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Study says e-cigarettes increase risk of cancer and heart disease

Regulatorsmayhavehadachangeofheartaboutthedangerofusinge-cigarettes,butscientistswouldbegtodiffer.AnewlypublishedNewYorkUniversitySchoolofMedicinestudyindicates

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Veiled marketing: Anti-smoking groups slam Indonesia's Big Tobacco

Anti-smokinggroupsinIndonesiahaveslammedBigTobaccoforpromotingsalesbygivingretailerscashrewards,shoppingvouchersandevenmoneytorenovate,urgingauthoritiestoenforc

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Can e-cigarettes help smokers quit?

Peoplewhousede-cigarettesweremorelikelytokickthehabitthanthosewhodidn’t,anewstudypublishedonlineinthejournal,BMJonWednesdayfound.Nicotinepatches,gumsandmedicati

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Smoke alarm: Indonesians take tiny steps against Big Tobacco

AneighborhoodintheIndonesiancapitalhasinformallydeclareditselfasmoke-freezoneasstudentsplanfurtherprotestsagainstwhattheyseeasanincreasedeffortbycigarettecompan

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Cigarette smoking by adults dropped in 2015, C.D.C. survey says

Cigarette smoking is declining among adults in the United States, according to a national survey by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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S.Korea's cigarette imports double in 2015 on local price hike

​South Korea's cigarette imports more than doubled in 2015 from a year earlier due to a surge in local cigarette prices, customs data showed Thursday.

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E-cigarette may impair immune responses: study

​E-cigarettes may compromise the immune system in the lungs and generate some of the same potentially dangerous chemicals found in traditional nicotine cigarettes, a new study in mice said Wednesday.

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Officials eye another tax hike for cigarettes

The nation's top health authority is pushing for a hike in the cigarette tax and retail prices to curb smoking in China, the world's largest tobacco producer and consumer, a senior health official said.