A fresh round of excise duty changes that came into force on February 1 has sharply pushed up cigarette prices across brands and sizes, with smokers already feeling the impact at retail counters
In this complete guide, well explore how harmful substances in cigarettes affect your health, analyze popular categories like regular, light, herbal, and hemp cigarettes, and discuss whether any of them truly reduce risks
In fact, a 2025 study by researchers at the Center for Injury Research and Policy and the Central Ohio Poison Center revealed that ingestions of nicotine pouches by young children have surged in recent years
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Lower-middle-income countries had the highest smokeless tobacco or areca nut PAF and ASR, followed by low-income countries (gure 3)