tobacco
May 31 2011, Debanjan Banerjee

He is dangerous. He is dreaded. He kills you slowly like a serpent. The whole world is cautioning you by giving a “statutory warning” against him.

No more dramatizations. The character is controversial indeed. He is familiar to us as Mr....

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Anya Sans, Goa
Graphic pictures depicting the possible consequences of tobacco use are soon to adorn boxes of cigarettes sold in the US, officials have said.
made popular Nov 11 2010
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Jonathan, Moscow
Russia’s finance minister Alexei Kudrin urged citizens Wednesday to smoke and drink more to help lift tax revenues for spending on social services. “If you...
made popular Sep 2 2010
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Oscar, Oaxaca
Of the nearly 11 million smokers in the country half will die from smoking-related ailments, according to the National Institute of Public Health. In Mexico, according...
made popular Jun 2 2010
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Korey, Houston
In dozens of states, Gary Richards wouldn’t have been able to light up a Marlboro before tucking into his meat-lover’s pizza, as he did at Satisfaction...
made popular Jan 2 2010
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Nicholas, Liverpool
In the long and tortured debate over drug policy, one of the strangest episodes has been playing out this fall in the United Kingdom, where the country’s top drug...
made popular Dec 16 2009
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Dave, Bangkok
Thailand may have a reputation for indulging visitors in their various vices, but smoking is no longer one of them. On Tuesday, more than 600 fired-up protesters...
made popular Nov 12 2009
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Global Report, Shimla
Around 8 months after banning smoking in public places in Jordan, Syrian president Bashar Al-Assad issues a decree banning smoking in public places and public...
made popular Oct 19 2009
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Kalpana Tripathi, Navimumbai, Allahabad
Few anti tobacco messages through which almost all us come across are — smoking kills you, smoking is injurious for your health, it can cause cancer and can cause...
made popular Aug 29 2009
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Marco Villa, Connecticut
The upsurge of lawsuits against tobacco companies in the 1990s did not happen because greedy trial lawyers suddenly realized the money to be made by suing “Big...
made popular Jun 19 2009
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View Point, Shimla
While the taxes on cigarettes have been raised in years, it seems that it is not about money, but control. Experts believe that such “punitive” taxes will...
made popular Apr 22 2009
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Wonda L, Earth
It seems that Americans do not care to smoke for one reason or another reason and Americans that dislike tobacco products in any form and Americans that feel that they...
made popular Mar 4 2009
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Arun Kumar, Hyderabad
As far as the question of how to quit smoking is concerned, there are many methods: herbal quit smoking techniques, quit smoking laser therapy, music and relaxation...
made popular Nov 14 2008
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Ankita , NCR
Should you earn by selling poison while telling people not to use it? Never; that’s plain, impeccable logic. But the government’s business sense says sell it, earn...
made popular Aug 27 2008
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Desh, Shimla
The tobacco plant - responsible for millions of cancer cases - may actually offer the means to treat one form of the disease, a study suggests. US scientists used the...
made popular Jul 25 2008
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Vikas, solan
A personalized vaccine made using tobacco plants — normally associated with causing cancer rather than helping cure it — could aid people with lymphoma in fighting...
made popular Jul 24 2008
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Aneez, Mumbai
Chewing tobacco and snuff are less dangerous than cigarettes but the smokeless products still raise the risk of oral cancer by 80 percent, the World Health...
made popular Jul 2 2008
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G, Canberra
A British tobacco giant is breaking its own marketing code covering the sale of cigarettes to young people in Africa.
made popular Jun 29 2008
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Vikas, solan
Tobacco companies are targeting the half billion young people in the Asia Pacific region by linking smoking to glamorous and attractive lifestyles, the U.N. World...
made popular May 30 2008
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Deepa, mumbai
Get it straight - NO FORM OF TOBACCO IS SAFE!!! NOT CIGARETTES, NOT CIGARS, NOT CHEWING TOBACCO OR PIPES. THEY ARE ALL DANGEROUS BECAUSE THEY ALL CONTAIN CHEMICALS THAT...
made popular May 30 2008
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Arun Kumar, Hyderabad
Anti smoking campaigns are a big hit. If you want publicity in your area, you can start a campaign against smoking. Even the Indian Health Minister will support your...
made popular May 25 2008
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Farheen Jamal, kolkata
Scientists have identified genetic variations that raise the risk of lung cancer for smokers and former smokers. There is some evidence to suggest that they may make...
made popular Apr 3 2008
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Maynard, Manila
Starting 2010, it is predicted that at least one million Indians will die soon due to tobacco use. As this happens, it is tantamount to mass killing caused by the...
made popular Feb 15 2008
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Graphic shows U.S. tobacco production over the last 20 years; 2 c x 2 3/4 in; 96.3 mm x 69.85 mm