UNITED NATION

New target

Children may soon sue smoking parents

Miracle cure?

Is the new Indian anti-cancer drug any good?

Creating contradictions

Predicting cancer

Puff mongers

Countries join hands to prevent, control non-communicable diseases

Governments of Ghana and Norway formed the first group to fast-track progress towards reducing NCD deaths by a third

How indoor pollution affects women & children

One statistic says that children have carbon monoxide levels similar to those that would result from smoking about seven cigarettes per day

Dirty air killing Indians early and in large numbers

1.2 mln early deaths by breathing dirty air; dying 2.6 years earlier; COPD, lung cancer high on chart; diabetes the new rogue. Electoral mandate …

Nicotine for vaping should be legalised in Australia: 40 international and Australian experts

When nicotine is separated from the toxins in tobacco smoke and used in its pure form, there is little evidence of long-term harm

Spinach gives green signal to smokers

A diet rich in leafy vegetables and minerals can ward off cancer of the mouth, claim researchers.

Asia countries say no to US cancer sticks

The US is pushing its tobacco industry in Asian countries, despite stringent laws against smoking in several of these countries

Fumes and wrinkles

Smoking not only affects your mouth and lung but it also plays a vicious part in expediting ageing and is responsible for premature wrinkles

Living with smokers is as bad as living in polluted cities

Passive smoking can expose non-smokers to three times the officially recommended levels of fine particulate matter

Side effects of cigarette study

Research>> Smoking • The UK

Seven minutes less

Sick buildings

To ban a bane

Coughing up

Tobacco giant Philip Morris pays a record compensation to a smoker suffering from lung cancer

The hole truth of cigarettes

Smoking unabated

Women in the US continue to puff one too many

Bloody disclosure

Lethal and tiny air pollutants can reach deep into human bloodstream

In Short

This is art

Shaping genetic inheritance

Same genes express differently due to smoking, alcohol, stress