May 31 is World No Tobacco Day. Abhishek Shetty led the typical life of a young employee in an IT company. A regular smoker, the 32-year-old had a hectic schedule, odd sleeping hours and irregular meals - all of which caught up with him, and he suffered a heart attack at what his doctor called a
April 26 2013, 12:42 pm
Read MoreSmoking causes more deaths than alcohol, cocaine, crystal meth and other recreational drugs put together. Cigarettes contain over a dozen carcinogens and 1 out of every 3 cancer-related deaths is caused due to tobacco products. Smokers even whilst accepting the hazardous effects of smoking simply
April 26 2013, 12:25 pm
Read MoreMay 31 is World No Tobacco Day. Does smoking on screen harm youth? Some feel depicting actors smoking in films and TV shows can affect young, impressionable minds, but others do not agree with this. "Youth consider celebrities as role models and when they see actors smoking on the screen, it
April 26 2013, 12:42 pm
Read More29th September is World Heart Day Still smoking? In this day and age. Maybe understanding how your body starts to recover after you quit smoking will help you kick the butt. 1. There are immediate and long-term health benefits of quitting for all smokers. Here are some things that take place
April 26 2013, 12:41 pm
Read MoreQuit smoking or die. It's as simple as that.The harmful effects of smoking are well known. Cigarettes contain many carcinogens and smoking is one of the major causes of cancer for active and passive smokers. It is our duty to kick the butt not only for our own well-being but for people in the
April 26 2013, 12:22 pm
Read MoreMay 31 is World No Tobacco Day. A study published by the journal Tobacco Control found that if nations immediately implemented the proven, cost-effective tobacco control policies called for by the World Health Organization, they would reduce global adult smoking rates by 44 percent in 20
April 26 2013, 12:41 pm
Read MoreSmoking may have been banned in showbiz but most actors pursue the habit without a thought. Be it Ajay Devgn, Aamir Khan, Salman Khan or Shahrukh Khan they have all promised to quit the habit sometime or the other, but only Shahrukh Khan has stepped forward to make the promise with a date. While
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Read MoreWomen smokers are on the rise. Here are some facts you didn't know about women and smoking: About 200 million of the world’s one billion smokers are women Far fewer women than men use tobacco. Globally, about 40% of men smoke as compared with nearly 9% of women. However, the epidemic of
November 19 2012, 8:51 pm
Read MoreThe Ek Tha Tiger actor has successfully managed not to touch the cancer stick for the last two months, but now he’s addicted to something else A li’l birdie - our buddy, of course - spotted
September 11 2012, 6:19 pm
Read MoreThe Bollywood starlet is trying to establish herself in the Tamil film industry, but will this work? 'The script demanded it’ is one of the most common excuses in Bollywood. Whenever a heroine who has refused to do something - like wear a bikini or kiss her hero onscreen - suddenly
August 7 2012, 4:03 pm
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