London | Work stress, sleep disorders, and fatigue, regarded as non-traditional risk factors for heart attack and stroke, are rising more steeply amongst women than men, according to a new study presented on Wednesday at the European Stroke Organisation (ESO) Conference. While diabetes, arterial hypertension, raised cholesterol, smoking, obesity, and physical inactivity are recognised modifiable risk […]
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Smoking, spitting & chewing tobacco banned at MGNREGA work sites
New Delhi: The Centre has directed strict adherence to instructions at places where work is being carried under the MGNREGA scheme. It has said that smoking cigarettes or beedis, chewing tobacco and spitting should be disallowed at the work sites. Secretary of the Ministry of Rural Development Rajesh Bhushan has asked all the states to […]
Stop smoking cigarettes before they make you blind
New Delhi: Do you smoke cigarettes? Think twice before taking another drag as it may not only damage your heart or lungs but can also make you blind, experts say. Smoking harms the retina — the light-sensing tissue in the back of the eyes, responsible for transmitting images to the brain. “It’s like a film of […]
Woman beaten to death on train for objecting to smoking
Lucknow : A woman was beaten to death on board a train near the Bareilly station when she asked a group of youngsters not to smoke in the compartment, police said on Saturday. The incident happened on board the Jalianwala Bagh Express which was going from Amritsar to Tata Nagar. Police said the woman and […]
Smoking, diabetes & hypertension spike heart attack risk in women
London : Although men are at greater risk of heart attack than women, unhealthy lifestyles such as smoking, besides diabetes and hypertension increase the risk of heart attack in the fairer sex than in their male counterparts, a new study has found. The study showed that an elevated risk of heart attack was found among […]
Tobacco display bans effective in reducing smoking in children
London : Removing displays of tobacco products from shops may have reduced the proportion of children buying cigarettes by 17 per cent, claimed a new research. The findings, based on the analysis of the impact of the 2015 tobacco display ban in England, revealed that the percentage of children who smoked regularly fell to 40 […]
Can Facebook help young adults quit smoking?
New York : Smokers were 2.5 times more likely to quit post a cessation intervention programme delivered entirely on social networking giant Facebook than by other online quit-smoking programmes, a clinical trial has showed. Young adults are less likely to use evidence-based treatments for smoking cessation such as medication, counselling or phone-based quit lines, research […]
Smoking may up risk of hearing loss
Tokyo : Smokers beware. You maybe at a higher risk of suffering hearing loss, as a new study suggests that smoking affects the ability to hear both high and low frequency sounds. “These results provide strong evidence to support that smoking is a causal factor for hearing loss and emphasise the need for tobacco control […]
Smoking on rise among young Indian women: Assocham
New Delhi : Casual and social smoking is on the rise among young working women across metropolitan cities in India, an Assocham report said on Thursday. “Of the total (respondents), only about two per cent said they were heavy smokers (smoking one pack a day or more)… majority of them said that peer pressure and […]