The new law makes it mandatory for all tobacco products, exercise strict pictorial warnings by the camera on Monday, but its implementation is not visible on the ground. Tobacco packages of various forms failed to make new graphic health warnings…
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Tobacco whistleblower testifies industry underplays health risks
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Jeffrey Wigand who influence onUSAtobacco industry from 1993 in a movie inspired award-winningHollywoodmovie, saying that cigarette companies were underplaying tobacco products potential risk. Wigand was inQuebec’s Court on Monday as a part of a $30 billion againstCanada’s three biggest cigarette…
Graphic health warnings would be considered health hazards
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Initiative taken by the Minister of Health Maithripala Sirisena instruct graphic health warnings covering 80 percent of the front and back of tobacco packaging, and declare the toxic substances contained in cigarettes in each pack will make a significant contribution…
DOD promotes health, smoking cessation
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Marine Corps Community Services plans to support the Great American Cancer Society’s 37th American Smokeout at Camp Hansen on November 15. The American Cancer Society recommends that smokers use the day to relax and make a plan to quit smoking.…
Daily smoking is a risk of danger
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This is not an uncommon sight: a small group of people – some with drinks in their hands – with a cigarette in close proximity to a noisy party. If you ask them, although they can claim, “I do not…
Improvements in nation’s health stalled after years of progress
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Economic downturn and rising rates of diabetes and obesity contributed to the halted progress, officials say. In light of a recent report showing that improvement in the nation’s health has stalled, public health officials are encouraging physicians to go into…
Your heart
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MANY studies have examined the effects of anti-hypertensive drug treatment on severe illness and death. Despite increasing evidence that diet, weight loss, stress management, quit smoking and exercise can help reduce blood pressure. There has never been a single long-term,…
I don’t want you to die so please stop
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As a new anti-smoking campaign plays on the conscience of parents, The Star gathers some stark facts from health experts on the plight of smokers’ children In a simple yet heart-rending plea, a little girl tells her mother why she…
Stop-smoking programs show success in helping smokers quit
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Getting smokers to quit can be tough, but two studies reporting success with smoking-cessation programs released Monday in the journal Archives of Internal Medicine offer some hope. One study focused on using a practice quit-attempt program and nicotine therapy for…
Can it Be Healthy to Smoke Electric Cigarettes?
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This is a question that needs some context. If you smoke tobacco, then yes it can be very healthy to smoke electric cigarettes. E cigs are specifically designed as nicotine replacement therapy, allowing you to continue absorbing the drug you…
Protein is potential new treatment target for adult pulmonary hypertension
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Blocking that protein, called calpain, in the lungs may prove an effective way to avoid narrow, scarred blood vessels and pulmonary hypertension, said Dr. Yunchao Su, pharmacologist at Georgia Health Sciences University. “Calpain enables the bad behavior that occurs in…
Want a healthy heart? Quit smoking
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Smoking increases the risk of cardiovascular disease and affects other major organs in the body as well. In India, 35% of people use tobacco and not only increase their own health risk factors but also affect their near and dear…
Public Unsure if Cancer Is Preventable
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A new study suggests that many people are unsure about whether cancer is a preventable disease. [Public Unsure if Can] A new study by a leading health charity has identified that many people are unsure about whether cancer is preventable.…
Guidelines for Peripheral Artery Disease Updated
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The ACC and the AHA have released updated guidelines for peripheral artery disease (PAD). The document is available online in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology and in Circulation. The new guidelines place a greater emphasis on tobacco cessation, requesting…