis can raise risk of premature heart disease in youngsters

A new study has revealed that the use of alcohol, tobacco, cocaine, and other drugs among youngsters can affect their heart and make them susceptible to major diseases.
Not able to quit smoking? Here's what cigarettes do to your body

Along with nicotine, people who smoke inhale about 7,000 other chemicals. Some of these compounds are chemically active and trigger profound and damaging changes in the body.
Finding it hard to quit smoking? Relocate to a greener neighbourhood

Living near green spaces or neighbourhoods was found to be associated with lower rates of smoking and higher chances of quitting.
Smoking can give you a haemorrhagic stroke: Know the other health risks of this habit

Heavy smoking can cause potentially fatal subarachnoid haemorrhage (SAH), a type of bleeding stroke that occurs under the membrane which covers the brain.
Heavy smoking increases your risk of 28 health conditions

A new study says that the risk of suffering respiratory diseases, cancers and cardiovascular diseases increased with each cigarette smoked per day.
Today health tips: Quit smoking to keep coronavirus risk at bay

Smokers may already have lung disease which greatly increase the risk of serious complications of coronavirus. Today health tips will help you quit smoking.
Smoking increases risk of post-surgical complications: Other health effects of tobacco use

Smokers who quit approximately 4 weeks or more before surgery have a lower risk of complication and better results 6 months afterwards.
Here's why hookah isn't a lesser evil than cigarette

While new research suggests that smoking hookah increases your risk of heart attack and stroke, we tell you how it is as bad as smoking a cigarette, if not worse.
In-depth understanding of smoking among patients in an urban emergency department

According to a study published in the journal -- 'Tobacco Use Insights.', urban emergency department patients, those who are faced with socio-economic stressors, such as unemployment and food insufficiency, may be particularly vulnerable to smoking-related health disparities.
Stay away from cigarettes: It can give you ‘smoker’s face’

Everybody knows that smoking is bad for health. Now research says that it an accelerate facial ageing too.
New study states heavy smoking makes you look older

According to the findings in a study published in PLOS Genetics, people carry one or two copies of a genetic variant, which is associated with heavier tobacco use, which can make a person looks older than he is.
Pregnancy and smoking: understanding the risks and bursting myths

Women who smoke are generally not acquainted with the threats that it may pose to their health specially while planning their family or during pregnancy. Understand what smoking could do to you and your baby's health.
Quit smoking during pregnancy to reduce the risk of preterm births: Study

According to a study published in the Journal of JAMA Network Open, smoking during pregnancy was associated with low birth weight, delayed intrauterine development, preterm birth, infant mortality, and long-term developmental delays.
Asian nations sitting on early tobacco epidemic: Study

According to a study published in the journal JAMA Network Open, tobacco control interventions may be having an effect on the smoking epidemic in some countries or areas because male smokers in the most recent birth cohort tended to quit smoking at younger ages.
Smoking in pregnancy raises infant's obesity risk: Study

A new study published in the journal Experimental Physiology has revealed that expectant mothers who smoke cigarettes during pregnancy increase their children's risk of being obese later in life.
Bullying, sexual abuse may trigger binge eating, smoking, say researchers

People who have suffered bullying or sexual abuse have a lower quality of life similar to those living with chronic conditions like heart disease, diabetes, depression or severe anxiety, a new study has found.
Bidi smoking costs India 80k crore every year, finds study

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.
5 habits that can cause heart disease

To maintain overall health maintaining heart health is very important. However, there are many habits that cause cardiovascular diseases.