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Tobacco industry knew about cigarettes' cancer risk since 1959, but kept quiet
UCLA researchers have claimed that tobacco companies knew that cigarette smoke contained radioactive alpha particles that could potentially cause lung cancer for more than four decades, but they deliberately kept their findings from the public. They found the secret after analysing dozens of previously unexamined internal tobacco industry documents, made available in 1998 as the result of a legal
UCLA researchers have claimed that tobacco companies knew that cigarette smoke contained radioactive alpha particles that could potentially cause lung cancer for more than four decades, but they deliberately kept their findings from the public. They found the secret after analysing dozens of previously unexamined internal tobacco industry documents, made available in 1998 as the result of a legal
Online 'penny pill' triples smokers' chances of quitting
A new study has found that a nicotine substitute that can be bought online for just 12p can more than triple a smoker's chances of quitting for at least a year.
A new study has found that a nicotine substitute that can be bought online for just 12p can more than triple a smoker's chances of quitting for at least a year.
Anita Desai's new characters search for wholeness (IANS Book Review)
: 'The Artist of Disappearance'; Author: Anita Desai; Publisher: Random House India; Price: Rs 350; Pages: 176
: 'The Artist of Disappearance'; Author: Anita Desai; Publisher: Random House India; Price: Rs 350; Pages: 176
Kicking the butt could make you better lovers
Lighting up could be slowing men down in the bedroom, a new research has suggested.
Lighting up could be slowing men down in the bedroom, a new research has suggested.
Electronic cigarettes becoming the choice of many long-term smokers
A study has found that electronic cigarettes are becoming the choice of many long-term smokers.
A study has found that electronic cigarettes are becoming the choice of many long-term smokers.
Scientists find promising target for treating smoking, alcoholism simultaneously
Scientists have found that an enzyme that appears to play a role in controlling the brain's response to nicotine and alcohol might be a promising target for a drug that simultaneously would treat
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