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Anti-smoking campaigners have welcomed the fast-tracking of legislation that will make self-extinguishing cigarettes mandatory in Australia from next week.
The cigarettes need to be actively smoked to continue burning, making them less likely to cause fires if dropped or forgotten.
Under the new regulations, the importation and production of regular cigarettes will be banned from Tuesday, but [...]

Smokers will be banned from lighting up while sitting outside cafes at Sydney’s Bondi Beach from July.
The Waverley Council has voted to ban smoking within 10 metres of outdoor cafes in the popular tourist spot.
The restrictions apply to council-regulated footpaths, but not to internal courtyards or beer gardens.
Councillor Kerryn Sloan says the ban is designed [...]

The new adventure playground in Coffs Harbour’s Brelsford Park will now be smoke-free.
The park has been added to a growing list of public facilities going smoke-free, such as the International Sports Stadium.
In addition to the ban, alcohol and glass containers are now prohibited at skate parks in Coffs Harbour, Woolgoolga, Corindi and Toormina.
Coffs Harbour Mayor [...]

London, Mar 10 (ANI): Snappers have exposed Robert Pattinson as a smoker.
And the ‘Twilight’ star is scared what his mum will say if she happens to find out about his vice.
The British heartthrob has been enjoying sneaky fags on the London set of new movie ‘Bel Ami’.
“Robert tried to make sure his security shielded him [...]

London, September 16 (ANI): An electronic nose foil some people’s attempt to deceive their doctors by telling them that they are non-smokers, in order to get cheaper life insurance.

Paul Thomas at the University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia, has revealed that their invention is a tweaked form of a commercially available e-nose. [...]

Washington, Sep 12 (ANI): Brit filmmaker Guy Ritchie has revealed that he often forgets the movies he has made.

Ritchie, 41, has directed a number of pictures, including gangster movies ‘Lock, Stock and Two [...]

Washington, Sept 10 (ANI): Nicotine, the addictive component in cigarettes, “tricks” the brain into creating memory associations between environmental cues and smoking behavior, say researchers at Baylor College of Medicine.

The study has been published in the journal Neuron.

“Our brains normally make these associations between things that support our existence and environmental cues so that we [...]

Washington, Sep 8 (ANI): Researchers at the University of Buffalo have stressed on the need for increased efforts to prevent and treat chronic periodontitis, a form of gum disease, to reduce the risk for head and neck cancer.

Led by Dr. Mine Tezal at Buffalo, periodontitis is an independent risk factor for head and neck squamous [...]

London, September 5 (ANI): Britney Spears was said to have given in to her nicotine cravings, for the singer was spotted smoking in Miami.

The pop princess was seen puffing on her hotel balcony during a break from her ‘Circus’ tour.

Britney has been showing off her toned body, thanks to her abstinence from ‘greasy takeaway food [...]

Washington, Sept 4 (ANI): Nicotine replacement therapy at least four weeks before surgery can almost halve the risk of poor wound healing in smokers, suggest researchers.

“It is not easy to quit smoking just before an operation,” said Professor Peter Sawicki, the Institute’s Director.

“But people who smoke are more likely to [...]

Washington, Sept 4 (ANI): People who are poor at saving money are likely to have impulsive behaviour such as overeating, smoking and infidelity, according to a new study.

The study conducted through the BBC website measured people’s financial impulsivity by asking whether they would they prefer to receive 45 [...]

Washington, September 2 (ANI): A study conducted in Canada has reinforced the correlation between being overweight, smoking and breast cancer.

Published in the Journal of Cancer Epidemiology, the study is unique because it did not include subjects who were diagnosed for BRCA1 and BRCA2 gene mutations, which predispose women to breast cancer.

The study entirely focused on [...]

Washington, September 1 (ANI): A new study suggests that mortality rates during economic recessions in developed countries decline rather than increase.

Publihsed in the Canadian Medical Association Journal (CMAJ), the study also suggests that in poor countries where GDP per capita is less than 5,000 dollars, economic growth appears to improve health by increasing access to [...]

Washington, Sep 1 (ANI): With the number of women smokers rising day-by-day, researchers have warned that about a quarter of both men and women, who smoke throughout adult life, may die due to tobacco before getting old.

They said that smoking still kills more men than women, as men started smoking substantial numbers of cigarettes long [...]

Washington, September 1 (ANI): An international study has shown that patients with vascular disease have a surprising high rate of events like strokes, heart attacks, hospitalisations and mortality, despite the use of many medicines and other treatments.

The study has also shown that patients in North America, including the U.S., experience an above-average rate of [...]

London, August 25 (ANI): Thousands of kids in Malawi are taking in 50 cigarettes worth of nicotine a day due to their employment as child labourers on the country’s tobacco fields, warns an organisation.

According to a study by Plan, the kids showed an array of nicotine poisoning symptoms, such as severe headaches, abdominal pain, muscle [...]

Washington, Aug 25 (ANI): Mums-to-be who smoke are not only putting their unborn child at increased health risk but future generations also, according to a new study.

Researchers at the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California (USC) has found that the life-long effects of maternal smoking during pregnancy may occur through specific [...]

Washington, August 24 (ANI): Smokers may exacerbate the problem of malnutrition in developing countries because they tend to finance their habit by dipping into the family food budget, say a pair of researchers.

Steven Block and Patrick Webb, of Tufts University, have revealed that their fidning is based on a study conducted in Java, Indonesia. [...]

London, Aug 23 (ANI): Former World Heavyweight Boxing Champion Joe Frazier, who is famous for his trilogy of Heavyweight Championship fights with Muhammad Ali, has said that he still retains a disdain for the treatment he received from Ali.

Frazier, [...]

Coimbatore, Aug 21 (ANI): In an attempt to earn a position again in the Guinness and Limca book of world records, over 6000 children drew 10 kilometre long drawing in Coimbatore.

The children were given the topic of awareness on social issues out of which most of the children selected pollution, environment, ill effects of [...]