Smoke Alarm
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E-cigarette ban: Vapers make up just 0.07% of the 267 million who use more harmful tobacco products
Health experts widely justify the ban, citing that a young population doesn’t need an added addiction.
Factchecker Team
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Despite ban on public smoking, nine out of 10 children in Bangladesh are exposed to secondhand smoke
Any death due to secondhand smoke is avoidable, and Bangladeshi children are clearly not benefiting from their country’s smoking ban.
Kamran Siddiqi, The Conversation
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Explained: Why social smoking can be just as bad for you as daily smoking
About one in 10 Americans say they sometimes smoke, often in social settings. Many think it's not so bad for them.
Bernadette Melnyk, The Conversation
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Fact-checking five days of Narendra Modi’s speeches: A catalogue of lies
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Banana republic in the making?: A South Asian perspective on India from Kathmandu
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Uttarakhand restricts sale of land for agriculture as locals protest tourism infrastructure boom
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Karnataka forms SIT to probe ‘obscene videos’ case allegedly involving JD(S) MP Prajwal Revanna
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Sunday book pick: In ‘Such a Long Journey’, how an ordinary heart travels in turbulent times
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GST rates: Why the proposed 26% sin tax on tobacco will make no dent in sales
The Goods and Services Tax Council's recommended rate is too low and will only encourage more people to consume tobacco while reducing tax revenue.
Pankaj Chaturvedi
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How India’s tax system helps heavily taxed cigarettes flourish
Thanks to India’s complex tax structure, which categorises cigarettes by length and filter, tobacco companies have substantial wriggle room to deal with tax hikes.
Charu Bahri, IndiaSpend.com
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Why India ignores a $16-billion smoking-led health crisis
The biggest problem in curbing tobacco use lies with the influence wielded by those who make the humbler – but more damaging – cousin of cigarettes, the bidi.
Charu Bahri, IndiaSpend.com
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Video: Listen to this acapella version of Shankar Mahadevan’s ‘Breathless’ by four singers
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Watch: Argentinian woman is crowned Miss Universe Buenos Aires at 60
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Watch: K-Pop singer Aoora sings in Assamese as he collaborates with Nilotpal Bora in a new folk song
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Watch Anu Malik and Sonu Nigam’s impromptu performance of ‘Main Hoon Na’ at Farah Khan’s home
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Watch: Doordarshan newsreader faints on live TV in Kolkata owing to severe heat