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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
· Sep 26, 2019 · 08:30 pm
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
· Dec 14, 2017 · 08:30 pm
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
· Aug 19, 2017 · 02:30 pm

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
· Nov 03, 2016 · 05:45 am
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
· Sep 03, 2015 · 08:30 pm
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
· Sep 02, 2015 · 08:30 pm

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Smoke Alarm

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 · Sep 26, 2019 · 08:30 pm

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 · Dec 14, 2017 · 08:30 pm

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About one in 10 Americans say they sometimes smoke, often in social settings. Many think it's not so bad for them.

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