India has done well to ban packaged products such as gutka, but loose smokeless tobacco continues to bypass these restrictions
Thats especially true among young people, whose incomes are already limited
Prolonged exposure to nicotine leads to changes in the brains structure and function, specifically in areas responsible for decision-making, impulse control, and emotional regulation
With the help of family and friends and the SOS program at her high school, shes down from a pack to six cigarettes a day and wants to quit before her 18th birthday
It is ubiquitous
Certainly, the tobacco companies say that adults should be able to smoke whatever they want, but many people don't know how the popularity of menthols started, said Terri Richardson, MD, vice chair at CBHC