Tag: tobacco
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World’s Oldest Practicing Doctor Turns 100: What’s His Secret To Longevity?
The world’s oldest practicing doctor recently celebrated his birthday, turning 100 years old. Dr. Howard Tucker was born on July 10, 1922, in Cleveland. While he has stopped seeing patients, he isn’t officially retired as he spends his time teaching medical residents at St. Vincent Charity Medical Center in Cleveland, Ohio, twice a week. Tucker lived…
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Study Finds 7 Longevity Habits To Reduce Risk For Dementia
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South Africa Considers Increasing Tax On E-Cigarettes
E-cigarettes are increasingly coming under fire world over. Whether it be on health grounds or monetary considerations. Now South Africa’s National Treasury is asking for public comment by 7 February 2022 on its proposals to impose a specific excise tax on both the non-nicotine and nicotine solutions in e-cigarettes. Wesley Grimm, Senior Associate & Rudi…
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Stress and Sleepness Nights: Here’s What To Do
Stress during this COVID-19 pandemic has caused almost a quarter of employees and many others to toss and turn all night long. Not only is this expensive for the global economy in terms of productivity, but it’s also detrimental to our health and wellbeing. Essentially, tens of millions of employees are not sleeping enough due…
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Fearing For Public Health, India Officially Bans E-Cigarettes
There are 267 million tobacco users in India. However, there are reports that one million people die of tobacco-related diseases every year. With that said, it’s no wonder that the need for e-cigarettes soon grew. Moreover, e-cigarette company Juul Labs was in talks of launching its e-cigarettes in India, and they even hired several senior…