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September 07, 2018 by theconversation.com
Shisha addiction may be stronger than cigarette addiction
Smoking shisha is very popular, particularly among young people. And despite what many people believe, it is highly addictive. In fact, a drug commonly prescribed to help people quit smoking cigarettes doesn’t seem to work for shisha smokers, our latest study shows.
Given that shisha is often smoked with friends and family, its addiction may be more than just physical. This strong social element to the addiction may be the reason the smoking cessation drug [...] doesn’t have the same effect on daily shisha smokers.
April 23, 2018 by asiantribune.com
How safe is e-cigarettes?
Dr. Rakesh Mahajan Gupta, Deputy Director of the Department of Health and Family Welfare Punjab, India, says that there is ample scientific evidence available about the harms of nicotine and that is the reason it is unapproved under the Drugs Act except as nicotine gums and patches which are approved for cessation. "Nicotine is also banned under the Poisons Act and Pesticides Act, so why do we need to promote an illegal product with known lethal dose of 0.5 mg/ kg body weight?. [...]
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