Smoking

Living in the Shadows: How loneliness is as deadly as smoking a dozen cigarettes daily

The loneliness epidemic is hitting young people, ages 15 to 24, especially hard. It increases the risk of premature death by nearly 30 per cent, with the new US report revealing that those with poor social relationships also had a greater risk of stroke and heart disease

US cigarette smoking falls to historic low. Why this is not good news

US cigarette smoking dropped to an all-time low in 2022, with one in nine adults saying they were current smokers. However, e-cigarette use rose to nearly six per cent last year, from about 4.5 per cent the year before

Can you be pulled up for taking too many smoke breaks? Ask this Japanese employee who was fined Rs 8.9 lakh

A smoke break is injurious to your income. A 61-year-old Japanese civil servant took 4,512 smoke breaks at work over 14.5 years. He was ordered to refund 1.44 million yen (Rs 8.93 lakh) of his wages along with receiving a six-month salary reduction

US national booked for allegedly smoking in bathroom, misbehaving with passengers on Air India flight

37-year-old Ramakant has been booked by Mumbai's Sahar Police Station for his causing inconvenience mid-flight on 11 March

No more puff and pass for Mali youth as junta cracks down on hookahs bars

Bars where small groups of smokers, primarily young men, hang out to chat and puff on hookahs have flourished in Bamako in recent years. But their days became numbered when the junta-dominated government on 15 August announced a surprise ban

Israel: How leading tobacco firm exploited legal loopholes to advertise cigarettes to ultra-orthodox Jews

Citing a research study, a report by The Jerusalem Post said that targeted ads led to a smoking addiction in the community

Stub it Out: How New Zealand's new tobacco law will ban the next generation from smoking

To achieve its goal of becoming smoke-free by 2025, New Zealand has passed a bill that bans the sale of tobacco to anyone born on or after 1 January 2009. Under the new law, the legal amount of nicotine in tobacco products will also be slashed

New Zealand stubs out smoking, passing wide-ranging tobacco ban

Under legislation passed by parliament Tuesday, cigarettes will be much weaker, more difficult to buy and permanently unavailable to anyone currently under 14 years old

Kajol’s Tribhanga and Ajay Devgn’s Runway 34 have one similar scene, check it out

While posting the video, Ajay Devgn hilariously wrote in the caption, “Arey, Kajol beat me to it,” and ended with a thinking emoticon.

Smoking and the high risk of stroke

Smokers are at risk of dying earlier due to stroke, heart disease and cancers