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A woman lights a cigarette from a burning photograph of Iran's Ayatollah Khamenei; an ad for Phillip Morris cigarettes. (Source: X@@OOCprogresismo2/Wikimedia Commons)

The long, uneasy history of women, cigarettes, and freedom

January 28, 2026 5:40 pm

Once engineered as a symbol of women’s liberation, the cigarette has travelled a long road from corporate manipulation to cinematic cliché, and now, to acts of rebellion under Iran’s authoritarian rule.

This is what happens to the body when you smoke 2 cigarettes a day for a month

December 21, 2025 3:29 pm

What begins as a small experiment can easily turn into a habit — and that is where lasting damage usually begins. Quitting early gives the body its best chance to recover fully.

The police booked two persons, including the shop owner, in this case, under sections of the Prohibition of Electronic Cigarettes Act, 2019, and Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products (Prohibition of Advertisement and Regulation of Trade and Commerce, Production, Supply and Distribution) Act, 2003.

‘Sale of banned e-cigarettes in Pune’: police intensify action, 3 shops raided in a month

November 28, 2025 7:50 pm

The production, manufacture, import, export, transport, sale, distribution, storage, and advertisement of e-cigarettes have been banned in India since the Prohibition of Electronic Cigarettes Act was enacted in September 2019.

A new study says that smoking even two to five cigarettes a day can more than double your risk of any type of heart disease and raise your risk of death from any cause by 60% compared to people who have never smoked.

Even smoking 2–5 cigarettes a day can double heart disease risk, says study

November 27, 2025 4:53 pm

After you stop, it could take up to 30 years or more to achieve the same level of health as someone who has never smoked

How the popular 'chai-sutta' combination affects the body

October 10, 2025 6:19 pm

When tea and cigarettes, colloquially called chai-sutta, are consumed together, they don’t calm you down. They actually overstimulate your heart, raise blood pressure, and trick your brain into craving the combo again.

Pulmonologist explains: "Zero sleep + smoking cigarette = ...."

September 21, 2025 3:32 pm

It may feel like smoking helps you stay awake after a sleepless night, but that false alertness comes from a surge of adrenaline, which triggers a racing pulse, inflammation, and nasty jitters

How smoking may affect your voice: Doctors say 'Even one cigarette can...'

September 17, 2025 3:59 pm

E-cigarettes or vapes are no better alternative in this context.

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Mothers Against Vaping writes to health ministry, seeks ban on nicotine pouches and other tobacco devices

July 30, 2025 6:00 pm

Mothers Against Vaping has described nicotine pouches as a potential gateway product for youth, similar to vapes and e-cigarettes.

tobacco For much of the last 20 years, smoking worldwide has been in decline, but we are at a turning point. The most recent trendlines point to a flattening in the decline in cigarette sales,

International meet urge govts to take bold steps to end tobacco use

June 28, 2025 9:21 pm

‘There is no such thing as a healthy tobacco product,’ says Professor Guy Marks, president of The International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease.